The Celts - Ancient Peoples and Places - New Edition

Thames & Hudson, 1980

A classic account of the language, culture, and traditions of the Celts. Who were thew Celts? To what extent have they influenced the composition of the modern nations of Western Europe, and of Britain and Ireland in particular? In his search for their identity, the author probes the social, religious and cultural attitudes of this far-flung people by marshalling the evidence that does exist - historical, archaeological and linguistic. Professor T.G.E Powell was one of the most distinguished British archaeologists of his generation, and an outstanding scholar in the field of Celtic prehistory...