Pagan Celtic Ireland : The Archaeology of the Irish Iron Age
London: Thames & Hudson, 1994.
No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; 10 .25 inches tall; 240 pages with an index; illustrated throughout with drawings, maps, and photography. He dust jacket has light shelf handling.
This is a landmark study of detailed archaeological study of Ireland during the Iron Age, roughly the centuries before the coming of Christianity. Raftery synthesizes evidence from excavations, artifacts, and monuments to reconstruct the social, political, and religious life of the period.
He discusses the arrival and spread of La Tène art, the development of royal centers such as Tara and Emain Macha, and the material remains of everyday life including farming, crafts, and settlement patterns. Special attention is given to ritual deposits, religious practices, and Ireland’s connections with the wider Celtic and Roman worlds.
Raftery carefully distinguishes between what can be firmly supported by the archaeological record and what belongs to speculation or later myth, offering a sober counterbalance to more romanticized narratives of Celtic Ireland.
Subjects: Irish Iron Age; Celtic Studies; Ancient Religion; Material Culture; Social and Political Organization; Prehistoric Ireland; European Connections; Archaeology of Ritual, Archaeology; History; Scholarly Monograph.
Item #21062
ISBN: 0500050724
Price: $40.00
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