{"product_id":"towns-villages-and-countryside-of-celtic-europe","title":"Towns, Villages, and Countryside of Celtic Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eBloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1992. First ed., first printing (full number line). Octavo in red cloth, gilt titles to spine; dust jacket; 256 pp: illustrations, photographs, maps (b\u0026amp;w); 26 cm Fine in near fine dust jacket; boards clean and squared, very faint bumping to top of spine; pages clean and bright; binding tight; dust jacket shows mild wear to top and tail of spine, else clean; a nice copy. Hardcover. ISBN: 0253310822\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn setting out the landmarks in the history of settlement in Celtic Europe, this book shows that the two millennia before the Roman conquest was a time of great technological, social and economic progress. It was a period that saw the development of timber architecture, the growth of rural crafts, the establishment of stratified societies and the evolution of true urban centres. This is in contrast to the commonly accepted picture inherited from the Roman authors who often portrayed the Celts as barbarians. | Contents: Foreword Ian Ralston. 1. From primitive society to the birth of the European countryside. 2. The history of protohistoric studies. 3. Methods of research. 4. Raw materials and building techniques. 5. House architecture. 6. Fortifications. 7. Houses and daily life: the organization of settlements. 8. Activity areas and social spaces. 9. Settlements in the landscape. 10. Settlement and society. 11. Development of settlement in the Bronze Age: a world of villages. 12. The Iron Age: from village to town. | Includes index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Audouze, Françoise; Buchsenschutz, Olivier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47225340297474,"sku":"106236","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/106236.jpg?v=1768518611","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/towns-villages-and-countryside-of-celtic-europe","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}