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Australian National University

School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Arts Faculties

 

PREH 2002

 

ARCHEOLOGY AND IDENTITY IN PRE-ROMAN EUROPE:

 

WHO WERE THE CELTS?

 

 

 

 

 

Lecturer: Dr Mary-Jane MOUNTAIN

 

 

 

1ST SEMESTER 2001

 

 

 

UNIT GUIDE

 

Australian National University

School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

 

 

 

ARCHAEOLOGY AND IDENTITY IN PRE-ROMAN EUROPE:

WHO WERE THE CELTS?

 

 

PREH 2002 - 1ST SEMESTER 2001

6 credit points

 

INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIT

 

This is an introductory unit to a huge and very broad interdisciplinary area of knowledge and interpretation. Therefore I have made choices - in approach, in sources and in geographic regions to be covered, as follows:

1. The approach will be largely archaeological although literary sources from the classical periods will be used. Some reference will also be made to the origins of Indo-European (including Celtic) languages.

2. Only sources written in English, and usually available in libraries in Canberra, will be  used although students who read, and can find, relevant sources in other European languages are most welcome to use them for assignments.

3. We will be concentrating on the data from the Iron Age of Europe, in the later periods of European prehistory, rather than the later chronological developments under the Romans or Anglo-Saxons etc which are covered by PREH 2037 Post-Roman Archaeology of Britain: Arthur and the Anglo Saxons.

4. There will be a regional concentration on central and western Europe.

 

Aims of unit:

            To introduce the archaeology of the pre and early Roman communities of Iron Age Europe

            To discuss the use of identity in archaeology through the example of ‘The Ancient Celts’

            To evaluate the different and changing approaches to the reconstruction of the past which is producing considerable debate in current research

            To foster an enjoyment and appreciate the richness of the artefacts, sites and  information surviving from pre-Roman Europe which contribute to community life today in many parts of the world

 

The archaeological prehistory of the Iron Age is based on very large amounts of often detailed, cultural material recovered from excavations and chance finds throughout Europe during the last 200 and more years. These have been classified, and reclassified, since the late 19th century into several detailed chronological classificatory systems covering the last five centuries of the pre-Christian calendar. I am not aiming to provide detailed information on these classificatory schemes. There is also a great deal of description available of objects preserved and sites excavated. Some of this is obviously a necessary part of the unit but description alone does not necessarily provide a reconstruction of past lives or show how the world changed for the societies involved. Interpretation of the data provides the potential for the reconstruction and there are often differing ideas about interpretation.

 

We shall be sampling the cultural material that has been preserved and examining how it has been variously interpreted over historic time as ideas about the European past have emerged, flourished, then have been altered and changed. The concept of ‘The Celts’ originated outside central Europe in literate sources from Greece and Italy but has changed a great deal through European history. There has been especially vigorous and heated debate in the last 15 years with the rise of pan-European ideas. I want to introduce you to this debate and to have discussion about the background and reasons for this debate and how it reflects the turbulence that has emerged in the wider area of archaeology during this time.

 

Work for graduate coursework students, potential Honours in Archaeology and pass BA students

I shall endeavour to allow students to tackle the unit in different ways according to their academic requirements, personal motivation and available time.

 

Graduate students taking this unit as part of their required course work, will be expected to attend an extra tutorial with specified readings about once a fortnight.

 

Potential Honours in Archaeology students. This is a designated Theory unit in preparation for Honours, which can assist those hoping to take Honours in Archaeology to get required grades in specific areas. I shall specify particular essay topics as more suitable for potential honours candidates

 

Prerequisites: Normally a pass in either PREH 1111 or PREH 1112 but if you have taken both this will provide you with a broader and more suitable foundation.

 

 

 

SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE

(to be discussed in first lecture)

 

1. Short Discussion Topic to be presented in a tutorial with a written script for marking to be handed in within 7 days of the tut presentation. This assignment will be undertaken preferably in pairs although if absolutely necessary there may be individual presentations.

Verbal presentation in a tutorial. This can be marked jointly or separately         20%

Written script which again can be marked either separately or jointly                   20%

 

2. Essay (not more than 3,000 words)

            To be handed in by 5pm THURSDAY of WEEK 13 Thursday 7th JUNE                  45%

 

3. Tutorial attendance and participation (5% attendance and 10% participation)          15%

 

Minimum attendance to ensure completion of unit is 5 tuts (there are 10 tuts in total). Graduate students must also attend at least 3 of the 5 graduate tutorials

 

In very exceptional cases a final test can be set in Week 13 to provide for cases where genuine problems have precluded the completion of written work.

 

Dates for the Tutorial Presentation will vary as people choose their times for tutorial presentation. The script should be handed in for marking:            either

at the end of the tutorial                                      or

            within 7 days after the presentation

 

Tutorial Presentation scripts will be returned personally wherever possible to allow discussion with the student.

 

Failure to present a tutorial presentation on an agreed date in class without prior notification and discussion with the lecturer will attract a penalty.

 

Essays will be returned after marking, to the PREH 2002 pigeonhole in Room G13 – Marian Robson’s office (open 9-12.30 am and 1.30-5pm Monday to Friday).

Any work handed in late will receive a penalty unless the reasons for this have been discussed and agreed with the lecturer.

 

 

LECTURES/VIDEOS

 

TUESDAY 3-4pm           Manning Clark Lecture Theatre 4

 

THURSDAY 12-1pm      John Dedman Building Lecture room 102 (in basement)

 followed in some weeks by

a video from 1-2pm in the same lecture room

 

TAPING OF LECTURES

Lectures will be taped and each tape will be lodged with the Short Term Loans Counter of the Chifley Library for use there, together with black and white copies of overhead transparencies used, wherever possible. Lectures may involve the showing of other visual material which cannot be examined after the lecture (eg slides).

 

Tapes are only a backup for missed lectures rather than a totally satisfactory alternative method of following the course. Tapes cannot be copied normally without written permission from the lecturer concerned. If you wish to tape lectures please ask the lecturer first.

 

Lectures will normally be given by Mary-Jane Mountain but there will be some guest lectures on specific topics by experts in their related fields of research, these may include:-

            Dr Aideen CREMIN, recently retired after many years in Celtic Studies, Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology, University of Sydney and author of  The Celts in Europe 1992 and The Celts 1997.

            Dr Harold KOCH,  Linguistics area of the School of Languages, Faculty of Arts

 

Lectures are not compulsory and no record of attendance is kept. However, lectures are normally given to guide students through topics that may arise in written work and tutorials and may well suggest various approaches that would be helpful in assessments.

 

 Changes in unit due to reduction in credit points from 8 down to 6

Since this is only a 6 credit point unit, rather than the 8 credit point units that were offered before 1999, I have thought carefully about the amount of material to be covered, the number of lectures and tutorials to be given and the assessment required. There will be only 22 lectures (rather than the old number of 26), tutorials are to be kept to 10 rather than 12 and the assessment has had one entire assignment removed.

 

This means that I am scheduling two weeks (Weeks 9 and 13) when there be no formal teaching at all but I shall be available for personal consultation about assignments during the times that lectures, videos and tutorials would normally occur.

 

 

SOURCES: BOOKS AND LIBRARIES

Textbook

 

CUNLIFFE, Barry 1997 Penguin ed 1999 The Ancient Celts. Oxford University Press

 

This is available in the University Co-operative Bookshop on campus  priced $33.00 with a reduction since it is a prescribed unit text without GST.  Co-op members may get a further reduction.

 

Weekly Readings have been produced for sale in hard copy as a Brick of Readings. I am hoping that some extra references, especially those unavailable in Canberra, will be available on line. The weekly Readings are to be discussed in weekly tutorials and used in written assignments. They have been chosen with care from the huge quantity of articles available on aspects of the topic to be covered. I have tended towards articles which discuss aspects of interpretation and construction of knowledge rather than those which provide detailed description of objects or sites. This is in line with the aims of the unit as I have outlined at the beginning of this pamphlet.

 

Libraries

Students will be expected to use Short Term Loans (Chifley Library) as well as the normal borrowing system of the ANU Libraries and may find it necessary to use other libraries as well (ie the National Library).

 

SOME USEFUL JOURNALS in ANU Library:     Library                         Call number

 

Antiquity                                                           Chifley                          CC1 A55

BAR (British Archaeological Reports) British Series or International Series  classified under the individual name of each author but often located together. Classified as Large Books by having f in front of the library classification

Cambridge Journal of Archaeology                       Chifley                          CC1 C34

Journal of European Archaeology             Not taken by the library – several articles will be available on line

Journal of World Prehistory                                 Chifley                          CC1 J68

Oxford Journal of Archaeology                             Chifley                          CC1 O93

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society                 Menzies                        GN700 P7

World Archaeology                                             Chifley                          CC1 W6

 

 

TUTORIALS

Each participant will be expected to attend a weekly tutorial at one of the following times:

 

                        Tuesday 4-5pm            A D Hope Building G12

                        Wednesday 2-3pm       Melville Hall G51

                        Wednesday 5-6pm       A D Hope Building G28

 

Informal tutorials are run every week with groups of students (not more than 16 per tutorial). Tutorials provide the opportunity to discuss individual topics as well as to ask questions either arising from the lectures/videos and any reading. They provide the opportunity for acquiring skills in the preparation of verbal presentation to encourage informal discussion.

 

Students vary in background, specific knowledge and assurance and tutorials should provide opportunities to learn from each other and to listen and respond to varied points of view. There are bound to be different opinions expressed and hopefully all participants can be tolerant as well as critical.

 

An attendance list is kept for tutorials and this is taken into consideration in the final mark. Participation is also marked so try to make a contribution each week, even if only to question some aspect of the reading or to ask questions about topics relevant to the course. Watch for any media coverage of relevant topics.

 

If you ever have to miss your normal tutorial time, please try to attend another tutorial rather than missing a tutorial altogether for a week. It is your responsibility to make sure that you have been credited for your attendance at any tutorial.

 

 

TUTORIAL DISCUSSION PRESENTATION

When you are presenting a topic:

Each week, from Week 4 - Week 12, a team of two people will manage the tutorial and present a topic for debate in class, based primarily on the set reading. This team will decide how the tutorial is to be run, how the time is to be used and whether all the participants should read the set readings or whether they would like the class divided into smaller groups, each reading a specific reading.

 

You must not take more than 40-45 minutes in all to allow time in the tutorial for other matters.

 

These presentations are intended to be a focus for class discussion and are not essay presentations or mini lectures. To make this easier you will work in pairs (in cases where this proves difficult individual students can present a topic by themselves but working in pairs will be generally expected). The presentation will be assessed for marking at the end of each tutorial with a WRITTEN SCRIPT to be submitted either immediately after the tutorial or up to the 7 days after the tutorial (ie during the tutorial in the following week or before).

 

Scripts are preferable in note form and should at least contain headings to differentiate sections. Include questions for the class at points during your discussion. Such questions for the class also can be presented on an overhead transparency.

 

Your aim is to introduce some area for discussion. How this is done is up to the pair in charge. You may divide the class into groups, get people to write down a few points or answer set questions that arises out of the reading, bearing in mind that everyone should have read the class readings. The focus is the set reading but you can broaden this out into more general or more detailed topics which are relevant to the reading.

 

The way in which you present the topic is just as important as the data you use.

·       Think about the issues which could be discussed in class, especially picking out areas of controversy

 

·       It is better to aim to present several separate sections, with class discussion between each section rather than read from a dense script for 20-30 minutes and leave the class speechless because they have forgotten what you said at the beginning.

 

·       Paraphrase important lines of argument to see if everyone has understood the same thing from the reading. Ask people whether they agree with your summary of the argument or whether their understanding is different to yours. It is very helpful often to hear other people's understanding of what the class has read. Many researchers do not express themselves clearly and you may need discussion to really understand a written argument.

 

·       Don't be put off by the possibility of criticism (we will try to make it a constructive learning exercise and the tutor will endeavour to keep overall control) and don't necessarily accept published opinions as correct or the only suitable way of looking at any particular topic.

 

·        Make it as easy as possible for everyone to join the discussion - so ask some basic straight forward questions at the beginning

 

·       If you want to, divide the class into groups and ask each group to respond to particular questions for 5-10 minutes and then return to present their opinions to the rest of the class for discussion.

 

·       You may use 1 or 2 overhead projection sheets (they cost the Department about 35 cents each) if you give me clear black copy several hours (if possible 24) in advance of the presentation. Diagrams, maps or large print questions or text can focus attention and discussion. Small quantities of material for handouts can also be photocopied in the Department with sufficient warning. No more than 2 pages.

 

 

 

All class members are expected to read and analyse the weekly readings for each tutorial

 

When you are reading each week:

It is of little use reading the article quickly 15 minutes before the tutorial time.

 

Make a time for yourself EVERY WEEK of at LEAST ONE HOUR (probably more) to read and think about the readings and the question asked, writing down any questions or marking important passages (ON YOUR OWN COPY ONLY) that can be discussed. Be prepared to VOICE YOUR OPINIONS AND TO ASK OR ANSWER QUESTIONS.

 

Read the article/chapter/s with care to decide what are the main points that the writer is trying to make.

If you were describing this article/s to someone else in the class who had not read it, what would you tell them? What aspects of the article would you mention to them and why?

 

            Summarise the article in less than 300 words

 

Then try to analyse it

 

·       Is it a specialist report of data, or a new approach to an area of prehistory or a critical review of previous work or an attempt to simplify a topic for non specialists?

 

·       Is the language easy to understand? Write down words you do not understand and look them up in a dictionary to find out what they mean.

 

·       Does the author introduce new data from their own research or are they reviewing the results of other researchers?

 

·       Does the author agree or disagree with other points of view already published? How does this article fit with other articles or chapters, lectures or video presentations?

 

·       Indicate the value of this article as one aspect of a broader topic.

 

·       Did the author make his/her points of view clearly? Did you enjoy reading it?

 

·       Are there particular areas that you found hard to understand and would like other people’s views on?

 

The 10% mark for participation in tutorials will be based on your contribution to weekly discussion. Don't be put off by other people who seem to know more than you do. Ask the presenter to explain things that you found difficult and the tutor can be asked to help also. Obvious remarks can sometimes be very much to the point.

 

Teach yourself to contribute a little each week.

 

A successful tutorial discussion topic needs the participation of the rest of the tutorial group as well. It is very disappointing to a person who has worked hard on a tutorial presentation to be faced with a silent class most of whom obviously haven’t found the time to even open their brick.

 

WRITTEN WORK

 

Aim for the production of clearly expressed arguments in your own words backed up by relevant information. Avoid any possibility of plagiarism and ALWAYS give the source of your information and complete references at the end.

 

PLEASE TRY TO PLAN YOUR WORK IN PLENTY OF TIME SO THAT YOU CAN FIND THE NECESSARY PRIMARY REFERENCES. The booklists are not exhaustive and new material is appearing all the time. You will gain marks for careful library work in following up references from articles or finding new views and material from recent journals or on line. If you want a good mark don't rely on secondary sources (books which summarise the views and data from other researchers or sites). They are often badly out-of-date, especially in library copies, and can be very unreliable.

 

Essay topics and extensive Reference Lists are in preparation.

 

 

The Faculty of Arts

 

Plagiarism: Information for students

 

Plagiarism: definitions & policy

 

The Faculty of Arts abides by the principle that its students should show they can think independently and sustain in their own words a clear and cogent argument. Students may not submit work containing unacknowledged or improperly acknowledged transcription or excessive quotation of the work of others. The Academic Skills and Learning Centre is available to help students who have problems with expression.

 

Plagiarism is a most serious academic offence, and severe penalties will be imposed on anyone found guilty of it. Students may sometimes offend in this way inadvertently, through inexperience or failure to understand the aims and methods of university study. The attention of students is therefore directed to the following explanation. Apart from the question of deliberate deceit, the practices described here can impede sound thinking: learning to avoid them is part of a training in the skills of good scholarship.

 

Plagiarism can be defined as ‘the appropriation, by copying, summarising or paraphrasing, of another’s ideas or argument, without acknowledgment’. Modes of misappropriation are described below.

 

Copying is the quotation of another author’s text, word for word, without acknowledgment. Such quotation is only permissible when indicated by quotation marks or indentation and acknowledged by exact references. It is not sufficient to make a general attribution or give references for some but not all of the passages copied. References should be to the work in which the material is found: lifting references or footnotes which refer to a third work (as if it had been consulted when in fact it has not) is not acceptable.

 

Summarising: To summarise the argument of other authors (for example, by isolating main points and tracing connections) is legitimate, provided it is made clear this is being done. However, to summarise others’ arguments, ideas or information as though they were one’s own is plagiarism.

 

Paraphrasing means putting an author’s meaning into different words. This is permissible only if full and exact references are given. A common form of plagiarism combines copying with paraphrase, repeating some words of the original text and substituting different words for others. The more the wording is changed, the more fully the copyist may have understood the material, but it is still necessary to give the source of the ideas and of any direct quotations.

 

Penalties for plagiarism may include resubmission of the work, the award of no marks for an assignment and failure in the unit. A full statement of the policy on plagiarism is available from the Faculty office                                                                                                      6 December 2000

 

 

 

CLASS CONTACT INFORMATION

            As soon as the class has finalised I will provide a list of  email addresses and telephone numbers for all class participants (unless they personally request that such information is not to be circulated).

 

We are attempting to set up an internal unit web page for the use of enrolled students only for exchange of information, opinions  and, maybe, links to other useful Celtic sites. Watch these sites – there are some excellent sites but a lot of others which are purely personal (possibly biased) opinion or frankly marginal to the concerns of this unit.

 

 

            I can  be contacted in a number of ways, preferably firstly by email:-

 

                        Email                Mary-Jane.Mountain@anu.edu.au

 

            in my office G24 AD Hope Building tel: 6125 4041  (ANU internal dialing 54041)

                       

or at home  tel: 6251 5940  not before 8.30am or after 9.30pm

           

by leaving a message in my pigeonhole in the Departmental Admin Centre or with Marian ROBSON, Departmental Administrator, Room G13, tel 6125 3498 (hours 9-12.30 and 1.30-5)

 

 

IF FOR ANY REASON, YOU ARE GETTING BEHIND WITH WORK - PLEASE CONTACT ME. DON'T LEAVE IT UNTIL TOO LATE (ie fail to turn up for a nominated Tutorial Presentation or ask for an extension for an essay submission date because you haven't started reading or have another essay to give in the same day/week)

 

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE A TUTORIAL PRESENTATION AS PLANNED, PLEASE EMAIL/PHONE ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

 

 

Please contact me if you need further assistance and I genuinely hope that you enjoy this unit and find it of value

 

 

TEACHING SCHEDULE  Weeks 1-7

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WEEK 1  beginning Monday FEBRUARY 26th

LECTURES

1  Tuesday FEBRUARY 27th

            Introduction to the unit. Administration and mechanics: discussion with class about suggested assessments, details of tutorial arrangements, arrangements for graduates tutorial, text book, Reading Brick etc.

 

2  Thursday MARCH 1st

Celts in the present and the past – the basis for the controversy

 

No Video in the 1st week

 

TUTORIALS

These are not held in the first week. Students should sign up for a suitable tutorial time on the lists outside the Administrative Centre of the Department of Archaeology & Anthropology.

 

Please read the short readings for the tutorial in Week 2.

 

 

WEEK 2  beginning Monday MARCH 5th

LECTURES

3  Tuesday MARCH 6th

Classical sources and the Celts

 

4 Thursday MARCH 8th

How have  the Celts been dealt with in the course of European history?

 

VIDEO

 

TUTORIALS

Topic for discussion (to be led this week by lecturer) What do we mean by Celt/Celtic?

 

CLASS READING (this category is to be read by the class in preparation for the tutorial)

CUNLIFFE, B. 1997 Ancient Celts: Chapter 14 Retrospect pages 268-274.

 

MERRIMAN, Nick 1987 ‘Value and motivation in prehistory: the evidence for the “Celtic spirit”’, HODDER, Ian (ed) The Archaeology of Contextual Meaning. Cambridge University Press: 111-116.

 

MEGAW, J. Vincent S. and M. Ruth 1992 ‘The Celts. The first Europeans? Review of Moscati, S. et al (eds) 1991 The Celts Thames & Hudson’. Antiquity 66:254-260.

 

Tutorial Discussion Topics for Weeks 3-7 will be chosen during this tutorial in Week 2

 

 

WEEK 3  Beginning Tuesday MARCH 13th

(Monday 12th March is Canberra Day holiday)

LECTURES

5  Tuesday MARCH 13th

Iron Age classification, 19th century excavations and collections.  Concepts of Culture History and migration.

 

6  Thursday MARCH 15th

What do we know about Halstatt society – burials and sites? Trade and conflict, feasting and drinking.

 

VIDEO

 

TUTORIALS

Topic for discussion - Written evidence – How do archaeologists approach this data?

 

CLASS READING

 CUNLIFFE, B. 1997 Ancient Celts: Chapter 1 Visions of the Celts pages 1-10.

 

CHAMPION, Tim 1985 ‘Written sources and the study of the European iron Age’, in CHAMPION, T.C. and MEGAW J.V.S. (eds) 1985 Settlement and Society: Aspects of West European Prehistory in the First Millenium B.C. Leicester University Press: 9-22.

 

DUNHAM, Sean B. 1995 ‘Caesar’s perception of Gallic social structure’, in ARNOLD, B. and GIBSON, D.B. (eds) 1995 Celtic Chiefdom, Celtic State. Cambridge University Press: 110-115

 

Extra reference for presenters

WELLS, C.M 1974 ‘The ethnography of the Celts and the Algonkian-Iroquoian tribes’ in EVANS, J.A.S. (ed) Polis and imperium: Studies in honour of Edward Togo Salmon. Hakkert: 265-278

 

To be introduced TUESDAY MARCH 13th 4-5pm by ……………………………………………...

 

To be introduced WEDNESDAY MARCH 14th 2-3pm by…………………………………………

 

To be introduced WEDNESDAY MARCH 14th 5-6pm by………………………………………….

 

 

 

WEEK 4  Beginning MONDAY MARCH 19th

LECTURES

7  Tuesday MARCH 20th

Recognition and appreciation of ‘Early Celtic Art’.

 

8  Thursday MARCH 22nd

Research into Early Celtic Art  today

 

VIDEO 

 

TUTORIALS

Topic for discussion – How do we interpret the evidence  for Early Iron Age elite society? - Hallstatt burials and settlements

 

CLASS READING

CUNLIFFE, B. 1997 Ancient Celts: Chapter 3 Barbarian Europe and the Mediterranean, pages 39-67

 

ARNOLD, Bettina 1995 ‘The material culture of social structure: rank and status in early Iron Age Europe’, in ARNOLD, B. and GIBSON, D.B. (eds) Celtic Chiefdom, Celtic State. Cambridge University Press: 43-52

 

WELLS, Peter 1993 ‘Investigating the origins of temperate Europe’s first towns: excavations at the Hascherkeller, 1978-1981’, in BOGUCKI, Peter (ed) 1993 Case Studies in European Prehistory. CRC Press: 181-205.

 

Extra reference for presenters

PARE, Chris 1991 ‘Fürstensitze, Celts and the Mediterranean World: developments in West Hallstatt culture in 5th and 6th centuries BC’, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 57: 183-202.

 

To be introduced TUESDAY MARCH 20th 4-5pm by ……………………………………………..

 

To be introduced WEDNESDAY MARCH 21st 2-3pm by………………………………………….

 

To be introduced WEDNESDAY MARCH 21st 5-6pm by………………………………………….

 

 

 

WEEK 5  Beginning MONDAY MARCH 26th

LECTURES

9  Tuesday MARCH 27th

Religion and the early Celts

 

10 Thursday MARCH 29th

Druids  then and now

 

VIDEO 

 

TUTORIALS

Topic for Discussion – Are there different ways of studying Celtic Art?

 

CLASS READING

CUNLIFFE, B. 1997 Ancient Celts: Chapter 6 The Arts of the Migration period, pages 111-132.

 

MEGAW, J.V.S. 1985 ‘Meditations on a Celtic hobby horse: notes towards a social archaeology of Iron Age art’, in CHAMPION, T.C. and MEGAW J.V.S. (eds) 1985 Settlement and Society: Aspects of West European Prehistory in the First Millenium B.C. Leicester University Press: 161-191.

 

BERGQUIST, Andres and TAYLOR, Timothy 1987  ‘The origin of the Gundestrup cauldron’, Antiquity 61 (231): 10-24.

 

Extra references for presenters

MEGAW, R and V. 1988 ‘The stone head from Msecke Zehrovice: a re-appraisal’, Antiquity 62: 630-641.

 

RENFREW, Colin 1998 ‘All the King’s Horses’, in MITHEN, S. (ed) Human Evolution and Prehistory. Routledge: 260-284.

 

TAYLOR, Timothy 1991 ‘Celtic Art’. Review of Celtic Art: from its beginnings to the Book of Kells. Thames and Hudson’. Scottish Archaeological Review 8: 129-132

 

To be introduced TUESDAY MARCH 27th at 4-5pm………………………………………………..

 

To be introduced WEDNESDAY MARCH 28th at 2-3pm…………………………………………..

 

To be introduced WEDNESDAY MARCH 28th at 5-6pm…………………………………………...

 

 

 

WEEK 6  Beginning MONDAY APRIL 2nd

LECTURES

11  Tuesday APRIL 3rd

Technology in the Iron Age. Metal work, pottery, coral, amber, glass etc. Trade and manufacture.

 

12  Thursday APRIL 5th

Celts in battle

 

VIDEO

 

TUTORIALS

Topic for Discussion -‘Fertile chaos’? (MacCana 1983) Attitudes to Pagan Celtic religion and human sacrifice

 

CLASS READING

CUNLIFFE, B. 1997 Ancient Celts: Chapter 10 Religious Systems, pages 183-192.

 

GREEN, Miranda 1991 ‘Triplism and plurality: intensity and symbolism in Celtic religious expression’, in GARWOOD, P and JENNINGS, D. et al (eds) Sacred and Profane. A Conference on Archaeology, Ritual and Religion. Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph 32: 100-108.

 

ROSS, Anne 1986 ‘Lindow Man and the Celtic tradition’, in STEAD, I et al (eds) Lindow Man: the body in the bog. British Museum Publications: 162-169.

 

Extra references for presenters

FITZPATRICK, Andrew 1991 ‘’Celtic (Iron Age) religion’ – traditional and timeless? – review of Brunaux 1988, Green 1986, Wait 1985 and Webster 1986’, Scottish Archaeological Review 8:123-129.

 

 

To be introduced TUESDAY APRIL 3rd 4-5pm..by………………...........................……………

 

To be introduced WEDNESDAY APRIL 4th 2-3pm by..................................………………… 

 

To be introduced WEDNESDAY APRIL 4th 5-6pm by...………………………….......................

 

 

 

WEEK 7  Beginning MONDAY APRIL 9th

LECTURES

13  Tuesday APRIL 10th

? Guest speaker

 

14  Thursday APRIL 12th

            What about domestic society? Evidence from excavations W. Europe

 

VIDEO

 

TUTORIALS

Topic for discussion:      Hidden treasure or fear and offerings? Interpretation and ownership

 

CLASS READING

CUNLIFFE, B. 1997 Ancient Celts: Chapter 10 Religious Systems, pages 192-210.

 

FITZPATRICK, Andrew P. 1984 ‘The deposition of La Tene Age metalwork in watery contexts in S. England’, 178-190 in CUNLIFFE, B. and MILES, D.(eds) Aspects of the Iron Age in central S. England.  Oxford Committee for Archaeology

 

STEAD, Ian 1991 ‘The Snettisham Treasure. Excavation in the 1990s’, Antiquity 65: 447-465.

 

Extra references for presenters

FITZPATRICK, Andrew 1992 ‘The Snettisham , Norfolk, hoards of Iron Age torques – sacred or profane?’, Antiquity 66: 395-8.

 

SPARROW, C. 1982 ‘Treasure trove: a lawyer’s point of view’, Antiquity 56: 199-201.

 

 

To be introduced TUESDAY APRIL 10th 4-5pm………………………......................………….

 

To be introduced WEDNESDAY APRIL 11th 2-3pm by........……………………............……….

 

To be introduced WEDNESDAY APRIL 11th 5-6pm by..……………………………............……

 

 

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Mid-semester break Friday 13th APRIL - Sunday APRIL 29th

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The detailed schedule for Weeks 8-13 following the mid-semester break will be available as soon as possible together with the Essay titles and Reference list.

 

 








Author: Peter Hiscock, Dept. Archaeology and Anthropology
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