Tartessian : Celtic in the South-west at the dawn of history /
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| Author / Creator: | Koch, John T., author. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed., [rev. & expanded]. |
| Imprint: | Aberystwyth : Celtic Studies Publications, 2013. |
| Description: | xii, 332 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Celtic studies publications ; 13 Celtic Studies Publications (Series) ; 13. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9859792 |
| Summary: | Beyond the Aegean, some of the earliest written records of Europe come from the south-west, what is now southern Portugal and south-west Spain. Herodotus, the 'Father of History', locates the Keltoi or 'Celts' in this region, as neighbours of the Kunetes of the Algarve. He calls the latter the 'westernmost people of Europe'. However, modern scholars have been disinclined - until recently - to consider the possibility that the south-western inscriptions and other early linguistic evidence from the kingdom of Tartessos were Celtic. This book shows how much of this material closely resembles the attested Celtic languages: Celtiberian (spoken in east-central Spain) and Gaulish, as well as the longer surviving langiages of Ireland, Britain and Brittany. In many cases, the 85 Tartessian inscriptions of the period c. 750-c. 450 BC can now be read as complete statements written in an Ancient Celtic language. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 332 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [304]-317) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781891271199 1891271199 |
