The European Iron Age

This ambitious study documents the underlying features which link thecivilizations of the Mediterranean Phoenician Greek Etruscan and Roman and the Iron Age cu... » 

This ambitious study documents the underlying features which link thecivilizations of the Mediterranean Phoenician Greek Etruscan and Roman and the Iron Age cultures of central Europe traditionally associated with theCelts. It deals with the social economic and cultural interaction in the firstmillennium BC which culminated in the Roman Empire.The book has three principle themes the spread of ironworking from itsorigins in Anatolia to its adoption over most of Europe the development of atrading system throughout the Mediterrean world after the collapse of MycenaeanGreece and its spread into temperate Europe and the rise of ever more complexsocieties including states and cities and eventually empires.Dr Collis takes a new look at such key concepts as population movementdiffusion trade social structure and spatial organization with somechallenging new views on the Celts in particular. «