A good introduction is Cunliffe 2003. Excellent are Biel et al. 2002, Collis 2003, Cunliffe 1997, Megaw and Megaw 2001, Rieckhoff and Biel 2001. The protean Birkhan 1997-2000 covers the early medieval period as well. M. Green’s collection The Celtic World (1995) is devoted primarily to the insular Celts. Moscati et al. 1991, the catalog of the I Celti exhibit in Venice, covers the entire spectrum of the Celtic world, but sadly provides almost no bibliography. Karl and Stifter 2007 is admirably documented and brings together four volumes’ worth, primarily new translations of articles previously published elsewhere.
On “Celtic” drinking and identity, as well as further-ranging work on the anthropology of feasting, see Dietler 1999. Essential reading on gender issues is a series of articles by Arnold (e. g. 1995). On social structure, most useful in English is still the spectrum of contributions in Arnold and Gibson 1995. Brunaux 2000 describes several important excavations in France and synthesizes much of the information available on “Celtic” ritual.
Cunliffe 2001 offers a unique perspective on the “Celtic” and neighboring populations on the Atlantic coasts. Morse 2005 presents a fascinating investigation into the origins and progress of Celtic studies in Britain; much is also applicable to the continent. On the propagandistic and military roles of the Galatians: Mitchell 2003; for the Gauls of north Italy, J. Williams 2001; for Caesar in Gaul, Riggsby 2006.
McEvoy et al. 2004 is only one example of the kind of studies of “Celtic DNA” appearing steadily in scientific journals. Collis 2003 is especially relevant to the question of Celtic identity, cf. also Dietler 1994 on the role of Celtic identity in Europe and in particular France; laudably comprehensible on material culture, agency and identity is P. Wells 2001.
Websites to watch are:
Mont Beuvray (Bibracte) and the state-of-the-art European Research Center, publisher of the “Les Celtes et les Gaulois” series, among others: Www. bibracte. fr
A Landscape of Ancestors: The Heuneburg Archaeological Project with excavation updates: Www. uwm. edu/~barnold/arch
The French Ministry of Culture: The Gauls in Provence: the oppidum of Entremont (includes finds from Roquepertuse): Www. entremont. culture. gouv. fr
E-Keltoi: peer-reviewed on-line Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies, particularly Vol. 6: The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula: Www. uwm. edu/Dept/celtic/ekeltoi/volumes/vol6/index. html
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