Brittany and the Atlantic Rim in the Later First Millennium BC

Cunliffe, Barry

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“…Recent work also underscores some extremely long distance unities, such as the cultural connections across the Atlantic facade, the Atlantic coast of western Europe that stretches from Spain and Portugal, along coastal Atlantic France, and then to Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia (Cunliffe 2000(Cunliffe , 2001González Ruibal 2004). This archaeological link, which is fairly clear from the Neolithic onwards and is textually noted for the Iron Age, has recently been supported by genetic studies (McEvoy et al 2004) that show connections across the entire Atlantic facade as deep as the last Ice Age.…”

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“…Further work may indicate that some indeed housed rulers or had other functions altogether. Cunliffe, who carefully excavated at the Danebury hillfort for many years, long resisted reinterpretation of his initial findings, yet he too eventually accepted modification of the ''elite-controlled central place'' model (Cunliffe 1992(Cunliffe , 1993b(Cunliffe , 2000.…”

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Unity and Diversity in the European Iron Age: Out of the Mists, Some Clarity?

Thurston

2009

J Archaeol Res

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While some researchers continue to focus fruitfully on traditional issues, in recent years new perspectives, some strongly revisionist, have developed within European Iron Age archaeology, moving it from a long-static state into a rapidly changing milieu. Studies of colonialism, imperialism, and interaction have undergone sequential shifts into new territory, while topics related to sacred activity, political apparatuses, and the ruler-subject relationship have undergone substantial reworking. Perspectives absent from earlier literature have emerged: gender, age, ethnicity, and identity, and interpretations employing theories of practice, agency, landscape, and embodiment have emerged, mirroring broader disciplinary shifts. An overarching trend sees Iron Age Europe as a series of interactive societies with both broad similarities and sharp regional, even local, differences, moving through time and ever-changing relationships, influences, and trajectories. The collision of traditional and revisionist scholarship has produced debate, some heated, but has improved and invigorated the field.

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Unity and Diversity in the European Iron Age: Out of the Mists, Some Clarity?

Thurston

2009

J Archaeol Res

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Facing two seas: Mediterranean and Atlantic contacts in the north‐west of Iberia in the first millennium BC

González‐Ruibal¹

2004

Oxford J Archaeology

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Despite the marginality of the region, the Later Bronze Age and Iron Age communities of the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula were engaged in active relationships with both Atlantic and Mediterranean peoples. Unlike other Atlantic regions, the area maintained direct contacts both with Mediterranean sailors and with the communities of the British Isles and northwestern France simultaneously. The social relevance of these interactions and the range of imported goods transported varied throughout the first millennium BC. New evidence shows an intense involvement in Mediterranean trade from the fifth century BC onwards, while Atlantic contacts increased from the late second century BC, to reach a climax under Roman rule (first-second centuries AD). one region, two marginsThe north-west of the Iberian Peninsula is characterized by a distinctive geography, where mountains and rivers create a fragmented landscape. As in other mountainous lands where communications are difficult, regional variation is acute. Despite this complex panorama, there are some general geographical, historical and cultural elements that allow us to approach the area as a whole in later prehistory -for overviews in English see Queiroga (1992) and Silva (1995). Hillforts are one of the most apparent unifying features of the first millennium BC in the area: the Ocean is the other. The north-west of Iberia has a long and irregular coast, dotted with numerous natural harbours, which not only made the interaction among the indigenous communities of the area easy, but also facilitated long-range exchanges with distant peoples.

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Brittany and the Atlantic Rim in the Later First Millennium BC

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Unity and Diversity in the European Iron Age: Out of the Mists, Some Clarity?

Unity and Diversity in the European Iron Age: Out of the Mists, Some Clarity?

Facing two seas: Mediterranean and Atlantic contacts in the north‐west of Iberia in the first millennium BC

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