The Gauls of the South. From the end of the Bronze Age to the Roman Conquest.
Wandering| N° d'inventaire | 821 |
| Format | 16 x 24 |
| Détails | 400 p., 147 figures, 16 color plates, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2012 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782877725200 |
New revised and expanded edition. To paint a picture of the Gallic civilizations of the Mediterranean South, from the Alps to the Pyrenees, from the end of the Bronze Age to the Roman conquest, this was the ambition of this book published in 1993 and which has since become a classic of archaeological literature, intended as much for archaeologists as for historians, for students as for lovers of the history of France and its regions. Twenty years after its publication, ten years after it went out of print, a reissue was necessary. We have chosen to respect the initial work by providing the complete text, barely cleaned up, accompanied by a largely renewed illustration, and to supplement it with a review of the achievements of the last two decades, rich in new developments, in order to testify to the state of research and its dynamics. The result is a fascinating image of these pre-Roman indigenous societies, long established in a country open to both the continent and the Mediterranean, and of their evolution through contact with the Celts, Punics, Etruscans, Greeks, Iberians and Romans. Heritage, innovations, encounters, shape original civilizations crossed by crises quite comparable to those that our societies are experiencing today: dissolving action of trade and consumption on traditional structures, economic crises, societal choices, acculturation, identity withdrawal... In short, a living picture of these Mediterranean Gauls who, while no longer considered as our direct ancestors, nonetheless occupy a special place in our collective imagination. Summary: CULTURE AND SETTLEMENT: FACIES, SITES AND A LITTLE HISTORY The cultural framework of the Gallic South The notion of facies Sites and cultures in their historical context: a summary table FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO THE IRON AGE: TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES AND REGIONAL DIFFERENTIATIONS Archaisms and transformations in forms of habitat Demographic growth and development of grouped inhabitants Ethnography of the village MEDITERRANEAN CONTRIBUTIONS AND TRANSFORMATION OF INDIGENOUS SOCIETIES (6TH-5TH CENTURIES) Mediterranean implications and traffic: relations of a new type Etruscan trade Punic products PROTO-URBAN CIVILIZATIONS OF THE 2ND IRON AGE (4TH-2ND CENTURIES) Theories and realities about the 2nd southern Iron Age The 2nd Iron Age in Provence: a turbulent history Crises and tensions in the 4th-3rd centuries
New revised and expanded edition. To paint a picture of the Gallic civilizations of the Mediterranean South, from the Alps to the Pyrenees, from the end of the Bronze Age to the Roman conquest, this was the ambition of this book published in 1993 and which has since become a classic of archaeological literature, intended as much for archaeologists as for historians, for students as for lovers of the history of France and its regions. Twenty years after its publication, ten years after it went out of print, a reissue was necessary. We have chosen to respect the initial work by providing the complete text, barely cleaned up, accompanied by a largely renewed illustration, and to supplement it with a review of the achievements of the last two decades, rich in new developments, in order to testify to the state of research and its dynamics. The result is a fascinating image of these pre-Roman indigenous societies, long established in a country open to both the continent and the Mediterranean, and of their evolution through contact with the Celts, Punics, Etruscans, Greeks, Iberians and Romans. Heritage, innovations, encounters, shape original civilizations crossed by crises quite comparable to those that our societies are experiencing today: dissolving action of trade and consumption on traditional structures, economic crises, societal choices, acculturation, identity withdrawal... In short, a living picture of these Mediterranean Gauls who, while no longer considered as our direct ancestors, nonetheless occupy a special place in our collective imagination. Summary: CULTURE AND SETTLEMENT: FACIES, SITES AND A LITTLE HISTORY The cultural framework of the Gallic South The notion of facies Sites and cultures in their historical context: a summary table FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO THE IRON AGE: TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES AND REGIONAL DIFFERENTIATIONS Archaisms and transformations in forms of habitat Demographic growth and development of grouped inhabitants Ethnography of the village MEDITERRANEAN CONTRIBUTIONS AND TRANSFORMATION OF INDIGENOUS SOCIETIES (6TH-5TH CENTURIES) Mediterranean implications and traffic: relations of a new type Etruscan trade Punic products PROTO-URBAN CIVILIZATIONS OF THE 2ND IRON AGE (4TH-2ND CENTURIES) Theories and realities about the 2nd southern Iron Age The 2nd Iron Age in Provence: a turbulent history Crises and tensions in the 4th-3rd centuries