Identity and Power
Subtitle: The Transformation of Iron Age Societies in Northeast Gaul
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9789089645975
Subjects: Gaul, history
Description: This remarkable volume explores the transformation of Iron Age communities in northeast Gaul, giving special consideration to questions of social identity. It surveys the multi-dimensional levels of socio-political organisation, the cycles of centralisation and decentralisation, the origins of the La Tène culture, the emergence of the oppida, and the role of sanctuaries in the construction of collective identities.