Earthshock Book

I	Who Were the Celts?
	The Celts in Myth and Reality	8
	An Outline History of the Celts	12
	Discovering the Celts: Hallstatt and La Tene	14
	Timeline - Map of the Celtic World	16
II	The Earliest Celts
	The Hallstatt Culture: Hillforts and Barrows	20
	The Hochdorf Chieftain	26
	Centres of Power: The Heuneburg	28
	Upheaval and Migration, 500-400 BC	29
III	The Celtic Lands
	Gauls in Italy	34
	The Alps, South Germany and Bohemia	36
	The Danube Lands and the Attack on Greece	37
	The Galatians in Asia	40
	Spain and Portugal: The Celtiberians	42
	Gaul, 400-100 BC	44
	Iron Age Britain	47
	Early Ireland, 600-1 BC	49
IV	The Patterns of Life
	The Shape of Society	52
	Celtic Husbandry	54
	Farms and Villages	57
	Hillforts, Brochs and Major Settlements	60
	People, Population and Disease	63
	Celtic Men	64
	Celtic Women	66
	Feasting and Fighting: How Society Functioned	70
V	The Celts at War
	The Spectrum of Violence	74
	The Technology of War: Weapons and Armour	75
	Chariots and Cavalry	78
	The Celts on Campaign	80
	War with the Greeks and Romans	83
	The Battle of Telamon, 225 BC	84
VI	Gods and the Afterlife
	The Celtic Gods	88
	Druids, Priests and Seers	90
	Holy Places and Sacrifice	92
	Lindow Man: Dead Men Do Tell Tales	96
	The Testimony of the Grave	98
	The Cemeteries of East Yorkshire	100
	Celtic Cremation Rites	103
VII	La Tene Art and Technology
	The Origins of La Tene Art	106
	Celtic Art Styles	108
	Technologies of Fire: Metal, Glass and Pottery	111
	Crafts: Working in Wood	114
	What Was La Tene Art for?	115
VIII	The Celts and the Classical World
	The Changing World of Late Iron Age Gaul	118
	Roman Conquest: Italy, Iberia and Galatia	122
	Julius Caesar and the Conquest of Gaul	124
	The Revolt of Vercingetorix	126
	Britain from Caesar to Hadrian	128
	Why not Scotland or Ireland?	133
	The Romanization of Gaul and Britain	134
	Boudica's Revolt	139
	Gauls in Togas	140
	Romano-Celtic Religion in Britain and Gaul	142
	The Countryside: Continuity, Change and Conflict	146
	Civil War and Crisis in the Empire	148
	The Golden Age of Roman Britain	150
	The Fall of Roman Gaul and Britain	151
IX	The Celts of Ireland
	Ireland in the Roman Iron Age, AD 1-400	154
	Forts, Farms and Royal Residences	156
	Myths and Legends of Ireland	158
	From St Patrick to the Vikings	162
X	The Celtic Renaissance
	The Welsh and the English	166
	King Arthur: Fact and Fiction	168
	The Picts and the Scots	170
	Scholars and Saints, Missionaries and Manuscripts	172
XI	To Modern Times
	Celts in Medieval and Early Modern Europe	178
	To the Ends of the Earth: The New Migrations	180
	The Celts Today	181
	Glossary	182
	Gazetteer	183
	Further Reading	186
	Acknowledgments	188
	Index	189