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This volume describes the two seasons of excavation at Segsbury
Camp which form a part of Oxford University's Hillforts of the
Ridgeway Project. It contains background material and a series of
interpretations of the site at different scales finishing with a
discussion of the Lambourn Downs landscape in later prehistoric and
Romano-British times. The evidence suggests that the large hillfort
of Segsbury was used during the period 6th to 2nd century BC but
was not densely and permanently occupied. It also seems that
Segsbury was constructed in a new and previously unused area of the
Downs. Alternative interpretations are explored within a framework
of trying to understand what is meant by 'community' and how
Segsbury articulated with other hillforts in the area. The detail
provided by the excavation of several hillforts on the Lambourn
Downs suggests that they were different forms of monument and
argues against trying to understand hillforts as a single category.
The ancient Celtic world evokes debate, discussion, romanticism and
mythicism. On the one hand it represents a specialist area of
archaeological interest, on the other, it has a wide general
appeal. The Celtic world is accessible through archaeology,
history, linguistics and art history. Of these disciplines, art
history offers the most direct message to a wider audience. This
volume of 37 papers brings together a truly international group of
pre-eminent specialists in the field of Celtic art and Celtic
studies. It is a benchmark volume the like of which has not been
seen since the publication of Paul Jacobsthal's Early Celtic Art in
1944. The papers chart the history of attempts to understand Celtic
art and argue for novel approaches in discussions spanning the
whole of Continental Europe and the British Isles. This new body of
international scholarship will give the reader a sense of the
richness of the material and current debates. Artefacts of rich
form and decoration, which we might call art, provide a most
sensitive set of indicators of key areas of past societies, their
power, politics and transformations. With its broad geographical
scope, this volume offers a timely opportunity to re-assess
contacts, context, transmission and meaning in Celtic art for
understanding the development of European cultures, identities and
economies in pre- and proto-history. Essays in honour of Vincent
Megaw on his 80th birthday.
The ancient Celtic world evokes debate, discussion, romanticism and
mythicism. On the one hand it represents a specialist area of
archaeological interest, on the other, it has a wide general
appeal. The Celtic world is accessible through archaeology,
history, linguistics and art history. Of these disciplines, art
history offers the most direct message to a wider audience. This
volume of 37 papers brings together a truly international group of
pre-eminent specialists in the field of Celtic art and Celtic
studies. It is a benchmark volume the like of which has not been
seen since the publication of Paul Jacobsthal's Early Celtic Art in
1944. The papers chart the history of attempts to understand Celtic
art and argue for novel approaches in discussions spanning the
whole of Continental Europe and the British Isles. This new body of
international scholarship will give the reader a sense of the
richness of the material and current debates. Artefacts of rich
form and decoration, which we might call art, provide a most
sensitive set of indicators of key areas of past societies, their
power, politics and transformations. With its broad geographical
scope, this volume offers a timely opportunity to re-assess
contacts, context, transmission and meaning in Celtic art for
understanding the development of European cultures, identities and
economies in pre- and proto-history. Essays in honour of Vincent
Megaw on his 80th birthday.
Who owns cultural objects? and who has the right to own them? The
contributors to this book have thought long and hard about the
ethics and politics of collecting, from a variety of professional
perspectives: archaeologist, museum curator, antiquities dealer,
collector, legislator. The book is the outcome of a series of
lectures and workshops held in Oxford in October-December 2004. It
brings together some stimulating and provocative opinions, that
would not usually be found together; archaeology and cultural
heritage students rarely come into contact with antiquities dealers
or collectors, for instance; museum curators rarely get to know the
production processes and rationales behind the legislation and
ethical codes they have to abide by. The aim is to provoke thought
and debate on this topical and sensitive subject area.
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