| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
New studies in archaeology |
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New studies in archaeology.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; Acknowledgements; ABBREVIATIONS; British Iron Age coinage; Continental Iron Age coinage; Roman coinage; Mauretanian coinage; NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS USED; Introduction; 1 The Middle to Late Iron Age transition; The processes of change in Iron Age Britain: Cunliffe's model; Aspects of the critique of the existing model; Individual authority and the comitatus; Conclusion; 2 Coin and the representation of individual authority; The horse and the ritual basis of authority |
| Summary |
Combining archaeological, literary and numismatic evidence, John Creighton paints a vivid picture of how people in Late Iron Age Britain reacted to the changing world around them, and how rulers bolstered their power through use of imagery on coins, myths, language, and material culture. Includes full index of Iron Age coins |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-237) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cunobelinus, King of the Britons, -43?
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Britons -- Kings and rulers.
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Coinage -- Great Britain -- History -- To 500
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Coins, British.
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Coins, Celtic -- Great Britain.
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Iron age -- Great Britain.
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Power (Social sciences) -- Great Britain -- History -- To 500
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Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C. to 449 A.D
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Great Britain -- History -- To 55 B.C.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
00710524 |
| ISBN |
0511016441 (electronic bk.) |
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0511034415 (electronic bk.) |
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0511489587 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511016448 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511034411 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511489587 (electronic bk.) |
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