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The Celts

by Nora Chadwick · 1970

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Although there is no written record of their prehistoric culture, the Celtic people left behind much archaeological and anthropological evidence of a way of life that was highly evolved. Here a Celtic scholar takes us beyond Stonehenge in a new edition of a classic work about one of history's most intriguing and influential cultures. 3 maps.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisanthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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ancient worldancient worldMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
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archaeologyarchaeologyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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ancient historyancient historyMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of thisScotlandScotlandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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