Identities and social relations are fundamental elements of societies. To approach these
topics from a new and different angle, this study takes the human body as the focal point of …

Recent excavations and theoretical advances have revealed evidence of an early and
perhaps independent nucleation and centralization process in the region south of the Alps, a …

This article reviews the recent conflicts over the Celts largely generated in the field of
archaeology, but also affecting some other areas of Celtic Studies. The debate has been …

L'article se penche sur le sens du terme «Celtes», sur son usage et sur les façons d'étudier
son contenu. Traditionnellement, les Celtes sont considérés comme un peuple, une nation …

Can we talk of large ethnic groups in South-East Europe during the Late Iron Age? Since
ancient authors, such as Strabo, provide us with the names of numerous peoples …

Human migration is a crucial component in the formation of a community and a fundamental
aspect of the socio-politic dynamic of a group. Exploring human migration in prehistoric …

The belief in the creation of a Dacian empire or state by “the Dacian king Burebista” became
over time and in specific political contexts part of the Romanian national history in as much …

This PhD dissertation aims to investigate the formative dynamics of identity in mountain
societies, through the case-study of the late Iron Age Aterno Valley (Central Apennines). The …

The popular attitude towards prehistoric monuments in Sardinia has been to consider them
as testimony of a great past, as represented by the names attached to them, eg domus de …

Gardening time Page 1 MCDONALD INSTITUTE CONVERSATIONS Gardening time
Monuments and landscape from Sardinia, Scotland and Central Europe in the very long Iron Age …