Identity and Power
The Transformation of Iron Age Societies in Northeast Gaul
Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
306 pages
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48 color plates, 95 halftones
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8 x 10
This volume traces the evolution of Iron Age communities in northeast Gaul with a particular focus on the Middle Rhine-Moselle region. Charting the transformation of social identity in these communities, Manuel Fernández-Götz examines their social and political organization; their cycles of centralization and decentralization; the origins of the La Tène culture; the emergence of the oppida, or fortified settlements; and the significance of sanctuaries. Drawing on archaeological data, historical references, and anthropological observation, he makes an important contribution to our knowledge of Iron Age societies.
Ian Ralston | University of Edinburgh
“This overview is destined to become both a key source for the comprehension of the regional record and, perhaps more importantly, a vade mecum for further consideration, both theoretical and practical, of Fernández-Götz's central topics within temperate European Iron Age studies.”
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