| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
New studies in archaeology
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New studies in archaeology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-237) and indexes. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cunobelinus, King of the Britons, -43?
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Cunobelinus, King of the Britons, -43? |
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Cunobelinus, -43? King of the Britons. |
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Power (Social sciences) -- Great Britain -- History -- To 500.
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Power (Social sciences) |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 500 |
| Subject |
Coinage -- Great Britain -- History -- To 500.
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Great Britain -- History -- To 55 B.C.
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Coinage. |
| Chronological Term |
To 55 B.C |
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Coins, Celtic -- Great Britain.
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Coins, Celtic. |
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Britons -- Kings and rulers.
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Britons -- Kings and rulers. |
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Britons. |
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Iron age -- Great Britain.
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Iron age. |
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Coins, British.
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Coins, British. |
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Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C. to 449 A.D.
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| Chronological Term |
Roman period, 55 B.C. to 449 A.D |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Creighton, John, 1964- Coins and power in late Iron Age Britain. Cambridge UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000 0521772079 (DLC) 00710524 (OCoLC)43457586 |
| ISBN |
0511016441 (electronic book) |
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9780511016448 (electronic book) |
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0511034415 (electronic book) |
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9780511034411 (electronic book) |
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9780511489587 (electronic book) |
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0511489587 (electronic book) |
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051104965X |
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9780511049651 |
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9780521772075 |
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0521772079 |
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