Haselgrove Colin, Rebay-Salisbury Katharina, Wells Peter S. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the European Iron Age

Oxford University Press, 2023. — 1424 p.- Draws on recent research on the Iron Age across Europe, including information not widely available or still unpublished
- Sheds fresh light on the changing character of European societies during this crucial last period of prehistory and challenges many previous narratives
- First synthetic overview in modern times of the European Iron Age in its geographical and chronological entiretyThe Oxford Handbook of the European Iron Age presents a broad overview of current understanding of the archaeology of Europe from 1000 BC through to the early historic periods, exploiting the large quantities of new evidence yielded by the upsurge in archaeological research and excavation on this period over the last thirty years. Three introductory chapters situate the reader in the times and the environments of Iron Age Europe. Fourteen regional chapters provide accessible syntheses of developments in different parts of the continent, from Ireland and Spain in the west to the borders with Asia in the east, from Scandinavia in the north to the Mediterranean shores in the south. Twenty-six thematic chapters examine different aspects of Iron Age archaeology in greater depth, from lifeways, economy, and complexity to identity, ritual, and expression. Among the many topics explored are agricultural systems, settlements, landscape monuments, iron smelting and forging, production of textiles, politics, demography, gender, migration, funerary practices, social and religious rituals, coinage and literacy, and art and design.Contributors: Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Xosé-Lois Armada, Ian Armit, Johanna Banck-Burgess, Patrice Brun, Stefan Burmeister, Timothy Champion, John Collis, Raffaele de Marinis, Manfred Eggert, Stephan Fichtl, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Lin Foxhall, Dominique Garcia, Rupert Gebhard, Michael Gebühr, Stefanos Gimatzidis, Chris Gosden, Ignacio Grau-Mira, Maaike Groot, Martin Guggisberg, Colin Haselgrove, Frands Herschend, Fraser Hunter, Simon James, Jody Joy, Raimund Karl, Ludmila Koryakova, Sophie Krausz, Hansjörg Küster, Valter Lang, Naoise MacSweeney, Carola Metzner-Nebelsick, Tom Moore, Valentina Mordvintseva, Daphne Nash-Briggs, Wojciech Nowakowski, Rachel Pope, Katharina Rebay-Salisbury, Sabine Reinhold, Adam Rogers, Aurel Rustoiu, Biba Terzan, T.L. Thurston, Leo Webley, Peter S. Wells, Holger Wendling.Colin Haselgrove, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, University of Leicester, Katharina Rebay-Salisbury, Group Leader, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Austrian Academy of Science, and Peter S. Wells, Professor of Anthropology, University of Minnesota.