Ancient Celtic Placenames in Europe and Asia Minor, Number 39
Author | : Patrick Sims-Williams |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2006-07-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 1405145706 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781405145701 |
Rating | : 4/5 (701 Downloads) |
Download or read book Ancient Celtic Placenames in Europe and Asia Minor, Number 39 written by Patrick Sims-Williams and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2006-07-24 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original study revealing the history of place-names from Ireland to Anatolia, from Scotland to the Apennines, and from to Andalusia the Black Seas. Includes numerous original maps and uncovers new methodology for linguistic geography Uses a dataset of over 20,000 names recorded by Greek and Latin authors such as Polybius, Caesar and Tacitus and by early geographers such as Strabo, Pliny, Ptolemy and the Ravenna Cosmographer A significant work for archaeologists, historians and philologists studying the early distribution of Celtic and other Indo-European languages