J. P. Mallory

In Search of the Irish Dreamtime

Archaeology & Early Irish Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

By comparing the world depicted in the earliest Irish literary tradition with the archaeological evidence available on the ground, the author explores Ireland's rich mythological tradition and tests its claims to represent reality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson / Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 167mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 679g
• ISBN-13: 9780500051849
• ISBN-10: 0500051844
• Artikelnr.: 43923238

Autorenporträt

J. P. Mallory is a world expert on the interconnection of archaeology and linguistics and is the author of the standard work In Search of the Indo-Europeans and The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European. He has published numerous other works, including the hugely acclaimed The Origins of the Irish. He is Emeritus Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at Queen's University Belfast and a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - 1: Discovering the Oldest Irish Tradition - 2: Impossible Stories and Impertinent Tales - 3: Excavating the Dreamtime - 4: The Archaeology of the Irish National Origin Legend - 5: The Natural Environment - 6: The Built Environment - 7: Warfare and Weapons - 8: Transport - 9: Material Culture - 10: Burial - 11: Whence the Dreamtime?

Rezensionen

'An essential modern reader on the development of our concepts of the most ancient past of Ireland ... formidably referenced and thorough' - Irish Times