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From: Doug Weller <>
Subject: Re: Oppida in Irish Culture; was: Ancient Irish 'Pedigrees' (was Re: History & Genealogy or the Mathematical Study of Genealogy?)
Date: 5 May 2002 14:21:03 -0500
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On Sun, 5 May 2002 20:13:52 +0200, in soc.history.ancient, Søren Larsen wrote:
>"Doug Weller" <> skrev i en meddelelse news:...
>> On Sun, 05 May 2002 08:44:32 -0700, in soc.history.ancient, Chris and Tom Tinney, Sr.
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Writing about these, Barry Fell, in his recent book Facing the Ocean, states "if it is
>> accepted that the cliff castles and stone forts began in the first millennium BC [rather
>> than later], as seems not unreasonable, then the pattern of settlement would be broadly
>> similar to that of southwestern and northwestern Britain. The lack of an elite, or even a
>> distinctive material culture, suggests that status was proclaimed in other ways: it is
>> tempting to think that the strong, visually-dominant enclosure was one. (p. 359.
>>
>
>I sincerely hope you are talking about another Barry ;-)
Ouch. Barry Cunliffe, of course!
Doug
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