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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 14:22:03 -0500
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On Sun, 05 May 2002 18:31:15 GMT, in soc.history.ancient, Inger E wrote:
>
>"Søren Larsen" <> skrev i meddelandet
>news:ab3t0i$enin1$1@ID-35736.news.dfncis.de...
>>
>> "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 ;-)
>
>Can he be refering to the same Barry who's conclusions have been questioned
>by him? I doubt that. :-)
Nope, just distracted by my trip planning, which is more fun. Trying to do to many things
at once. Barry Cunliffe.
Doug
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