Ancient Celtic Placenames in Europe and Asia Minor, Number 39
Publications of the Philological Society
1. Auflage Juni 2006
424 Seiten, Softcover
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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
Preface.
1. Introduction.
2. A Database Approach.
3. The Long Arm of Coincidence.
4. Selected Celtic-Looking Strings and Elements.
5. The distribution of the Selected Celtic-Looking Elements.
6. The Extent of Celtic Names: i. Northern Europe (above 48
latitude) .
7. The Extent of Celtic Names: ii. Central Europe (latitudes
44-47).
8. The Extent of Celtic Names: iii. Southern Europe (latitude 43
and southwar.
9. The Extent of Celtic Names: iv. Asia Minor (west of longitude
+35) with v. Note on Remaining Areas around the Mediterranean
(north of latitude 35 and west of longitude +35).
10. The Extent of Celtic Names: vi. Africa and Asia (south of
latitude 35 and east of longitude +35).
11. The Extent of Celtic Names: Summary.
12. Prospects for Further Research.
Abbreviations.
Bibliography.
Index of Place-Names