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‘The mechanism of (Celtic) dreams?’: a partial response to our critics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

J. V. S. Megaw  and
M. R. Megaw
J. V. S. Megaw
Affiliation:
School of Cultural Studies, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia. [email protected]
M. R. Megaw
Affiliation:
School of Cultural Studies, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia. [email protected]
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Abstract

Readers of recent issues of ANTIQUITY will have doubtless been struck by the passions which can be aroused by discussions concerning concepts of prehistoric as well as present-day ethnicity. Here the Megaws round off a Celtic trilogy of papers with what will surely not be the last word in an important debate.

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CeltsethnicityEnglishidentityLa Tène art
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Antiquity , Volume 72 , Issue 276 , June 1998 , pp. 432 - 435
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1998

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