CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[PREFACE] [9]
[LIST OF FIGURES AND MAPS] [11]
[LIST OF PLATES] [13]
[I] THE PROBLEM [15]
[II] THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF CELTIC LANDS [19]
[III] EARLY TRADE WITH CELTIC LANDS [34]
[IV] THE PROSPECTORS [48]
[V] THE CELTIC CRADLE [61]
[VI] MANY INVASIONS [71]
[VII] THE EVOLUTION OF THE LEAF-SHAPED SWORD [81]
[VIII] THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LEAF-SHAPED SWORDS [92]
[IX] GREEK LANDS AND THE BASIS OF CHRONOLOGY [104]
[X] THE IRON SWORD [117]
[XI] A RECAPITULATION [126]
[XII] THE ARYAN CRADLE [132]
[XIII] P’S AND Q’S [144]
[XIV] THE WANDERINGS OF THE WIROS [153]
[XV] CONCLUSION [168]
[APP. I] CHRONOLOGY [170]
[APP. II] MATRILINEAR SUCCESSION IN GREECE [173]
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] [177]
[INDEX] [191]

LIST OF FIGURES AND MAPS

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[1] MAP OF CELTIC LANDS AND THE CELTIC CRADLE [16]
[2] POTSHERD FROM KOSZYLOWSCE, GALICIA [65]
[3] BOWL DECORATED WITH RED LINES, DISCOVERED IN THE GREAT “THOLOS” OF HAGHIA TRIADA [65]
[4] CARINATED VASE FROM SPAIN [77]
[5] SILVER VASE FROM HISSARLIK II. [78]
[6] BELL BEAKER [78]
[7] NORTHERN BEAKER [79]
[8] GROOVED ITALIAN DAGGER [83]
[9] RIVETED DAGGER-HILT [84]
[10] LEAF-SHAPED SWORD [84]
[11] BRONZE HILT OF LEAF-SHAPED SWORD [85]
[12] TANG, WITH FLANGED EDGES, SHAPED TO FIT THE HAND [86]
[13] CONVEX AND CONCAVE BUTTS [87]
[14] (a) SECTION NOT UNLIKE THAT OF A SPEAR-HEAD [88]
(b) RHOMBOID SECTION WITH CONCAVE SIDES [88]
[15] SPINDLE-SHAPED SECTION [90]
[16] THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE BLADE BEGINS AN INCH OR TWO BELOW THE BUTT [90]
[17] SPINDLE-SHAPED SECTION WITH MODIFIED EDGE [91]
[18] DEVEREL-RIMBURY URNS [102]
[19] URN OF TYPE 3 [102]
[20] FIVE TYPES OF RACQUET PINS [119]
[21] RACQUET PINS FROM THE KOBAN [120]
[22] SWORD FROM ZAVADYNTSE [121]
[23] MAP SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF TYPE G SWORDS IN FRANCE [123]
[24] MAP SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF IRON SWORDS IN FRANCE [124]
[25] TYPE G SWORD FROM FINLAND [130]
[26] MAP SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF SWORDS AND DIALECTS IN ITALY [150]

LIST OF PLATES

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