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Book SynopsisIn addition to Phoenician, Greek, and Latin, at least four writing systems were used between the fifth century BCE and the first century CE to write the indigenous languages of the Iberian peninsula (the so-called Palaeohispanic languages): Tartessian, Iberian, Celtiberian, and Lusitanian. In total over three thousand inscriptions are preserved in what is certainly the largest corpus of epigraphic expression in the western Mediterranean world, with the exception of the Italian peninsula. The aim of this volume is to present the most recent cutting-edge scholarship on these epigraphies and on the languages that they transmit. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach which draws on the expertise of leading specialists in the field, it brings together a broad range of perspectives on the linguistic, philological, epigraphic, numismatic, historical, and archaeological aspects of the surviving inscriptions, and provides invaluable new insights into the social, economic, and cultural history o
Trade ReviewThis book should certainly form part of all university libraries specialising in the ancient world and should be read by anyone who would like to be introduced to Palaeohispanistics or who has the desire to know the current state-of-the-art of this discipline. There is, indeed, no other monograph on the topic that is so exhaustive, up to date and accessible as this one, all at the same time. * Silvia Tantimonaco, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, The Classical Review *
Table of ContentsFrontmatter List of Figures, Maps, and Tables List of Abbreviations List of Contributors 1: J. de Hoz: Method and Methods: Studying Palaeohispanic Languages as a Discipline 2: A. Lorrio and J. Sanmartí: The Iberian Peninsula in Pre-Roman Times: An Archaeological and Ethnographical Survey 3: J. A. Zamora: Phoenician Epigraphy 4: J. Ferrer and N. Moncunill: Palaeohispanic Writing Systems: Classification, Origin, and Development 5: J. A. Correa and A. Guerra: The Epigraphic and Linguistic Situation in the South-West of the Iberian Peninsula 6: J. de Hoz: The Linguistic Situation in the Territory of Andalusia 7: J. Velaza: Iberian Writing and Language 8: A. Mullen and C. Ruiz Darasse: Cultural and Linguistic Contacts in Southern Gaul 9: E. Orduña: The Vasco-Iberian Theory 10: F. Beltrán and C. Jordán: Writing and Language in Celtiberia 11: E. R. Luján: Language and Writing among the Lusitanians 12: J. Gorrochategui and J. M. Vallejo: The Parts of Hispania without Epigraphy 13: P. P. Ripollès and A. G. Sinner: Coin Evidence for Palaeohispanic Languages 14: B. Díaz Ariño, M. J. Estarán, and I. Simón: Writing, Colonization, and Latinization in the Iberian Peninsula Endmatter Bibliography Concordance of Inscriptions Index of Sources
