Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 08:50:15 -0800
From: Rowan Fairgrove 
Subject: Druid Prince & bibliography (LONG)

[The author has a BA in archeology,               ]
[and a vivid interest in Celtic archeology. --Ceci]

[...]

Here is a basic annotated bibliography on Romano-Celtic archaeology
and religion that I give my students.  Sorry for taking up so much
bandwidth. :-)

Brunaux, Jean Louis, 1988 (Eng trans.) The Celtic Gauls: Gods, Rites
and Sanctuaries, London: B. A. Seaby Ltd.
Table of Contents: Territory; Sacred Space; Time; Society; Priests;
The Gods; Rites; Rites of Life and Death; Cults of Nature; Rites of
War; Public Cults; Historical Evaluation.  A good overview of religion
in late Iron Age France.

Caesar, Julius, 1980 (new trans.) The Battle for Gaul, Boston: David
R.  Godine, Publisher
The eight books of Caesar's Commentaries on the Gaulish campaign

Chadwick, Nora (1970) The Celts, New York: Penguin Books
Overview of Celtic kingdoms both insular and continental, religion,
Christianity, art and literature.

Cunliffe, Barry (1988) Greeks, Romans and Barbarians: Spheres of Interaction,  
London : B. T. Batsford
A meticulously footnoted study of the interactions between the
Mediterranean world and the "barbarians".  Details economic ties which
greatly influenced the culture of the Celts

-----  (1985) The Temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath (Vol. 1 - The Site), 
Oxford, Eng.: Oxford U. Committee for Archaeology
Archaeological report on the excavations at Bath between 1978-1984.
Extensive detail on geomorphology of area, temple construction,
artifacts and human and animal remains.

Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, (1984) Roman Britain, New Jersey: Barnes &
Noble Books
The first third of the book is an overview of Roman involvement in the
British Isles.  The rest is a gazetteer of over 1,000 British Roman
sites.

Green, Miranda, (1992) Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend, London:
Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Dictionary entries on Celtic myth, legend and folklore in Britain and
Europe between 500 BCE and 400 CE.

------ (1991) The Sun-Gods of Ancient Europe,  London: B. T. Batsford Ltd.
Comprehensive survey of solar worship in Europe from 2000 BCE to 400 CE.

------ (1989) Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art, London: Routledge
Detailed study of Celtic religious imagery between 500 BCE to 400 CE,
primarily Continental but with extended references to Insular
practice.

------ (1986) The Gods of the Celts, Totawa, N.J.: Barnes & Noble Books
An integrated look at the Celtic Gods of Britain and the Continent
based mainly on the archaeological record with reference to vernacular
and classical writings; this updates Anne Ross on Britain.

------ (1983) The Gods of Roman Britain, Aylesbury, Bucks, Eng: Shire
Publications, Ltd.
Romano-British religion from its origins through various imported
deities to Christianity.  The discussion of deities imported from the
middle east and the syncretic nature of Romano-Celtic religion is
particularly interesting.

MacCana, Proinsias (1968, py 1991) Celtic Mythology, New York: Peter
Bedrick Books
Overview of Celtic Mythology.  TC: Gaulish Gods and Insular
Equivalents; The Tuatha de Danaan; The Gods of Britain; The Goddesses
of the Insular Celts;The Heroic Tradition; The Otherworld; The
Integral Tradition

Ross, Anne (1967) Pagan Celtic Britain: Studies in Iconography and
Tradition, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul
Classic treatment of the Gods of Britain based mainly on the
archaeological record with reference to vernacular and classical
writings.

------ (1970) The Everyday Life of the Pagan Celts, London: Transworld
Publishers Ltd
Comprehensive discussion of both insular and continental life, drawing
on both archaeology and contemporary literature for information.

Ross, Anne and Don Robins (1989) The Life and Death of a Druid Prince:
The story of an archaeological sensation, London: Random Century Group
Ltd
Analysis of Lindow Man and his a bog burial in Lindow Moss near
Manchester, Eng.  Surrounded by controversy in the field.

Rutherford, Ward (1987) Celtic Mythology: Nature & Influence of Celtic
Myth - Druidism to Arthurian Legend, Wellingborough, Eng.: The
Aquarian Press
Scholarly discussion of Celtic myth and thought.  The author has also
written books on druids and on shamanism and this allows insights on
subjects such as prophesy.  He then carries the influence of the Celts
up into Arthur and other later manifestations.

Stewart, Robert J. (1990) Celtic Gods, Celtic Goddesses, London:
Blandford
Detailed look at the magic, mythology and religion of the Celts using
archaeological evidence plus folklore and Celtic and Medieval
literature.

Webster, Graham (1986) The British Celts and their Gods under Rome,
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd.
Survey of the beliefs and practices of the Celtic religion and the
adjustments and integration experienced under Roman rule.  He tends to
make leaps of logic which he does not footnote.