INTRODUCTION: PROTOHISTORY, CLASSICAL TEXTS, AND COLONIAL DISCOURSE
The Celts of western and central Europe (1) flourished during the height of Greek and Roman civilization, and yet there is a methodological schism between the study of the Mediterranean world and that of the "peripheral" Europeans. Our appreciation of classical society stems primarily from the plentiful written texts--texts that provide us with minute details of society, religion, and politics from the words of ...