A FEWWORDS OF INTRODUCTION 9-10 // I. THE PREISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE HISTORICAL CELTS 11-27 // The role of archaeology in solving the problems of the Celtic past - Development from the Early Stone Age -The basic components of Celtic ethno-genesis // I. THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE HALLSTATT IRON AGE CHIEFTAINS - THE FORTS OF THE OVERLORDS AND THEIR CONTACTS WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN 28-59 // The importance of the Hallstatt period for the culmination of the process of Celtic ethnogenesis -Social differentiation. Chamber-graves and chieftains’ burials - Centres of development in the 6th century. Chieftains’ strongholds - Contacts of the princely courts with the southern region and the rise of an Early La Tčne art style // III. ARMED EXPEDITIONS OF THE CELTS INTO THE REST OF EUROPE - PERIOD OF CELTIC EXPANSION AND LATER CENTRAL EUROPEAN CONCENTRATION 60-80 // The Celts in Italy - Celtic incursions into the Carpathians and into the Balkans - Celtic tribes // in the Czech Lands and in Slovakia - The invasions of the Cimbri and of the Teutones - Gaul in the La Tčne period and in Caesar’s time - Historical Celts in the British Isles // IV. CELTIC LANGUAGES AND THE OLDEST SURVIVING LITERATURE 81-85 // Gaelic-Goidel and Gaulish dialects - Our present-day knowledge of Gaulish language. Interpretation of place-names - The oldest survivals of Irish literature // V. CELTIC SOCIETY AND ITS STRUCTURE 86-100 // Appearance and character of the Celts - Celtic dress - Tores and their socio-ritual significance in Celtic society - Food and feasts of the Celts - The structure of Celtic society - Kingship and aristocracy - The druids // VI. THE WARRIOR ORGANIZATION OF THE CELTS AND THEIR MODE OF WARFARE 101 -108 // The leading warrior group and their equipment -Outward marks of social prestige - Methods of warfare //
VII. THE ECONOMIC BASIS AND CIVILIZED ACHIEVEMENT OF CELTIC SOCIETY 109-142 // House and viflage - Farming and land ownership -Crafts and trades and the high level of Celtic technology. Iron bloomeries and forges - Domestic production and later mass production. Different branches of manufacture - Celtic oppida and their systems of fortification - Oppida in the Czech // Lands - Trade and transport - Celtic coinage - the oldest coinage in Central Europe // VIII. CELTIC ART AND CELTIC RELIGION 143-181 // Early La Tčne style in Celtic handicrafts and Celtic ornament - Matu re La Tčne style - Plastic style and Sword style - Insular Celtic Art - Celtic architecture and sculpture - The Celto-Ligurian seabord -Celtic sculpture in Gaul and in Central Europe -Celtic masks - Celtic sacred sites and sanctuaries -Votive deposits and sacrifices - Celtic conceptions of the supernatural - Burial rites // IX. THE CIVILIZATION AL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE CELTS 182-199 // The Romanization of Gaul and the Celtic heritage - Celtic traditions in Ireland and in Britain - The Neo-Celtic Style and its repercussions on the Continent. Book illumination - The Celtic Heritage in Central and Northern Europe // BIBLIOGRAPHY 200-203 // LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS OF ACADEMICIAN JAN // FILIP 204—205 // INDEX OF NAMES 206-212 // CULTURAL AND SUBJECT INDEX 213-215 // THE PRESENT STATE OF STUDIES IN CELTIC HISTORY AND FUTURE PROSPECTS 216-000 // FIGURES: 1-52 IN TEXT, l-XL PLATES ON ART PAPER