This atlas contains not only well-produced maps of the Celtic world but an immense amount of accompanying scholarship on the archaeology and place-names; it asserts itself as not a narrative history but is reliant on the most abundant evidence for early Celtic-speaking peoples: archaeological and linguistic. Covering the late Bronze Age to the central Middle Ages in the British Isles, Gaul, Northern Italy, west-central Europe, Anatolia, the eastern Balkans, and the Pontic Steppes, each map is supplemented with text discussing general observations, and linguistic, archaeological, and textual evidence. The latter half of the publication contains categories of evidence from both the ancient and medieval time frames, including site types, artifact types, linguistic evidence, and battles and boundaries. This title is the result of a research project carried out at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, and its thorough scholarship will make this book a necessity to any person in the field of Celtic studies. Distributed in North American by The David Brown Book Co. Oversize: 9.75x13.75" Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)