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Merlin's secret : the African and Near Eastern presence in the ancient British Isles

Title
Merlin's secret : the African and Near Eastern presence in the ancient British Isles / Robert N. List.
Author
List, Robert N.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©1999.

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Description
vi, 425 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Prehistoric peoples > Great Britain
  • Ethnology > Great Britain
  • Civilization > African influences
  • Civilization > Middle Eastern influences
  • Ethnology
  • Prehistoric peoples
  • Kulturkontakt
  • Vor- und Frühgeschichte
  • Sprachkontakt
  • Merlin (Legendary character)
  • Ethnoarchaeology > Great Britain
  • Hominidés fossiles > Grande-Bretagne
  • Ethnologie > Grande-Bretagne
  • Great Britain > Civilization > Middle Eastern influences
  • Great Britain > Civilization > African influences
  • Great Britain
  • Britische Inseln
  • Naher Osten
  • Great Britain > Civilization > To 55 B.C
  • Great Britain > Civilization > African influences. > To 55 B.C
  • Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > Influence moyen-orientale
  • Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > Influence africaine
  • Afrikanische Sprachen
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-416) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction: The Big Lies -- Ch. 2. Preliminary Observations of the Early Diffusionists -- Ch. 3. Another Look at Cultural Diffusion Theories -- Ch. 4. The Elusive Tuatha de Danaan -- Ch. 5. Phonetics and Placenames -- Ch. 6. ABO Blood Correlations: The Mediterannean Littoral and the British Isles -- Ch. 7. Syntactical Anomalies in Welsh, Irish and North African Languages -- Ch. 8. The Evidence of Craniology -- Ch. 9. Heading North to the Isle of Saints and Sages -- Ch. 10. Merlin's Secret -- Ch. 11. Comets and Trees -- Ch. 12. Comets and Kings -- Ch. 13. The Grail: Fire from the Sky -- Ch. 14. The Heresy of the Grail Legends -- Ch. 15. Lucifer's Emerald Isle -- Ch. 16. Charles II and the Cavalier Lifestyle -- Ch. 17. "What's that Moor's Head Doing on my Family Crest?"
ISBN
  • 0761813950
  • 9780761813958
  • 0761813969
  • 9780761813965
LCCN
99021550
OCLC
  • ocm41035393
  • 41035393
  • SCSB-766963
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library