Christiane Éluère (born 1946, known in English as Christiane Eluère) is a French curator of heritage, archaeologist and historian specialised in the history of the

Celts The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...

Career

Christiane Éluère is chief curator of the

Center for Research and Restoration of Museums of France The National Centre for Research and Restoration in French Museums (C2RMF, ''Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France'') is the national Research institute, research centre in France responsible for the Documentation (field), ...

. At the National Archaeological Museum in

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, she shares responsibility for the protohistoric collections. In 1987, she helped to organise the exhibition ('Treasures of the Celtic Princes'). She is the author of several books on European

protohistory Protohistory is a period between prehistory and history during which a culture or civilization has not yet developed writing, but other cultures have already noted the existence of those pre-literate groups in their own writings. For example, in ...

and the Celts. Her publications include (1982), (1987), (1989) and (1992), a richly illustrated pocket book for Gallimard's " Découvertes"

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, which has been translated into eight languages, including English, and is often reprinted.

Selected publications

* ''L'Or des Celtes'', Office du livre, 1987 * ''Les secrets de l'or antique'', La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1989 ** ''Secrets of Ancient Gold'', Düdingen: Trio, 1990 * ''L'Europe des Celtes'', collection «

Découvertes Gallimard (, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an editorial collection of illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in pocket format. The books are concise introductions to pa ...

» (nº 158), série Histoire. Éditions Gallimard, 1992 ** UK edition – '' The Celts: First Masters of Europe'', '

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' series, Thames & Hudson, 1993, reprinted 1995, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2010 ** US edition – ''The Celts: Conquerors of Ancient Europe'', "

Abrams Discoveries Abrams may refer to: * Abrams (surname), a list of notable people with the surname * '' Abrams v. United States'', 250 U.S. 616 (1919), U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding free speech during times of war * M1 Abrams, main battle tank * Abrams, Wi ...

" series. Harry N. Abrams, 1993 * ''L'art des Celtes'', Citadelles et Mazenod, 2004

In collaboration

* With Jean-Pierre Mohen, ''L'Europe à l'âge du bronze : Le temps des héros'', collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 378), série Histoire. Éditions Gallimard, 1999 ** US edition – ''The Bronze Age in Europe'', "Abrams Discoveries" series. Harry N. Abrams, 2000 ** UK edition – ''The Bronze Age in Europe: Gods, Heroes and Treasures'', 'New Horizons' series, Thames & Hudson, 2000 *

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, ''Gods and Heroes of the European Bronze Age'', Thames & Hudson, 1999

References

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