I finally figured it out; the Gauls were ninjas!

[joyful_storm]

I have been doing a lot of research on Gaul/France recently; I'm very psyched about it. samildanach and I have been planning to do a 2012 trip to Burgundy for some time, and then I started having all this Gaulish Celt mystical stuff come up lately, and OMGs the research possibilities, squee! I'm at the point of tipping over, flailing enthusiastically about

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[witchchild]

I need to check to see if the reference site I made is still visible, but in the meantime, you can add the Directory of Open Access Journals to your scanning along with WorldCat.

[joyful_storm]

Thank you for the tip! :D

[witchchild]

At some point I need to check links and add in a bunch more, but it's still online. http://soliils504.weebly.com/ The subject-specific section might have some options for you.

[alfrecht]

It's the language/availability issue, largely...

Tons of CR folks interested in Irish stuff often say "Well, there's not anything on that really," when they just don't know what there is--including what has been edited/translated/made more accessible...

So, certainly, there's Gaulish stuff, but it usually involves having to know French or German or Italian. There's also Celtiberian stuff, and it generally involves having to know Spanish or Portugese.

(And, certain groups who really ought to know better are saying the same things about, for example, Antinous, and they have utterly no excuse for saying so, since there is a lot in English on him...it just involves having to be persistent and unafraid of academic libraries...)

[joyful_storm]

mimerki said much the same about the language issue.

. . . sometimes trying to understand such perspectives makes my head hurt.

*small rant snipped because you of all people don't need to be told about the value of breaking free of English-language chauvinism*

In other related news, I'm happy to say that the new edition of Lonely Planet France that was published last month (and that I got today) is MUCH, MUCH better. Bibracte is on their list of top picks for Burgundy and they say the museum is excellent, they talk about the Musee Rolin and the various ruins in Autun, they recommend seeing the Treasure of Vix at Chatillon-sur-Seine, they talk about Vienne as a high point as far as Roman sights in the Rhone region. They even mention the sites of a few sacred springs and sources of rivers (not the Seine, sadly, but they do talk up the Sequana materials in Dijon better than in the previous version).

[chronarchy]

Oh, it's certainly there. You just have to look for it :)

[joyful_storm]

Well, yes, I figured you of all people didn't need the signal flags. ;)

[jhanastarblade]

You lead a fascinating intellectual life. Never stop! :)