Celtic Periods and Cultures Archaeology
Celtic Periods and Cultures Archaeology
The study of the material remains of the Iron Age culture which emerged in central Europe c.1200 BC, spread to the Iberian peninsula in the 6th century BC and then the British Isles and North Italy.
Much of the Celtic heartland was absorbed into the Roman Empire. For the Roman period, see Science: Social Sciences: Archaeology: Periods and Cultures: Roman
Top: Science: Social Sciences: Archaeology: Periods and Cultures: Celtic
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Origin of the Celts - Michael Wangbickler introduces the Hallstatt culture and its successor, that of La Tène, with some comment on earlier European cultures.
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Simon James's Ancient Celts Page - The author of the controversial 'The Atlantic Celts' gives a summary of his views challenging the concept of Iron Age Britain as inhabited by Celts.
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Mount Ipf - Description and images of a Celtic hillfort near Bopfingen, Baden-Wurttemberg.
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Understanding the British Iron Age - Draft report of members of the Iron Age Research Seminar on future research directions for British Iron Age archaeology.
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Celtic Improvisations - An illustrated art-historical analysis of coins of the Coriosolites of Brittany by John Hooker, based on the La Marquanderie hoard from Jersey. Maps of hoard discoveries and mint zones.
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Celtic Inscribed Stones - Online database of all non-Runic inscriptions on stone monuments in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Dumnonia, Brittany and the Isle of Man AD 400-1000. Hosted by University College London.
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Celtic Hillfort at Duensberg in Germany - Dating from prehistory this settlement prospered in the first century B.C. A brief summary and photograph albums of the excavations from 2001 onwards. Map and travel hints to reach the site.
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Celtic Museum - A Celtic chieftain's grave burrow in Baden-Wurttemberg.
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Celtic Coin Index on the Web - The Internet version by John Hooker and Carin Perron. The coins of the Atrebatian king Epaticcus are on-line. Further records will be added in order of original cataloguing. Bibliography.
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World of the Celts - David Freeman takes an archaeological and historical look at the British Celts. Illustrated text on weapons, round houses, clothing, art, artefacts. History, glossary and bibliography.
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Pretanic World - The archaeology, history, religion and culture of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales from the Neolithic period through the Celtic Era. Includes riddles, timelines, articles and contests.
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Bibracte - Article from Athena Review on one of the most important hillforts in Gaul, capital of the Aedui. Covers the historical sources and archaeology. Includes plan.
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Hollingbury Hillfort - Guide to the archaeology of an Iron Age hillfort and Bronze Age burial ground near Brighton in the UK. Contains details of finds and landscape features, origins and prehistory of the site, and local resources.
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The Heuneburg Museum - The archaeology of a Celtic town in upper Swabia. Excavation finds in the museum and the hiking trail to the burial mounds and other monuments in the landscape.
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Heuneburg Archaeological Project - The focus of this project is a group of burial mounds or tumuli associated with one of the best excavated and most extensively studied late Hallstatt period (~600-400 BCE) hillfort settlements in western Europe, the Heuneburg.
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