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Apr 1, 2021 · Origins: Urnfield, Hallstatt & La Tène. Most scholars agree that the origins of Celtic culture can be traced back to three earlier, closely-related, and overlapping cultural groups. The first of these is the Late Bronze Age Urnfield culture present around the upper Danube from c. 1300 BCE.
- Mark Cartwright
The history of pre-Celtic Europe and Celtic origins is debated. The traditional "Celtic from the East" theory, says the proto-Celtic language arose in the late Bronze Age Urnfield culture of central Europe, named after grave sites in southern Germany, [12] [13] which flourished from around 1200 BC. [14]
Nov 30, 2017 · It’s believed that the Celtic culture started to evolve as early as 1200 B.C. The Celts spread throughout western Europe—including Britain, Ireland, France and Spain—via migration. Their legacy...
- Dave Roos
- The Celts were the largest group in ancient Europe. The ancient culture known as the Celts once extended far beyond the British Isles. With territory stretching from Spain to the Black Sea, the Celts were geographically the largest group of people to inhabit ancient Europe.
- The Celts were described as barbaric warriors. Since the Celts themselves left no written histories, we’re left to rely on the admittedly biased accounts of their enemies in battle, the Greeks and later the Romans.
- Ancient Celtic burial mounds reveal a complex society. Ancient Celtic settlement Chysauster Village, a late Iron Age and Romano-British village of courtyard houses in Cornwall, England.
- The Celts may have been one of the first Europeans to wear pants. The ancient Celts were famous for their colorful wool textiles, forerunners of the famous Scottish tartan.
Mar 4, 2024 · The oldest archaeological evidence of the Celts comes from Hallstatt, Austria, near Salzburg. Excavated graves of chieftains there, dating from about 700 bce, exhibit an Iron Age culture (one of the first in Europe) which received in Greek trade such luxury items as bronze and pottery vessels.
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Sep 28, 2021 · Video. by Kelly Macquire. published on 28 September 2021. The Ancient Celtic people were never a unified empire, but were individual and complex tribes that shared the Celtic language, and through the trade of goods and ideas, shared similarities in art, warfare, religion and burial practices.
