Celtic
Celtic
Celtic Links
- The Celts: The First Europe An exhibition in 1991 at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, which assembled over 2,200 items from 200 museums in 24 countries, with a published catalogue. History, images of selected objects.
- The Timeline of Celtic History An outline by Clannada na Gadelica from 10000-2000 BCE to modern times, with references.
- Celtic Art and Cultures The University of North Carolina provides an image database searchable in various ways, along with maps, timelines, discussion of design, features on topics and an illustrated glossary.
- La Tène Article from the Encyclopædia Britannica on the Late Iron Age culture of European Celts which takes its name from the archaeological site at the eastern end of Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
- Bibracte, Cradle of Celtic Civilisation Brief tourist guide from the Conseil General de la Nieve of the site of the capital of the Eduens, a powerful Gaulish tribe, and the Celtic Civilisation Museum at the foot of Mont Beuvray.
- 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.
- People of Britain Dr Simon James asks just who were the Britons and did the Celts ever really exist? From BBC Archaeology and Ancient History.
- Celtic Coin Index An illustrated introduction to Oxford University's huge collection of images of Celtic coins found in Britain, with bibliography.
- 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.
- 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.
- Understanding the British Iron Age Draft report of members of the Iron Age Research Seminar on future research directions for British Iron Age archaeology.
- Celtic Art: A Brief Overview An article by Tara NicScothach bean MacAnTsaoir for Clannada na Gadelica, with bibliography and glossary.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Celtic and Prehistoric Museum In Kerry, Ireland. Has a collection of copper and Bronze age ceremonial grave goods and spiraling Celtic jewelry, swords and bone ice skates.
- The Celts and the Ocean Barry Cunliffe explains that his book Facing the Ocean aims to move the focus of study for pre- and early history in Europe away from the Mediterranean towards the Atlantic sea-ways.
- Origin of the Celts Michael Wangbickler introduces the Hallstatt culture and its successor, that of La Tène, with some comment on earlier European cultures. Bibliography.
- Iron Age Western Europe Gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs of La Tène and Romano-Celtic artifacts in museums, with captions, from Images from World History.
- Barbarians on the Greek Periphery? Origins of Celtic Art Constanze Maria Witt's PhD dissertation. Includes location maps and images of important Iron Age sites in Europe, and bibliography. Navigation by floating window.
- Hallstatt Illustrated article from the Encyclopædia Britannica on the Early Iron Age culture of the Celts which takes its name from an archaeological site in upper Austria.
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