Iron Age Celts

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GENERAL

PLACES


adornment
aerial photography
alea iacta est
amber
amulet
analogy
ancestor cult
aniconic
ascetic
assemblage
bard, bardic
be beset by
bronze age
burying group
Celt, Celtic
chiefdom
chthonic
civitas, civitates
coinage
cremation
culture
deposit
description vs interpretation
diachronic
druid
ethnicity
feasting
Galatians
Gaul, Gauls
Hallstatt periods
Hellenistic
heroic
hoard
inhumation
invasions
iron age
king, kingdom
La Tène periods
lay vs. lie
liminal
logocentric
migrations
monetary economy
mortuary analysis
numinous
pagan
primordialism
remote sensing
Roman period
Seleucids
synchronic
tumultus
Urnfield
vae victis
vates
votive
Agris
Alesia
Basse-Yutz
Besançon
Bibracte / Mont Beuvray
Celtiberia(n)
Cisalpine Gaul
Colchester
Danube River
Delphi
Dürrnberg
Elbe River
Entremont
Este
Fellbach-Schmiden
Galatia
Gaul
Gergovia
Glauberg
Golasecca
Gournay-sur-Aronde
Hadrian's Wall
Hagenau
Hallstatt
Heuneburg
Hochdorf
Hohmichele
Kleinaspergle
La Tène
Londinium
Main River
Manching
Marne River
Massalia
Mediolanum
Msecke-Zehrovice
Pergamon
Po / Padus River
Reinheim
Rhine River
Rhône River
Ribemont-sur-Ancre
Rome
Roquepertuse
Rubicon River
St. Albans
Saône River
Sequana/Seine River
Stradonice
Telamon
Thames River
Tiber River
Transalpine Gaul
Tylis
Vix
Waldalgesheim
Witham River
Zavist
ART and ARTIFACTS ARCHITECTURE and WARFARE
abstract
alloy
amphora
Animal Style
anneal
anthropomorphic
apotropaic
baroque
carve
cast metal
cauldron
cold-work
fibula, fibulae
figural
filigree
fire dogs
guerreros gallicos
hybrid
idealizing
illusionism
indentation
ingot; ox-hide ingot
motif
narrative
pectoral
phalera
Plastic Style or Disney Style
pony cap
realism
representational
repoussé
scabbard
Scythian style
situla, situlae
stele, pl. stelai
stylize
Thracian style
torc or torque
Vegetal Style or Waldalgesheim Style
wheel-turned pottery
wrought iron
zoomorphic
 
aedificium, aedificia
castro
chamber tomb
corbel vault
hillfort
murus gallicus
oppidum, oppida
passage grave
pediment
post and lintel
settlement
standing stones
tumulus, -i; mound, cairn, barrow
vicus, vici

Arms & Armor

antenna-head hilt
anthropoid hilt
carnyx, carnices
cavalry
cuirass
greaves
mercenary
slashing sword
shield boss, umbo
stabbing sword
trimarkisia

Key Battle Sites

Alesia
Bibracte
Gergovia
Delphi
Kalkriese
Rome
Rubicon
Telamon
 
   
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