The Iron Age Celts

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 Terms and Concepts
know these in the context of this course

 

GENERAL

PLACES

adornment

aerial photography

alea iacta est

amber

amulet

analogy

ancestor cult

aniconic

ascetic

assemblage

bard, bardic

be beset by

Brehon Laws

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

heroic

hoard

horror vacui

inhumation

invasions

iron age

king, kingdom

La Tène periods

lay vs. lie

liminal

logocentric

migrations

mimesis

monetary economy

mortuary analysis

numinous

pagan

pagus, pagi

remote sensing

Roman period

suttee
synchronic

tumultus

Urnfield

vae victis

vates

votive

Agris

Alesia

Basse-Yutz

Besançon

Bibracte / Mont Beuvray

Celtiberia(n)

Cisalpine Gaul

Colchester

Danube River

Delphi

Dürrnberg

Entremont

Este

Fellbach-Schmiden

Galatia

Gaul

Gergovia

Glauberg

Golasecca

Gournay

Hadrian's Wall

Hagenau

Hallstatt

Heuneburg

Hochdorf

Hohmichele

Kleinaspergle

La Tène

Londinium

Manching

Massalia

Msecke-Zehrovice

Pergamon

Po / Padus River

Reinheim

Rhine River

Rhône River

Rome

Roquepertuse

Rubicon River

St. Albans

Saône River

Seine River

Stradonice

Telamon

Thames River

Tiber River
Transalpine Gaul

Tylis

Vix

Waldalgesheim

Witham River

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

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

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, mound, cairn, barrow

vicus, vici

 

 


antenna-head hilt

anthropoid hilt

carnyx, carnices

cavalry

cuirass

greaves

mercenary

slashing sword

shield boss, umbo

stabbing sword

trimarkisia

 


Alesia

Bibracte

Gergovia

Delphi

Kalkriese

Rome

Rubicon

Telamon

 


 

 


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