Re: The Last of the Neanderthals

"Hayabusa" <peregrine@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:40:57 +0100, "Douglas Clark"
<dgdclynx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


But regarding the Celtic homeland I am quite prepared to accept
Oppenheimers
(and Simon James etc) argument for Southwest France rather than Germany.
It
fits in better to my untutored brain. Cheers.

I have no axe to grind in this, just would like to call to attention
that the Hallstatt culture is commonly thought to be Celtic. Hallstatt
is in Austria, close to Salzburg. Due to the salt trade they were
among the richest people in the region.

Hayabusa


Commonly thought to be Celtic due to Herodotus. Openheimer goes into this in
great detail.


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