Re: Galli, Celts and celtic culture


"Searles O'Dubhain" <odubhain@*comcast*.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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"Uwe Müller" <uwemueller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That's why archaeologists map the distribution of all kinds of traits, to
find out which were used according to local, regional or multi-regional
standards.And they give names to these artefact assemblies, designing
local,
regional and multi-regional groups. There is something like celtic
metalworking know-how, but there is no archaeological data for a common
celtic culture, as it is painted in roman sources.

have fun
Uwe Mueller


The "painting" of Celtic culture by the Romans is generally based on
social behavior rather than artifacts.

I was referring to Ceasar as one description being generalised.

The benefit of archaeology to a study of Celtic culture will be in their
"mapping" to social functions and characteristics (if at all).

I have never claimed that archaeologic cultures can tell everything about a
given group of people. But they provide facts about social and economical
interconnections.

According to the reported Roman models of Celtic culture, they had a
learned class of people who had the ability to travel from one tribe to
another in relative security and who gathered together periodically in
assemblies to exchange information, judge disputes and to preside at
rituals.

Which would be hard to detect by archaeological means, especially the
security and the gathering in assemblies. What archaeology can say is, that
there was a common cultural background, that was understood between Britain
and the middle Danube.


Some Romans also said that there were schools for these learned people.

ISTM that finding the ritual gathering places and any evidence of such
schools by archaeologists and then tying these schools and social
functions together through artifacts and a mapping of traits will clarify
how widespread and homogeneous Celtic culture actually was.

If- schools like this existed at all
if- there were artefacts connected to the teaching functions and not
occurring outside of those schools
if- those artefacts were not destroyed after use but preserved

What we have is sites with religious and social functions that vary a lot.

I think that as more and more studies are done on an increasing amount of
unearthed evidence that the unifying factors of education, artistry and
ritual will make plain how Celtic cultures were 'Celtic' and the degree to
which this concept can be considered uniform.

AFAIK the people I am talking about did not consider uniformity as some
special property. I wonder if they would have agreed upon any trait that
would or would not make them special and celtic.A stubborn lot.


I look forward to continued discovery and work by archaeologists and
anthropologists in this area as it has a special place for me in my own
beliefs and practices.

have fun

Uwe ;Mueller


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