CELTS (Lecture 16)
DATESPERIODS 3000 BCENeolithic (pre-Celtic) Ireland 1200 BCEUrnfield Culture BCEEuropean Iron Age BCEHallstatt Culture BCELa Tène Culture 100 BCE CERomano-Celtic Period CEEarly Christian Period CEViking Period
Romano-Celtic Period (100 BCE – 250 CE) 60s BCEcampaigns in Europe and Britain by J. Caesar 60 CEBritain a Roman province 122 CEHadrian’s Wall constructed to impede Scots Gaelic tribes
Early Christian Period ( CE) 250 CEChristian evangelization of Britain incursion of N. European tribes (eg. Angles, Saxons) into Britain 432 CEevangelization of Ireland (St. Patrick); oral tradition preserved 476 CE“fall” of Rome
Celtic Themes Political warrior aristocracy hierarchical social structure clan and tribal organization Religious animism theriomorphism shamanism head-hunting human sacrifice druidism transmigration: fluid boundaries
Celtic Themes Mythic triplism local (solar) male deities pan-tribal female deities cauldrons