CELTS (Lecture 16)

DATES PERIODS 3000 BCE Neolithic (pre-Celtic) Ireland 1200 BCE Urnfield Culture 1000-700 BCE European Iron Age 700-500 BCE Hallstatt Culture 500-100 BCE La Tène Culture 100 BCE - 250 CE Romano-Celtic Period 250-650 CE Early Christian Period 650-1000 CE Viking Period

Romano-Celtic Period (100 BCE – 250 CE) 60s BCE campaigns in Europe and Britain by J. Caesar 60 CE Britain a Roman province 122 CE Hadrian’s Wall constructed to impede Scots Gaelic tribes

Early Christian Period (250-650 CE) Christian evangelization of Britain 250-650 incursion of N. European tribes (eg. Angles, Saxons) into Britain 432 CE evangelization 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