Ancient Britain

British ancient period begins in Iron Age and ends in Great Roman Empire era, when Britain was conquered by Romans.

The people lived in Britain today are called ‘celts’. Nowadays historical science knows almost everything about celtic culture

BELIEFS The Romans described a variety of deities worshipped by the people of Northwestern Europe. Barry Cunliffe perceives a division between one group of gods relating to masculinity, the sky and individual tribes and a second, female group of goddesses relating to associations with fertility, the earth and a universality that transcended tribal differences.

Economy and trade. Celtic civilization was very developed in economy. Celts were leaders of swordsmith and farming in whole Europe. They also were trading with several European civilizations, such as Greeks, which forced Celts to make their own coinage system.

Architecture. During the later Bronze Age there are indications of new ideas influencing land use and settlement. Extensive field systems, now called Celtic fields, were being set out and settlements were becoming more permanent and focused on better exploitation of the land. There also vere hill forts, one of them is on the picture below.

Stonehenge. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 2.0 miles (3.2 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

Instruments. Archaeologists have found some ancient instruments of celts, such as heavy wheeled plow, manual mill and potter's wheel