1. CELTS (Lecture 16)

3. DATESPERIODS 3000 BCENeolithic (pre-Celtic) Ireland 1200 BCEUrnfield Culture 1000-700 BCEEuropean Iron Age 700-500 BCEHallstatt Culture 500-100 BCELa Tène Culture 100 BCE - 250 CERomano-Celtic Period 250-650 CEEarly Christian Period 650-1000 CEViking Period

4. 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

5. Early Christian Period (250-650 CE) 250 CEChristian evangelization of Britain 250-650incursion of N. European tribes (eg. Angles, Saxons) into Britain 432 CEevangelization of Ireland (St. Patrick); oral tradition preserved 476 CE“fall” of Rome

6. Celtic Themes Political warrior aristocracy hierarchical social structure clan and tribal organization Religious animism theriomorphism shamanism head-hunting human sacrifice druidism transmigration: fluid boundaries

7. Celtic Themes Mythic triplism local (solar) male deities pan-tribal female deities cauldrons