1. Iron and Bronze age, Celts
Jasmin Kulagina 10a

2. The Bronze Age The Iron Age Reached Britain in 2100-1650 BC
Reached Britain around 700 BC
The “Iron Age” comes from the discovery of a new metal – iron.
The Celts found out how to make iron tools and weapons

3. The Celts
750 BC -12 BC
the most powerful people in central and northern Europe
Came from central Europe or further east and moved westwards
Northwest Europe was dominated by 3 main Celtic groups: the Gauls, the Britons, the Gaels
Different tribes spoke the similar languages

4. Life of the Celts Lived in scattered villages
Forts on hilltops (protected with ditches and ramparts)
An example: Maiden Castle in Dorset

5. round houses with thatched roofs of straw or heather
walls made from woven wood, straw and mud
No windows

6. The clothing bright colours
Clothes made from wool, dyed with natural vegetable dyes (plants and berries), and then sewn together
jewellery made from bronze, gold, tin, silver

7. Weapons and Warriors
Celtic warriors (women could be warriors too) carried oval shaped shields, metal spears, daggers, axes and swords made of iron.
Celtic warriors used lime to dress their hair and tattooed their skin with blue dye

8. Druids (Celtic Priests)
the educated, professional class among the Celts during the Iron Age
law-speakers, poets, doctors, religious leaders, future predictors
could not read or write but memorised all the teachings – oral transmission
They were the link between the supernatural world and the ordinary human one

9. Religion
The Celts were very superstitious and believed in many gods and goddesses (over 400)
The gods lived in springs, woods and other places
Sucellos, the sky god, with a hammer that caused lightning,
Nodens, who made clouds and rain.
The Celts collected the heads of their enemies killed in battles and worshipped the skulls and nailed the heads over the doors of their huts
They believed the human soul had an afterlife

10. Food (of the Iron Age people)
Plants
Vegetables, Wild nuts, Berries, Grains, Herbs, Leaves
Animal
Wild animals
Fish
Domesticated animals
Eggs

11. Celts in Britain today
There are still Celts living mainly in: Wales, Cornwall, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Ireland.
The language spoken today (called Gaelic) in:
western Ireland
The Hebrides
north-west Highlands

12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid