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

4 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

5 Early Christian Period (250-650 CE)
Christian evangelization of Britain 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

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

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