The study of the material remains of the Iron Age culture which emerged in central Europe c.1200 BC, spread to the Iberian peninsula in the 6th century BC and then the British Isles and North Italy.
Much of the Celtic heartland was absorbed into the Roman Empire. For the Roman period, see Science: Social Sciences: Archaeology: Periods and Cultures: Roman
David Freeman takes an archaeological and historical look at the British Celts. Illustrated text on weapons, round houses, clothing, art, artefacts. History, glossary and bibliography. www.gallica.co.uk
Gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs of La Tène and Romano-Celtic artifacts in museums, with captions, from Images from World History. www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/uj/ujk.html
Dating from prehistory this settlement prospered in the first century B.C. A brief summary and photograph albums of the excavations from 2001 onwards. Map and travel hints to reach the site. www.keltenstadt.de
The University of North Carolina provides an image database searchable in various ways, along with maps, timelines, discussion of design, features on topics and an illustrated glossary. www.unc.edu/courses/pre2000fall/art111/celtic
Michael Wangbickler introduces the Hallstatt culture and its successor, that of La Tène, with some comment on earlier European cultures. realmagick.com/articles/32/1032.html
Online database of all non-Runic inscriptions on stone monuments in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Dumnonia, Brittany and the Isle of Man AD 400-1000. Hosted by University College London. www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/cisp
The Internet version by John Hooker and Carin Perron. The coins of the Atrebatian king Epaticcus are on-line. Further records will be added in order of original cataloguing. Bibliography. www.writer2001.com/cciwriter2001
The author of the controversial 'The Atlantic Celts' gives a summary of his views challenging the concept of Iron Age Britain as inhabited by Celts. www.ares.u-net.com/celtindx.htm
An illustrated art-historical analysis of coins of the Coriosolites of Brittany by John Hooker, based on the La Marquanderie hoard from Jersey. Maps of hoard discoveries and mint zones. www.writer2001.com/improvisations.htm
The archaeology of a Celtic town in upper Swabia. Excavation finds in the Museum and the hiking trail to the burial mounds and other monuments in the landscape. www.dhm.de/museen/heuneburg/indexe.html
Article from Athena Review on one of the most important hillforts in Gaul, capital of the Aedui. Covers the historical sources and archaeology. Includes plan. www.athenapub.com/bibmap1.htm
Brief tourist guide from the Conseil General de la Nieve of the site of the capital of the Eduens, a powerful Gaulish tribe, and the Celtic Civilisation Museum at the foot of Mont Beuvray. www.cg58.fr/anglais/patrimoi/bibracte.htm
Draft report of members of the Iron Age Research Seminar on future research directions for British Iron Age archaeology. www.rdg.ac.uk/%7elascretn/IAAgenda.htm
The focus of this project is a group of burial mounds or tumuli associated with one of the best excavated and most extensively studied late Hallstatt period (~600-400 BCE) hillfort settlements in western Europe, the Heuneburg. www.uwm.edu/~barnold/arch/index.html
Guide to the archaeology of an Iron Age hillfort and Bronze Age burial ground near Brighton in the UK. Contains details of finds and landscape features, origins and prehistory of the site, and local resources. matt.pope.users.btopenworld.com/hollin/Hollinhome.htm
The archaeology, history, religion and culture of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales from the Neolithic period through the Celtic Era. Includes riddles, timelines, articles and contests. www.pretanicworld.com
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