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Originally Posted by Patricia
Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico is an obvious source. Google on "caesar druids" for more resources. The Agricola and maybe the Germania of Tacitus just might be useful. (I think that I have uploaded translations.)
And here are some links:
http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/celtic/
http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/resources/celtic.htm
http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/urls/
However, probably the most interesting current scholar on the Celts is Professor Miranda Green (aka Miranda Aldhouse and Miranda Aldhouse Green.) I would search Amazon for a list of her books. Her "The Celtic World" is very good. And her other works are well worth reading.
Another prominent scholar in this field is Barry Cunliffe (an Amazon search will be fruitful). |
These is great suggestions, Patricia, and very useful. Thank you very much for your time!
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Originally Posted by Patricia
One thing to be aware of is that there is a lot of revisionism going on in Celtic Studies at the moment.
In the early 20th century, archaeologists used to suppose that celtic artefacts found in Austria, France and Britain meant that there was a movement of peoples from the East to the West. It is, of course, feasible that goods were traded, so that widespread artefacts do not necessarily mean widespread migration of peoples.
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Yes, people have traded "internationally" since the stone age and things get far around. I recently read of a small 5th/6th(?) century AD bronze Buddha statue found in Sweden - and a 12th century AD Norwegian coin found in North America. It reminds also of a Danish researcher (I'm not sure he's bona fide archaeologist) who believe that the Celts made it to Denmark, too, and lived here - based on the Celtic artifacts found. He's not really taken seriously, though.