Celts

Celts

Housing
1. Ring forts
  1. Ditch, fence,circular houses, thatched roof, wattle +daub, animal shelters, souterrains
2. Crannogs
  1. artificial island on a lake, ring forts built on top, hidden boats + hidden stepping stones to island
3. Hill forts
  1. Ring forts on a hill, large ditches surrounding, religious purposes
4. Promentary forts
  1. Ring forts built on the edge of a cliff, surrounded by stone walls, religious purposes
Tools
1. iron, axes, swords, spears, arrows, rotary quern, scthyne
Work
1. warriors, farmers, craftsmen, aos dana, spinning + weaving
Entertainment
1. Fichael=chess Baire=hurling telling stories, festivals [Imbolg=February Bealtaine= May Lughnasa=August Samhain=November]
Food
1. Farmers
  1. cattle, sheep, pigs, milk, butter, cheese, wheat, barley, oats
    1. ale + feasts
  2. rotary quern [to ground grain]
  3. spit, fulachta fiadht, stone ovans
Art
1. La Tene [celtic style of art eg.spirals]
2. spirals, florals, curved lines
3. Ogham stones
  1. 'Ogham' is also the Celtic Alphabet
Clothes
1. Woven cloth, cloaks, broaches
  1. Women=long, loose dresses
  2. Men=togas, bracae trousers
Burial Customs
1. cremation, pit, cist graves, grave goods, mounds of stones over graves, ogham stones

Resource summary

	Created by katekennystudy almost 11 years ago