The Celts and the Iron Age1

The Celts and the Iron Age

began to control europe it 650 b.c.
1. settled in Ireland about 500 b.c.
2. Traded and fought with Greeks and Romans. how we know so much about them
expert metal workers
1. Ogham, basic alphabet-series of notches
2. large pins or brooches made by skilled craftsmen
  1. worn Rich people
3. Discovered how to make glass only in small amounts, made beed and mixed minerals with it to colour it
Appearance
1. clothes- men wore trousers called bracae and boots made of leather, during the summer. sleeveless shirt tied around the waist by belt or clip
  1. Winter- woolen cloak long sleeves- pennys best
  2. dyed with berries and plants to give stripes and patterens
2. Women- long woolen dresses tied aroung the waist by a belt or buckle-shawl or heavy cloak - weather dependant, leather boots or sandles
CELTIC SOCITY
1. Ri - king
  1. derbhfine- royal family
  2. taniste- successor
  3. nobles

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