University of Rzeszow Faculty of Sociology and History Archaeology, Student Pop Ancuta Maria.

The Celts from Romanian territory

The Celts were a member of an early Indo-European people who from the 2nd millennium BC to the 1st century BC spread over much of Europe. Their tribes and groups eventually ranged from the British Isles and northern Spain to as far east as Transylvania, the Black Sea coasts, and Galatia in Anatolia and were in part absorbed into the Roman Empire as Britons, Gauls, Boii, Galatians, and Celtiberians. In Asia Minor they founded the kingdom of Galatia. St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians in the New Testament is addressed to the descendants. The Celts had many dealings with other cultures that bordered the lands occupied by these peoples, and even though there is no written record of the Celts stemming from their own documents, we can piece together a fair picture of them from archeological evidence as well as historical accounts from other cultures. Their aspect is terrifying...They are very tall in stature, with ripling muscles under clear white skin. Their hair is blond, but not naturally so: they bleach it, to this day, artificially, washing it in lime and combing it back from their foreheaads. They look like wood-demons, their hair thick and shaggy like a horse's mane. Some of them are cleanshaven, but others especially those of high rank, shave their cheeks but leave a moustache that covers the whole mouth. The Celts wear bronze helmets with figures picked out on them, even horns, which made them look even taller than they already are...while others cover themselves with breast-armour made out of chains. But most content themselves with the weapons nature gave them: they go naked into battle...Weird, discordant horns were sounded, [they shouted in chorus with their] deep and harsh voices, they beat their swords rythmically against their shields.

Geto Dacians and the Celts in Transylvania and S. Danube

One of the most interesting pieces in Celtic art is the helmet that is mounted like a perch by a bird of prey whose wings actually flap when met the wind.
http://www.unc.edu/celtic/catalogue/feathers/ Elements of the Dacians pottery , some characteristic shapes and decoratios appeared in the 1 st century BC within almost the whole zone of Carpathian Basin. http://romanianhistoryandculture.webs.com/getodaciansandthecelts.htm

La Dacie a lEpoque Celtique par Vasile Parvan

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/crai_0065-0536_1926_num_70_2_86873#

Archaeological evidences from site Ciumesti (Romania)

http://books.google.pl/books?id=f899xH_quaMC&pg=PA448&lpg=PA448&dq=ciumesti+helmet &source=bl&ots=p-UyagztYE&sig=VBUCyqdrbJFGVDxh5fKLj6ywSY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Lt6FT9X3IqGp4gSglsnaBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=ciumesti%20helmet&f=false

THE CELTS ON THE ROMANIAN TERRITORY

http://www.rri.ro/arh-art.shtml?lang=1&sec=9&art=8567

Celtic La Tene Art Styles: 350-190 BCE

This period of La Tene Culture marks the zenith of Celtic Cuture in Europe. It is traditionally divided into three cultural periods: The Waldalgesheim Style (c.350-290 BCE), The Plastic Style (290-190 BCE) and The Sword Style (190 BCE onwards.
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/cultural-history-of-ireland/celtic-art-waldalgesheim-style.htm