Title on Photograph: EUROPE 500 BC - AD 300. THE SPREAD OF CELTIC CULTURE.
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 2, PAGE 59.
Comments on Subject: THE CELTIC DIASPORA WAS BOTH ETHNIC AND ECONOMIC. FROM A HEARTLAND ON THE FRENCH-GERMAN BORDER MILITARISTIC ELITES SPREAD SOUTHWEST INTO SPAIN, AND EASTWARDS TO SET UP KINGDOMS IN THE BALKANS AND TURKEY. MERCENARIES, WARS AND LOOTING CARRIED LA TENE OBJECTS TO SOUTH RUSSIA AND BEYOND. IT IS UNCERTAIN TO WHAT EXTENT THE 'INSULAR' STYLE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND WAS INTRODUCED BY CONTINETAL INVADERS RATHER THAN ADOPTED.
Group: ANCIENT WORLD ART
Bibliography: ATLAS OF WORLD ART
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