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Sur la question de l’élite des Celtes orientaux à l’âge du Fer
On the issue of the elite Eastern Celts in the Iron Age

Author(s): Miklós Szabó
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Celtic elite; North Hungarian Celtic cemeteries; Balkan expansion;

Summary/Abstract: In relation to socio-historical research of the last quarter of a century this study deals with the problem of Iron Age eastern Celtic elite. Although cemetery analysis can only provide evidence of restricted value, the excavations of almost fully explored north Hungarian necropolises (Ludas, Sajópetri) seem to indicate that in the period of the Balkan expansion (3rd century B.C.) members of the Celtic elite considered themselves mainly as warriors. The analysis has also shown regional differences between archeological sites..

  • Issue Year: 65/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 73-117
  • Page Count: 45
  • Language: French
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