Moved Detailed Kelt, Swabian, Balt, and Others of ancient Germany Discussion

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Kelt, Swabian, Balt, and Other Ethnos of Ancient Germany: A Discussion


An Introduction To This Threat

In truth, the reasons this line of discussion was initially established and why it was moved here to become a thread, are irrelevant. What is important, is that there seems to be a great deal of somewhat misleading information designed for popular consumption floating around out-there. And, by out-there, I define as some aspects of the historical literature, academia, and the media in general. Thus, the point of the following presentation is to demonstrate the ethnic and cultural composition of what was considered Greater and Lesser Germania by the ancient Latins and Greeks during the time covered by Europa Barbarorum (early 3rd century BC to early 1st century AD). This is prepared in archaeological, historical, and linguistic terms in a format, anticipated to be relatively easy to follow, provide a general reference, be extendable when appropriate, and edited as necessary to provide greater clarity.

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Contents

First Line Discussion
The Urnfield Complex and the Proto or Early Kelts

1. The Concept and Chronology of the Urnfield Complex -----------------------[Finished]
2. Burial Patterns -----------------------------------------------------------[Finished]
3. Architectural and Settlement Structure ------------------------------------[Finished]
4. The Urnfield Artifact Assemblage:
   
   Context ------------------------------------------------[Finished]
   Ceramics -----------------------------------------------[Finished]
   Domestic Metallurgy -------------------------------------[Finished]
   Conical Gold Hats ---------------------------------------[Finished]
   Arms and Armor -----------------------------------------[Finished]
   Wagons, Chariots, and Other Vehicles -----------------[Not Finished]
   Perishable Artifacts -----------------------------------[Not Finished]
5. Settlement and Subsistence Patterns -----------------------------------[Not Finished]
6. Social Organization and Warfare ----------------------------------------[Not Finished]
7. Discussion:
   
   Culture, Linguistics, and Ethnos -------------------------[Not Finished]
   Causality and Ethnogenesis -----------------------------[Not Finished]

Second Line Discussion
Keltic Foundation, Consolidation, Collapse, and Abandonment of Hesse, Germany

1. Evidence of an Early Keltic or Hallstatt Occupation of Central Hesse ---------[Finished]
2. The Late LaTene Chiefdom of the Ubii -------------------------------------[Finished]
3. Fortified Settlements of Lesser Keltic Nobles -------------------------------[Finished]
4. Keltic Frontier Settlements in Northern Hesse ----------------------------[Not Finished]
5. Archaeological Evidence of Collapse, Abandonment, and Warfare ----------[Not Finished]
6. Textual Evidence of the Keltic Collapse and Abandonment of Hesse --------[Not Finished]