#FindsFriday #Celtic: `As a complement to the outfit, jewellery played an identity-defining and symbolic role: the quintessential emblem is the torques, a rigid metal collar (made of gold, bronze or iron), associated with status, martial prowess and social standing.`
Photo: Torquis of the Senones – Archaeological Museum of Ancona (https://catalogo.beniculturali.it/detail/ArchaeologicalProperty/1100002426)
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#FindsFriday: `The Montefortino helmet model was adopted by the Gauls, the Etruscans and other Italic peoples.
In some texts, it is incorrectly referred to as a ‘jockey’s cap helmet’, a term stemming from a misinterpretation: the neck guard is mistaken for a visor. However, this helmet is distinguished by its perfect balance between functionality, ease of production (thanks to casting in moulds followed by further processing) and the possibility of customisation. It was in fact possible to add different types of cheek guards or decorative elements such as crests or tails.`
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#FindsFriday: `The Montefortino type of helmet is characterised by a conical shell, more or less pronounced, with a generally truncated-conical top. It features a rear brim that acts as a neck guard and cheek guards, available in various forms. The Montefortino helmet represents one of the principal expressions of #Celtic defensive technology and forms part of a broader category of armaments used between the 4th and 2nd centuries BC, found mainly in the northern and central regions of Italy.`
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#FindsFriday: `When we speak of Gallic helmets in Cisalpine Gaul, we generally refer to the Montefortino-type helmet, which we might define as #Celtic-Italic because it arose from both Celtic and Etruscan metallurgical skills; given its reliability and relative ease of production, it was soon adopted by various Italic peoples until it became the helmet par excellence of the Roman Republican armies.`
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Washed finds drying in Newtown Linford Village Hall after a day of community digging. There was relatively lot post-medieval pottery. And bottles! #FindsFriday

#FindsFriday #Celtic: `They also had a specific custom stemming from an edict imposed on everyone. In all the provinces, near and far, anyone who lit a fire on #Beltane eve before that of the royal household, in the Palace of Tara, was to be put to death.`
Source: Le Roux/Guyonvarc'h „Die #Druiden“

#FindsFriday #Celtic: `The great gathering of Uisneach was the annual general assembly of the men of Ireland at #Beltane. The Druids gathered at Uisneach for the Beltane festival, which was a celebration of clarity and, by extension, of fire.`
Source: Le Roux/Guyonvarc'h „Die #Druiden“

#FindsFriday #Celtic: `As finds from Dún Ailinne show, #Beltane was probably also a time for slaughtering livestock.
The widespread cult of fire was linked to purification rites, as livestock were driven through burning fires to ward off the risk of an epidemic.`
Source: #Kelten by Helmut Birkhan

#FindsFriday #Celtic: `The meaning ‘Bel-fire’ of #Beltane may refer to the god Belenus. In pagan times, large fires were lit everywhere at Beltane, the most important being at Uisnech, in the centre of Ireland, in remembrance of the first fire lit in Ireland by the people of Partholón. Their settlement, as well as that of the Milesians around Beli and that of the Túatha Dé Danann, had all taken place at Beltane.
At Beltane, an oenach was held in Uisnech, which was one of the most important festivals in Ireland.`
Source: #Kelten by Helmut Birkhan

Members marvelling the finds from Enderby. From the Leicestershire Fieldworkers site visit. Thank you Albion Archaeology. #FindsFriday