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How many armor and weapons in a group of Celts??
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Hmm, Lorenz actually differentiates between princely tombs and ordinary tombs in the figures Ruben included (though ordinary really may not be the best word, considering they account for such a small percentage of total burials). And indeed there are gaps between the princely warrior equipment and that of ordinary warriors. Even so, we find in Champagne that more ordinary burials contain swords than contain lances. We should also remember in dealing with the warrior burials that they are a social ritual, and while there may have been traditions relating to the depositing of grave goods, we must be careful in making associations with actual weapon kits or with the numbers of warriors in a community. Not that we can't do it, just we need to be careful.

What I don't comprehend is the difference between figure 2 and figure 3 (from the text, not the order of attached pics) and their treatment of the Rhine-Danube region. Does 2 treat it as a separate region, and 3 treat a certain area as part of the Marne-Moselle region? The crazy thing about it is the Rhine-Danube region in 2 has one of the heaviest concentrations of swords, while that in 3 has practically none at all. Is 3 supposed to be depicting the weapon associations on the east side of the Rhine? That's the best I can figure.
Paul
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Re: How many armor and weapons in a group of Celts?? - by Komanos - 08-03-2009, 12:35 PM

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