03-29-2010, 01:41 AM
Back to the original question: the "sophistication" of a culture compared to their dwellings.
I rather doubt the presence of high metal-work (or art) has much to do with the size or shape of a house.
On par with the Celts, and actually very similar in custums, we only have to look at the Sarmatians and Alans.They lived in wagons, not houses, yet they are now being recognized as perhaps the ealiest swordmakers to produce a damascene steel sword, most sophisticated weapons. The same seems the case for the Gauls, who had Avaricum as a sword-making center-- including one signed by "Korisios." Then we have the early Celtic art of producing chain-mail.
The progenitors of the Alans and Celts created some important advances-- the horse bit, the spoked wheel, the recured composite bow, and magnificent swords. To me, houses of any style do not equate with metal technology and a culture's art. :roll:
PS: Surprisingly (shockingly!), the goofy movie Druids, about Vercingetorix and terribly played by a stumbling Christopher Lambert, shows some realistic and sophhisticated "Romano-Celtic" houses at Bibracte and Gergovia.
I rather doubt the presence of high metal-work (or art) has much to do with the size or shape of a house.
On par with the Celts, and actually very similar in custums, we only have to look at the Sarmatians and Alans.They lived in wagons, not houses, yet they are now being recognized as perhaps the ealiest swordmakers to produce a damascene steel sword, most sophisticated weapons. The same seems the case for the Gauls, who had Avaricum as a sword-making center-- including one signed by "Korisios." Then we have the early Celtic art of producing chain-mail.
The progenitors of the Alans and Celts created some important advances-- the horse bit, the spoked wheel, the recured composite bow, and magnificent swords. To me, houses of any style do not equate with metal technology and a culture's art. :roll:
PS: Surprisingly (shockingly!), the goofy movie Druids, about Vercingetorix and terribly played by a stumbling Christopher Lambert, shows some realistic and sophhisticated "Romano-Celtic" houses at Bibracte and Gergovia.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
