01-26-2009, 11:24 AM
Hello all,
New to these forums I'm afraid, so pls be patient with me :mrgreen:
Got a lot of questions that I hope that someone can answer.
1. Was celtiberian/iberian cultures not at all influenced by the la tene culture? Was this due to the iberian(urnfield?hellenistic?) and vascones(non-celtic?) physically stopping the spread to the central and western celts(urnfield, halstatt)?
2.Apart from good iron and workmanship what set the celtiberian leaf-shaped short sword apart from say a standard xiphos? Width and different leaf-shapes yes? Better thrusting characteristics? Can't really understand why a roman would be impressed by the celtiberian sword unless it was purely a workmanship, metal quality issue they commented on not the blade-shape itself.
3. Why would not the earlier iron age eastern cultures, "anatolians", greeks, phoenicians have access to at least as good smiths and iron etc as the celtiberians?
I would be very interested in any photos of celtiberian sword hilts from 600BC-200BC! The pommel with the two short "bulbs"(well antennae..) seem to have persisted throughout this period. Any references to differing pommels would be very interesting.
![[Image: Cogotas-II_(dagas)-Segunda_Edad_del_Hierro.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Cogotas-II_(dagas)-Segunda_Edad_del_Hierro.jpg)
New to these forums I'm afraid, so pls be patient with me :mrgreen:
Got a lot of questions that I hope that someone can answer.
1. Was celtiberian/iberian cultures not at all influenced by the la tene culture? Was this due to the iberian(urnfield?hellenistic?) and vascones(non-celtic?) physically stopping the spread to the central and western celts(urnfield, halstatt)?
2.Apart from good iron and workmanship what set the celtiberian leaf-shaped short sword apart from say a standard xiphos? Width and different leaf-shapes yes? Better thrusting characteristics? Can't really understand why a roman would be impressed by the celtiberian sword unless it was purely a workmanship, metal quality issue they commented on not the blade-shape itself.
3. Why would not the earlier iron age eastern cultures, "anatolians", greeks, phoenicians have access to at least as good smiths and iron etc as the celtiberians?
I would be very interested in any photos of celtiberian sword hilts from 600BC-200BC! The pommel with the two short "bulbs"(well antennae..) seem to have persisted throughout this period. Any references to differing pommels would be very interesting.
Cheers,
Jesper
Jesper
