Celtic Gold Fine metal work in the Western La Tène culture
Shortly after our first small analyses session in April, we were ready to face one of the most comprehensive research series of our project on the German side: 72 gold objects from six different...
The first series of analyses began in April 2018 and as many workflows still had to be coordinated, this investigation session can be seen as a test for the following large series in May...
Although modern means of communication facilitate our everyday working life a lot, at some point, it still is necessary to meet in person. Especially, since we are collecting more and more gold objects and...
Luxury objects are an important part of European Iron Age material culture. This is reflected in personal ornaments, decorated weapons, vessels, wagons and furniture, etc. This session deals with materials such as gold, silver,...
A spectacular hoard was found on Jersey, which contained more than 70.000 coins with gold and silver ornaments (torcs, finger rings). There is some great pictures following these links : https://www.jerseyheritage.org/celtic-coin-hoard Archaeologists in Jersey...
Our first meeting took place in the Musée d’Archéologie Nationale (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France) from 21 to 22 September 2017, with almost all project members (see photo below).
The CELTIC GOLD project aims to renew the perception of Western La Tène culture (half Vth to Ist century BC) from the study of production and consumption of golden objects. This concerns a wide...