Wednesday 14 January 2009

[Origin of the Celts] Theory I >> Indo-European Origin



This theory proposed that a group of people from India and the Middle East, migrated towards Europe (an almost uninhabited continent). From this Indo-European people, or as some authors called them "the Aryan Nation", raised some of the greatest civilizations of Europe, like the Greeks, the Vikings, the Germanic, the Romans and clearly the Celts. These people may have emigrated to Europe due to internal problems, or with other nations, either by drought, habrunas or pests.

The Indo-Europeans arrived in the Urals and the Caspian Sea, crossed the Black Sea and arrived in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Later, more were introduced in Europe and arrived in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and some Scandinavian countries boarded. This stage, which was the culture of Hallstat, they do have records, utensils, weapons, and some fossil mummified bodies found in Austria, which mark the start of the Celtic people.

Subsequently, the Celts moved to France, the British Isles, Ireland and Spain. The evidence of this theory are: Menhires, Dolmens and other traces of Celtic culture in Ukraine, the Balkans and above and in Austria, which are so far the oldest found in Europe.

Source: Celtic History(spanish)

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