Wednesday 14 January 2009

[Origin of the Celts] Theory III >> Galician-Asturian Origin



The third theory is fairly new and unknown. New findings of data from nearly 3000 years before Hasllstat, of Protocelt peoples in La Coruna, in Ourense, and in the western end of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. Some authors suggest that the Celts had their birthplace in Spain and advanced to the Pyrenees, Catalonia and southern France, after that they emigrated to the East of Europe and the British Isles. For many years Celtic History in Spain was very poorly studied, and in recent years, which has been studied in depth in this town, have made significant discoveries.

This theory is very likely that a reality, as in Northern Ireland is the second largest (after Ireland) where the Celtic culture is pure, but it is very old and the new findings have supported this theory.

The Celtic origin, in Galicia and Asturias, has resulted in a clash between traditional historians or commonly called 'Desktop Historians and archaeologists', who have been the strongest advocates of this new theory.

Source: Celtic History(spanish)

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