Alpine Celtic culture
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Alpine Celtic culture refers to the Iron Age Celtic societies of the central European Alpine region, characterized by their distinct languages, art, and material traditions that blended local and wider Celtic influences.
Aliases (2)
- Celtic Europe ×1
- Celtic world ×1
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Celtic culture
→
Iron Age culture → archaeological culture → historical culture area → |
| artStyle |
La Tène culture
→
surface form: "La Tène art"
curvilinear motifs → geometric ornament → |
| burialCustoms |
cremation
→
inhumation → richly furnished warrior graves → |
| characterizedBy |
fortified oppida
→
hillforts → long-distance trade across Alpine passes → mixed farming economy → mountainous settlement patterns → transhumant pastoralism → |
| declineCause | Roman conquest of the Alps → |
| developedFrom |
La Tène culture
→
surface form: "Hallstatt culture"
|
| economy |
metalworking
→
salt extraction → trade in copper → trade in iron → trade in wine → |
| hasPart |
Helvetii
→
Lepontii → Norici → Raetic people →
surface form: "Rhaetian Celts"
Vindelicia →
surface form: "Vindelici"
|
| influencedBy |
Etruscans
→
surface form: "Etruscan culture"
Italic cultures → La Tène culture → local pre-Celtic Alpine traditions → |
| interactedWith |
Etruscans
→
Italic tribes → Roman Republic → |
| knownFrom |
Classical sources
→
archaeological evidence → |
| language |
Lepontic language
→
surface form: "Cisalpine Gaulish"
Gaulish → Lepontic → |
| languageFamily | Celtic languages → |
| locatedIn |
Alps
→
Austria → Central Europe → Eastern Alps → Eastern France → Northern Italy → southern Germany →
surface form: "Southern Germany"
Switzerland → Alps →
surface form: "Western Alps"
|
| materialCulture |
decorated belt fittings
→
fibulae → iron weapons → torcs → |
| partOf |
Continental Celtic languages
→
surface form: "Continental Celtic world"
|
| religion | Celtic polytheism → |
| successor |
Romanitas
→
surface form: "Gallo-Roman culture"
|
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
→
La Tène culture →
surface form: "La Tène period"
late Hallstatt period → |
| writingSystem |
Lepontic alphabet
→
North Italic alphabet →
surface form: "North Italic alphabets"
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.