Celtic Dragons from the River Thames

1984 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. M. Stead
Keyword(s):  
La Tène ◽  
River Thames ◽  
La Tene

SummaryTwo La Tène I swords found in the River Thames more than a century ago are in the remains of iron scabbards decorated with dragon-pairs. These designs, which have only recently been revealed, are similar to those on La Tène scabbards throughout Celtic Europe from France to Romania: ninety examples can now be listed, and half of them have been added in the last decade. The discovery of dragon-pairs in the Thames emphasizes the links that must have existed between Britain and the rest of the Celtic world in the decades around 300 B.C.

I.—A La Tène III Burial at Welwyn Garden City

Archaeologia ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 1-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.M. Stead
Keyword(s):  
Garden City ◽  
Important Group ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
La Tène ◽  
River Thames ◽  
La Tene ◽  
Grave Goods

In South-eastern England, north of the River Thames, is a small but important group of rich La Tène III cremation burials (fig. 1). One of the characteristics of the group is the absence of a mound, or any other surface indication, and it follows from this that the discoveries are invariably by chance, as a result of some agricultural or commercial excavation. At best the archaeologist has had to make a hasty excavation under conditions far from ideal, and at worst he has been presented with a garbled account of the discovery and an incomplete collection of grave-goods.

Les fourreaux d?�p�es de La Tène dans la Vall�e de la Saone au Mus�e de Chalon-sur-Saone

2001 ◽  
Vol 52 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 63-102
Author(s):  
J. P. Guillaumet ◽  
M. Szabó
Keyword(s):  
La Tène ◽  
La Tene

Marnien ou La Tène I ?

1915 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 226-238
Author(s):  
O. Guelliot
Keyword(s):  
La Tène ◽  
La Tene
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