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There are more foto's about the Early and Middle Bronze Age on the next site
There are more images about the Late Bronze Age on the next site
There are more images about the Iron Age on the next site (#2)
There are more images about the Iron Age on the next site (#3)
Index Dutch Bronze Age
Index first farmers in the Netherlands


 

Various iron age findings

Coins

Celtic coins from the tribe of the Allobroges

Celtic coins

A silver celtic coin of the British Durotriges 45-40 B.C.E. :

Celtic coin

Gods

A statue of the Celtic God `Lugh`

Lugh

Belenos

Belenos

Cernunnos on a cauldron discovered near Gundestrup, DK

Gundestrup Cernunno(s)

Cernunnos on a Gaulish stone, discovered under the Notre Dame. 14 - 37 A.D. The votive monument appeared to be 5 to 6 m. high and had 4 decorated chalcstone blocks. It was the "pillar of the nautes". One block was decorated with images of the gods volcanus, esus, cernuno and tarvostrigaranus (Musée Cluny, Paris)

The same stone also showed the god Volcanus, holding a bellows


Esus, same altar as above

Taranis (© Musée des Antiquities Nationales, St. Germain-en-Laye, France)

Taranis

Burials

The king`s grave of Hochdorf ("Hallstatt" / "early iron age")

The Hochdorf burial

Burial chariot

Burial Chariot

Hochdorf grave goods

Hochdorf grave goods

Hochdorf grave goods

Hochdorf grave goods

Helmet

Helmet

Bronze spearhead

Spearhead

Shield (later Bronze Age)

Shield

Bronze 'La Tene' boar, symbol of fertility or courage?

Bronze boar

Gold torque

Gold torque

Map of Celtic / Gaulish tribes

Map Celtic tribes


Information about the author / editor

January 1998.