Ancient Celts

Also known as Celts, Kelt

upright=1.5|thumb|right|Distribution of Celtic peoples over time, in the traditional view:

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Image: Galician Celtic Stele - Estela Galaica.jpg

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Contents

Names and terminology
Ancient
Modern
Origins
Urnfield-Hallstatt theory
'Celtic from the West' theory
'Celtic from the Centre' theory
Linguistic evidence
Genetic evidence
Archaeological evidence
Historical evidence
Distribution
Continental
Gaul
Iberia
Germany, Alps and Italy
Expansion east and south
Insular
Romanisation
Society
Clothing
Trade and coinage
Gender and sexual norms
Celtic art
Gallic calendar
Warfare and weapons
Head hunting
Religion and mythology
Ancient Celtic religion
Insular Celtic mythology
Roman influence
Celtic Christianity
Genetics
See also
References
Citations
Sources
External links

upright=1.5|thumb|right|Distribution of Celtic peoples over time, in the traditional view:

thumb|upright=1.2|The Dying Gaul, an ancient Roman statue at the [[Capitoline Museums of Rome, Italy.]] The Celts ( , see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( ) were a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia, identified by their use of Celtic languages and other cultural similarities. Major Celtic groups included the Gauls; the Celtiberians and Gallaeci of Iberia; the Britons, Picts, and Gaels of Britain and Ireland; the Boii; and the Galatians. The interrelationships of ethnicity, language and culture in the Celtic world are unclear and debated; for example over the ways in which the Iron Age people of Britain and Ireland should be called Celts. In current scholarship, Celt primarily refers to speakers of Celtic languages rather than to a single ethnic group.