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Ethnology Paper:

Were the Celts an ethnic group?

Were they several ethnic groups?

What does they're similar material culture prove or disprove according to Dr. Hall?

How does language play in?

How did they view themselves?

Tribal and separate?

Tribal but a related people?

What about religious views, deities, pantheons?

How does geography play in?

Did British Celts have kinship feeling with Gauls or Galatians, etc?

Brits continued chariot use in war after it had fallen out of favor in Gaul–a bit behind the times by continental standards, so how does this play into ethnic identity?

Scoffed at backward cousins?

Bog Body Thesis:

Who are they?

Ethnic identity/similarity?

Male/female?

Age?

Status?

Well-known bodies—Lindow Man, Tollund Man, etc...

Where are they from (just England, Ireland, and Denmark)?

How old are they (which century)?

How did they die?

Sacrifice?

Accident?

Cause of death?

Poison?

Strangulation?

Throat cut?

Three-fold death motif?

Are bog bodies (or the creation of them) mentioned in any ancient texts?

What similarities are there in the bodies?

What religious/commercial ties were there between the countries were bodies are found?