tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634172410498697945.post2807947669738112756..comments2024-03-26T17:26:02.722+00:00Comments on Nancy Jardine Author: Oh...those Stylish Celts - My S for the Day Nancy Jardine Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12366248895961876075noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634172410498697945.post-71513675594702958042013-04-29T16:31:44.158+01:002013-04-29T16:31:44.158+01:00Hi Coral. That's a fantastic response, thank y...Hi Coral. That's a fantastic response, thank you. If you find the article I'd appreciate looking at it. I hadn't heard about the 'woad' burning, but since they used lime for their hair it would make sense for them to use the grease/chalk copper ore (which from my science lessons many years ago was a very colourful product). Nancy Jardine Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366248895961876075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634172410498697945.post-59900113351376926402013-04-29T15:43:56.324+01:002013-04-29T15:43:56.324+01:00I have to look it for you Nancy, but I have articl...I have to look it for you Nancy, but I have article clipping I save here somewhere on my harddrive about the Royal Celtic graves they dug up in Heuneburg - just like shows in your link. Instead of the usual archaeologic dig-on-site excavation, the scientists decided to sink steel plates into the entire area surrounding the grave and squeeze the loam together and transport something to the tune of 3.5 cubic metric tonnes of earth into their labs. There they used an MRI scanner to photograph the layers of earth before removing them, so they had a 3-dimensional picture of the clothing of the Celts as they orginally appeared in their graves. They found out things they never knew, such as red was the colour for clothing worn by Celtic royalty. They also wore leather jackets with the studs you mentioned, and so sort of leather belt sashes also studdes with bronze and copper studs. They were able to photograph remnents of hairstyles, and found that women wore small braids with gold clasps. I will have to look up this article and send to you from this tattoo guy from Britain. He tried using woad and found out that it burns worse than stinging nettles. It itches, burns and will make your skin red and swollen. Thinking he might have had a rash, he let someone else try, and found the same thing. He thinks that Celtic war paint was mixture of copper ore, grease and chalk, because he says no one could have worn woad paint without getting a horrible rash. He thinks it was only used for making the world-famous "Lincoln Green". As far as jewellery, the Celts were by far the most superior goldsmiths in the Roman Empire, inventing gold wire before any other folk. Hence the Celts were traders and farmers first, and warriors only if they had no other choice. Here's a picture of a gold bead from Heuneburg. The gold wire is less than 1 mm in thickness - something they can only reproduce with modern metal-working equipment. How the Celts were able to make such filligree jewellery is still a mystery. http://www.daysofyoretravel.blogspot.de/2013/04/discover-ancient-celtic-gold.html#comment-form Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03202932637700676213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634172410498697945.post-82122429246630002292013-04-22T21:01:59.937+01:002013-04-22T21:01:59.937+01:00I need to go back and read more. I love all the h...I need to go back and read more. I love all the history. Makes total sense being a former social studies teacher but I taught in the United States, so obviously I had to teach U.S. History,mostly. Anyway, I find all this history fascinating.<br />Lucy from <a href="http://www.lucysreality.com/" rel="nofollow">Lucy's Reality</a>Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795342448811764481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634172410498697945.post-5853622549536806932013-04-22T15:11:40.060+01:002013-04-22T15:11:40.060+01:00Hello Deepa. Thanks for the lovely comments. Glad ...Hello Deepa. Thanks for the lovely comments. Glad you're enjoying my series. Nancy Jardine Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366248895961876075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634172410498697945.post-26765040092044813142013-04-22T13:51:12.764+01:002013-04-22T13:51:12.764+01:00Brilliant post. Very informative. I'd now go b...Brilliant post. Very informative. I'd now go back and read all your posts. Love this series. and yes, a book is a very good idea :)Deepa Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05798361845125638686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634172410498697945.post-89899742378624258162013-04-22T10:40:35.611+01:002013-04-22T10:40:35.611+01:00I am thank you, Jocelyn. I'm thinking of makin...I am thank you, Jocelyn. I'm thinking of making a 'book' out of my Celts/ Romans posts. Nancy Jardine Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366248895961876075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634172410498697945.post-43711402923104463582013-04-22T10:08:23.654+01:002013-04-22T10:08:23.654+01:00What an information packed post - I feel a lot sma...What an information packed post - I feel a lot smarter than I did a few minutes ago. Keeping themselves clean daily when it was cold enough to need so many layers must have been pretty miserable.<br /><br />Hope you’re having fun with the A to Z challenge,<br /><a href="http://www.jocelynrish.com/blog" rel="nofollow">Jocelyn</a>Jocelyn Rishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141176507423961390noreply@blogger.com