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    STUDIA HISTORIA - Issue no. 1 / 2014  
         
  Article:   DES COUPES-CRÂNES CHEZ LES ANCIENS CELTES ?.

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  Abstract:  Starting out from a recent Iron age discovery in the environs of Lyon (France), this article discusses the question of the usage of human skulls as drinking vessels by the pre-Roman Barbarians in Western and Central Europe, by connecting the statements of ancient sources and archaeological data. An overview of finds shows the existence, since oldest prehistory and in all periods, of human skulls which were modified, no doubt for multiple purposes, which the ancient texts reduce to the banquet only.

Key words: banquet, Celts, protohistory, skull, cup.

 
         
     
         
         
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