02-15-2010, 08:16 PM
Still, in my opinion the all-iron javelin is not of an original iberic conception.
In the 6th, 5th and early 4th we found it in celtic context, in France.
At the end of the 4th we have the only esample in boic context (but it's quite atypical)
In the III we can found it widely used in Iberia (and there is an only one evidence in Gaul), since the I and maybe more.
Actually, the models used in Iberia are in shape and typology equal to the more ancient finds of Late Hallstatt Early la Tène.
In my opinion, this can be read as in importation of the Celts of the all-iron javelin in Iberia, where the weapon have been used widely due to the well known richness of iron.
All this should be read remembering that there is an all iron javelin characteristic of the Celts (attested by Roman authors) called "Gaesum"... and, I would add, a class of sacred mercenaries called "Gaesatae".
In the 6th, 5th and early 4th we found it in celtic context, in France.
At the end of the 4th we have the only esample in boic context (but it's quite atypical)
In the III we can found it widely used in Iberia (and there is an only one evidence in Gaul), since the I and maybe more.
Actually, the models used in Iberia are in shape and typology equal to the more ancient finds of Late Hallstatt Early la Tène.
In my opinion, this can be read as in importation of the Celts of the all-iron javelin in Iberia, where the weapon have been used widely due to the well known richness of iron.
All this should be read remembering that there is an all iron javelin characteristic of the Celts (attested by Roman authors) called "Gaesum"... and, I would add, a class of sacred mercenaries called "Gaesatae".
