Gallaeci
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The Callaeci were a Late Iron Age tribal complex who inhabited the north-western corner of Iberia, a region roughly corresponding to what is now Galicia, the Norte Region in northern Portugal and the
Partial view of the Castro de Santa Tegra, an oppidum from the 2nd century BC.
Granite Warrior statues are one of the most famous cultural outputs of the Callaeci
The Fonte do Ídolo (Portuguese for Idol's Fountain), in Braga.
Descripcion Reyno de Galizia de Ojea
Castro culture
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Castro culture is the archaeological term for the material culture of the northwestern regions of the Iberian Peninsula from the end of the Bronze Age until it was subsumed by Roman culture. It is the
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…Carthaginians). The Callaeci dwelt in hill forts (locally called castros), and the archaeological culture they developed is known by archaeologists as "Castro culture", characterised by their hillforts with round or elongated houses. The Callaecian way of life was based in land occupation especially by fortified…
Celtic naked warrior of the Braganza Brooch or fibula, gold (Norte Region, Portugal)
Gold torc from Burela (Galicia, Spain)
The "Cabeza de Rubiás" (Museu Arqueologico de Ourense, Galicia)
Late Bronze Age golden helmet from Leiro (Galicia)