Sadigh Gallery Ancient Celtic Arrowheads

The Beaker tribe, it would appear, were highly skilled archers and one of the earliest warrior aristocracies in Europe. Their contributions included the first alcoholic drink into Britain, the first metal-smiths to enter the country.

New York, NY (prHWY.com) April 6, 2011 - Because not much information about this historical mystery is known, the origin of the Celts has been difficult to accurately identify. With a rich genealogy pool of Greek, Sumerian, Italic, Etruscan, Illyrian, Hebrew and Hittite, the merger and influence of the Beaker Tribe, their origin uncertain, and Battle-axe Tribe was remarkable and produced most of the proto-Celtic people, the Urnfield Civilization, beginning around 1200 BC. The Beaker tribe, it would appear, were highly skilled archers and one of the earliest warrior aristocracies in Europe. Their contributions included the first alcoholic drink into Britain, the first metal-smiths to enter the country, the completion of the second stage of Stonehenge and perhaps the construction of the stone circles of Avebury. They were the first to make clothes from wool, practice both cremation and in-humation and probably the first to ride horses instead of hunting them for food. The Battle-axe people, like the Beaker people, were also a warrior tribe.

Contrary to some historians' beliefs, the Anglo-Saxons of Britain did not drive out the majority of Celtic tribes. Some did leave but most intermarried with the Angles and Saxon tribes, becoming one culture, a union made stronger by one common enemy in 793 AD, the Vikings invasion of England. Some of the earliest known stone arrowheads used for hunting and warfare have been found in Africa and were made from either stone or bone that was skillfully chipped and flaked into points. Arrowheads, the striking end of an arrow, are usually a separate piece attached to the front of the arrow shaft. The shapes were adapted for specific use and the method of attaching the arrowhead to the shaft varied with the material. Reed is the earliest kind of shaft and required an arrowhead with a long tang for stability and to prevent splitting upon impact. Socketed arrowheads were designed for stronger and heavier wooden shafts. Interestingly enough, the bow and arrow were first used more than 15,000 years ago, probably in North Africa.

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