The Druids

In this video we dive into the accounts of the Druids of Gaul and Britain, and try to see if there is any archaeological evidence for their existence.

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Additional Sources:

Andrew Fitzpatrick (2007b) Druids: Towards an Archaeology
www.academia.edu/5801022/Druids_Towards_an_Archaeo…

Jane Webster (2015) A Dirty Window on the Iron Age? Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Pre‑Roman Celtic Religion
www.researchgate.net/publication/286383718_A_dirty…

“At the Water's Edge” by Lund J
www.academia.edu/4188010/At_the_Waters_Edge

Nicky Garland (2013) Ritual Landscapes of Pre-Roman Britain: The Margins of Practice on the Margins of the Empire
www.researchgate.net/publication/320363007_Ritual_…

Ian Armit (2010) Porticos, pillars and severed heads: the display and curation of human remains in the southern French Iron Age
www.academia.edu/30851745/Porticos_pillars_and_sev…

David S, Rose (2016) Lieux de Mémoire, Central Places, and the Sanctuary of Ribemont-sur-Ancre: A Preliminary Look
www.researchgate.net/publication/333750198_Lieux_d…

Jean-Louis Brunaux, Claude Malagoli, Bernard Lambot, Gérard Bataille (2003) La France du Nord (Champagne-Ardenne, Île-de-France, Nord, Basse-Normandie, Haute-Normandie, Pas-de-Calais, Picardie) Cultes et sanctuaires en France à l'âge du Fer
www.persee.fr/doc/galia_0016-4119_2003_num_60_1_31…

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