ANST - keltoi trivia ....

[Decker, Terry D.]

The primary source for information about Celtic wagons are the Hallstat
period burials.  Here some sites I found on the subject.  To really get to
the construction, you'll probably need to follow the references out to the
papers.  Bear 

http://www.iath.virginia.edu/~umw8f/Barbarians/Sites/Heuneburg/Heuneburg.htm
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http://www.unc.edu/courses/art111/celtic/topics/burial/crypt.html

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~umw8f/Barbarians/Essays/ekphora.html

> scanning a new read while doing laundry today and came upon a couple of 
> interesting points ..
> 
> "... central european celtic wagons were superior to any other vehicles of
> 
> their period.  they were built on a tecnilogical level that was not
> surpassed 
> until medieval times ... celtic wheelwrights invented bearings that
> reduced 
> friction, so that less energy was needed to move chariots and wagons.  the
> 
> ultimate vehicles had rollar bearings, that later went out of use in roman
> 
> times, and were not used again until the industrial revolution"
> 
> 
> 'wolf
> 
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