Term given to the continuing cultural control of areas and peoples not necessarily sympathetic to becoming Roman, often through continuing army presence. North Wales remained a frontier zone throughou [..]

Large ceramic vessels/containers used for transporting liquid commodities such as wine, olive oil and fish sauces. Used in seaborn commerce, transporting these desirable Roman goods from the Mediterra [..]

The name given to the period of prehistory, characterised by the earliest bronze metalworkers and their tool and weapon technologies. In Britain it spans the period from c.2300BC - 750BC, immediately [..]

Constructed ethnic name, deriving from Keltoi in Greek and Celtae in Latin, given to people who spoke Celtic languages. Commonly also used in relation to people who used 'Celtic' or La Téne [..]

Used to describe a society that operates on the principle of ranks (i.e. differential social status). Different lineages are graded on a scale of prestige, calculated by how closely related one is to [..]

When used in conjunction with votive, a term meaning a body of material carefully or deliberately placed into the ground or below water (often groups of artefacts). In more general terms a deposit is [..]

Priestly class in Iron Age Britain and Gaul. Wise men and women, were observers of natural phenomena, moral philosophers, stores of knowledge, administrators of justice and supervisors of sacrifices a [..]

The Roman term for a province roughly corresponding to modern France. The term Galli was used in relation to the Celts of France, the Alpine regions and northern Italy.

Grain stores, usually built as rectangular structures and probably raised above the ground as protection from damp and vermin.

Fortified enclosures built of earth, timber or stone, usually situated in an easily defensible situation, frequently a hilltop. Constructed during the Late Bronze Age and throughout the Iron Age.