First experiment with recycling Bery'ls bones (the ones we buy to chew, not her skeleton) into implements was a bust.

I started with a small bone and cut up into 5cm lengths with a hacksaw, then into blanks for needles approximately 3mmx3mm.

Tried to use a file to shape with an 8" half-round file but the bone was just a little to springy to  work ( Read more... )

From the Distributed Proofreading Project on which I am working:

"Roughening of butt-end of celts, 67, 77, 160"

:-)
M

PS Proofreading a couple of pages of index entries puts me right under, I should remember this if I am having trouble sleeping :-)

From Caesar Against the Celts, Ramon L Jiminez ( Read more... )

From Caesar Against the Celts, Jiminez, Ramon L, Castle Books New Jersey 2001

Page 145

Also, several linguists have pointed out the Sequani in eastern Gaul were Q-Celts, and their close association with the Helvetti and their sub-tribe, the Tigurini - Caesar's first victims in the Gallic War - suggests that those tribes were also Q-Celts.  Although ( Read more... )

I've been reading the book Caesar Against the Celts (Ramon L. Jiminez, Castle Books 2001) for a few days now and have found an interesting item in chapter VII, The Celts in Britain.

Page 148,

The discovery of another body in the Lindow Moss three years later has possibly shed light on another ancient subject.  The Celts were notable all over the ( Read more... )