What did the Ancient celts look like?

[Curtis24]

The first Celts were Nordid and Nordid-Cromagnid with Dinarid admixture. When they expanded they came in contact with more Dinarids, Alpinids and Mediterranid forms. On the long run Alpinid types increased in numbers whereas the original Celtic elite decreased, so when the Romans came to Gallia, the Celts were not the same as they were at the time of their expansion though the Nordid element was still dominant in most regions. Its not by chance Coon designated the typical Nordid "Hallstatt", the early Celtic skulls are as the Reihengraeber or early Slavs mainly Nordid (or at least Nordoid anatomically) in character.

Where'd you get that from, Mordid?

[Portukalos]

The Gauls (Central Europeans ; French , Swiss , Austrian).

The Diying Gaul :

[Templar]

I hope that this hasn't already been posted, if so I apologize. What did the Ancient celts look like before the Norse, Romans, or Germanics came? A celt having red hair is always a big stereotype, however I read somewhere recently that red hair wasn't a true "celtic" trait and that the red hair gene actually came from the Germanics, is this true?

Anyways, I was just thinking about this today and became curious as to what they looked like before outside influence. thanks

"Generally characterized by classical observers as a people of fair hair, of red or gold, and fair complexions, (although the people of the British Isles were described as small and dark-haired) most Celtic women apparently stood taller than the average Roman citizen. Celtic women, upon reaching maturity, adopted a complex braided style for their hair, and wore dyed and embroidered dresses. Plaids, or wrapped woven cloaks, were common for men and women alike, and gold and silver torques and armrills, as well as rings, adorned wealthy Celts. Brooches that held closed the openings of dresses and plaids were another common feature of Celtic dress. Gallic men commonly spiked their hair and bleached it to an almost white color with chalky water, and wore their beards long, while the Bretons and Picts tattooed their arms and faces with blue."

Check out Celtic Europe by Leigh T. Denault


http://www.watson.org/~leigh/celts.html#intro

[Curtis24]

The Celts were basically Nordid/Atlantid with Dinarid influence. They have a sort of "wolfish" look that is often associated with American rednecks.

Here are some examples:
Men:









Women(sorry there aren't as many examples, but women are harder to classify for me):

[Curtis24]

Now, those pictures are of the people who were the original Celtic speakers, who spread the Celtic languages, and who composed the aristocrats and warriors of Celtic socieities.

They "Celticized" the people they conquered, and the truth is that all the different racial types that existed in the British Isles, France, and Galicia during the Iron Age, can be considered Celtic. These include localized versions of Atlantomediterranids, Cromagnids, Alpinids, and Dinarids. These racial types, however, mostly would have been servants/slaves of Celtic warrior aristocrats.

[Mordid]

The Celts were basically Nordid/Atlantid with Dinarid influence. They have a sort of "wolfish" look that is often associated with American rednecks.

Dont forget that they had considerable Alpinoid/Cromagnoid. Cromagnid/Cromagnoid are the most physically most Adept/strongest Europid in a fight. That's why ancient Germanic were significant Faelid, ancient Slavic were significant West Baltid/Eastern Cromagnoid and so on.

[Libertas]

Dont forget that they had considerable Alpinoid/Cromagnoid. Cromagnid/Cromagnoid are the most physically Most Adept/Strongest Europid in a fight. That's why ancient Germanic were significant Faelid, ancient Slavic were significant West Baltid/Eastern Cromagnoid and other.

The Irish have a strong CM-derived Bruenn strain element and to a lesser extent so does Britain.

[Curtis24]

Dont forget that they had considerable Alpinoid/Cromagnoid. Cromagnid/Cromagnoid are the most physically most Adept/strongest Europid in a fight. That's why ancient Germanic were significant Faelid, ancient Slavic were significant West Baltid/Eastern Cromagnoid and so on.

I think the Italian variety had those influences, but the Gallic and British/Irish forms only had minor Alpinid influence, if any. As for Cromagnid being most adept in a fight, I have to disagree with that, if you're talking about Iron Age warfare. Long legs of Auriganacoids let them travel fast on foot, and long arms allowed them to throw projectiles farther. Remember, cavalry warfare didn't become important in Western Europe until the invention of the stirrups, more than 1,000 years after the heyday of the Celts.

[Mordid]

I think the Italian variety had those influences, but the Gallic and British/Irish forms only had minor Alpinid influence, if any. As for Cromagnid being most adept in a fight, I have to disagree with that, if you're talking about Iron Age warfare. Long legs of Auriganacoids let them travel fast on foot, and long arms allowed them to throw projectiles farther. Remember, cavalry warfare didn't become important in Western Europe until the invention of the stirrups, more than 1,000 years after the heyday of the Celts.

If you are talking about robust Aurignacoid, then I'd have to agree with that.

[x-class]

What did the Ancient Celts look like? What phenotype were they, what kind of clothes did they wear, how was their hair, short?bald?long?,did they grow beards,what hair/eye color did they usually have? were they tall? etc