Re: Les Celtes en Bulgarie
Posté: Lun 03 Déc, 2012 15:58
You will forgive me if I answer in English to avoid confusion.
Firstly, thank you for your constructive criticism, which is very helpful. We have of course considered a Thracian origin, but the element does not occur in Thracian topography (see Detschew D. (1957) Die thrakischen Sprachreste. ÖAW, Phil.- hist. Kl. Schriften der Balkankomission, Linguist. Abteilung XV. Wien; Георгиев, Вл. (1977). Траките и техният език. София).
It's designation as Celtic is not based solely on linguistic grounds, but also on extensive finds of Celtic coinage in this area, and the large amounts of La Tene material found over the past 10 years by a Bulgarian/French team working in the Kavarna area.
Firstly, thank you for your constructive criticism, which is very helpful. We have of course considered a Thracian origin, but the element does not occur in Thracian topography (see Detschew D. (1957) Die thrakischen Sprachreste. ÖAW, Phil.- hist. Kl. Schriften der Balkankomission, Linguist. Abteilung XV. Wien; Георгиев, Вл. (1977). Траките и техният език. София).
It's designation as Celtic is not based solely on linguistic grounds, but also on extensive finds of Celtic coinage in this area, and the large amounts of La Tene material found over the past 10 years by a Bulgarian/French team working in the Kavarna area.