Starter quiz
- In which era did the Celtic people live?
- Stone Age
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age ✓
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- Match the word to the correct definition.
- Romans⇔A group of people from Italy who took over lots of land across Europe. ✓
- Celts⇔People who lived during the Iron Age in small farming settlements. ✓
- Where was the Wetwang chariot found?
- an Iron Age grave ✓
- an Iron Age barn
- an Iron Age farm
- an Iron Age hillfort
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- Which pieces of evidence do archaeologists and historians use to get an idea of what life was like for Celtic people during the Iron Age?
- artefacts ✓
- photographs
- Roman writings ✓
- bones ✓
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- What was the Wetwang chariot made from?
- wood ✓
- metal ✓
- cardboard
- plastic
- glass
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- What was found in the Iron Age grave in Wetwang in 2001?
- human skeleton ✓
- a chariot ✓
- Roman coins
- a mirror ✓
- coral brooch ✓
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Exit quiz
- Was the skeleton found buried with the Wetwang chariot female or male?
- female ✓
- male
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- Match the word to the correct definition.
- warrior⇔a brave and strong person who fights ✓
- inherit⇔to receive something from someone when they die ✓
- tribe⇔a group of families that live together with the same beliefs ✓
- Archaeologists believe the person buried with the Wetwang chariot was important.
- True ✓
- False
- Archaeologists and historians think Iron Age women were warriors who fought on the battlefields because...
- female skeletons have been found buried with chariots. ✓
- they have seen photographs of female Iron Age warriors.
- there is video footage of female warriors during the Iron Age.
- the Romans wrote about Celtic female warriors. ✓
- the Celts wrote about Celtic female warriors.
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- Historians think that Celtic women could not become rulers in their own right and own and inherit their own land.
- True
- False ✓
- There is a statue in London of which Celtic Queen?
- Boudicca ✓
- Cartimandua
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Key learning points
- The bones of the person buried with the Wetwang chariot have led archaeologists to think she was a woman.
- The care taken to bury her, her chariot and other goods (a mirror and a brooch) suggest she was very important.
- This has led them to believe that women could be powerful warriors and rulers in the Iron Age, just like men.
- Later on, Ancient Roman writers also noted this, describing how women fought alongside men.
- Historians think that Celtic women could become rulers in their own right and own and inherit their own land.
Common misconception
Some may think that Celtic people and Iron Age people lived in different time periods.
Celtic people lived during the Iron Age.
Keywords
Warrior - a brave and strong person who fights is a warrior
Tribe - a group of families that live together with the same beliefs and culture is called a tribe
Inherit - to receive something from someone when they die is to inherit it
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