- certain --v-'
® probable
o disputed- unknown
o
- Chapter Ten -
Figure 10.1 Location of sites mentioned by Julius Caesar In Gaul. (From Collis 1984,
fig. 2.1.)
in the central enclosed nucleus seems to have varied. Logically the size of the
ramparts at Zemplln suggests a defensive function. Nitriansky Hridok contained a
cluster of unpretentious houses overlying an earlier cemetery. At Liptovska Mara in
northern Slovakia the primary function was ritual: from the entrance a stone path,
strewn with burnt offerings (bronzes, fibulae, burnt animal bones and cereals), led to
a pit which contained fragments of female human remains (Pi eta 1982). From the
two phases remains of eight individuals were found, several of whom suffered
from genetic abnormalities. On the slopes of the hill and around its foot were clusters
of occupation, including farm enclosures, but also plentiful evidence of industrial
production - glass, coinage, iron and other metals. Liptovska Mara was only one of
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