Re: [tied] Hallstattkultur and Cimmerians

----- Original Message -----
From: "george knysh" <gknysh@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Hallstattkultur and Cimmerians

> *****GK: I wonder what point you are trying to make
> here? In 200 years Cimmerian individuals COULD have
> migrated to anywhere in the world. But the only area
> other than Eastern Europe where a Cimmerian presence
> is clearly attested historically (to a much lesser
> extent archaeologically)is Asia Minor and the
> Caucasus. We have no evidence at all of any
> significant Cimmerian migration towards Western Europe
> which would have either helped to create or modify the
> proto-Celtic Hallstatt culture (or early
> proto-Germanic cultures) during any of their phases.
> There are words (meaning "hero") in Ossetian and
> Georgian which may be linked to the Cimmerian
> phenomenon. For Western Europe all that seems
> available to fantasists are highly doubtful if not
> entirely incorrect identifications of Cimmerians with
> Cimbri or Cymru. After the judicious comments
> dismissing these identifications posted on the list in
> the last few days there seems little urgency in
> continuing along this path.******

[Moeller] what I posted was just background information about
Hallstattkultur , archeological funds and Cymerians in Romania
and nothing more.All from 800 BC meaning 100 years before they
disappiered from history. As a logical aspect, I said that
from 800 BC untill 600 BC, when the first scytian traces are
to find in Romania, the Cimmerians have had ( in case they
migrated) all the time of the world to go anywhere. Nothing
more. I am not interested in the Cimmerians but I knew some
information, I tought is good to post them . I will keep
myself out with such informations next time .


regards
a. moeller