Re: [tied] Re: Germanic Scythians?

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> Please tell me about the arrival
> of the Hermunduri
> in Thuringia and associated finds.

*****GK: Why? The point is that they didn't come from
Eastern Europe as Alans or whatever, or Bastarnae. For
what it's worth, Tacitus considered them autochthons
of Germania.*****

>
> >There is no evidence AT ALL of
> > any massive Bastarnean removal to the West.
>
> I think I said to the north, from Pannonia. As for
> Pannonian, Tacitus
> begs to differ (Aravisci, Osi; note the name).

*****GK: This is total confusion Torsten. The
Bastarnae settlements were not in Pannonia, but in
Moldavia. Tacitus speaks of movements of Celtic
speakers across the middle Danube.******

>
> >We know a
> > great deal about the Bastarnean material culture
> of
> > the 1rst c. BC, the so-called Poeneshti-Lukashevka
> > cult. There are no P/L elements in central Europe
> in
> > the 1rst c. BC NONE.
>
> Please tell me the characteristics of P/L material
> culture, then I'll
> go check myself.

*****GK: You can do that for yourself all the way.
Just look up as many sources on the archaeology of
Moldavia as you can.*******



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