Nemetati
The Nemetati were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the north of modern Portugal between the Cávado and Ave River valley, in the province of Minho, north of the Douro.
They are known because of a mention in Claudius Ptolemy's Geography II, 6. 41, where they are mentioned as part of the Bracarenses group
Their ethnic name comes from the Celtic nemeton (Νεμετατῶν, Ptol. 2,6,40. Celtic, to nemeto- ato-), a place belonging to the sacred site/grove (to nemeto-), or more likely, place belonging to Nemetos.{{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/2160/282/5/ContCelticPNDictionary.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731025816/http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/2160/282/5/ContCelticPNDictionary.pdf |archivedate=2009-07-31 |accessdate=2009-05-02}}
The Citânia de Sanfins (in Paços de Ferreira) could be their main hill fort and the tribe may have some link with inscriptions to the war god Cosus Nemedecus.
See also
References
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- Coutinhas, José Manuel (2006), Aproximação à identidade etno-cultural dos Callaici Bracari, Porto.
- Queiroga, Francisco (1992), War and Castros, Oxford.
- Silva, Armando Coelho Ferreira da (1986), A Cultura Castreja, Porto.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040611215344/http://www.arqueotavira.com/Mapas/Iberia/Populi.htm Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)]
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Category:Ancient peoples of Portugal
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