The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . can be attempted here is ageneral survey and statement of the chief problemswhich it offers to the student. A glance at Map W will be useful for purposesof orientation. The geographical and chrono-logical positions of this Teutonic art of the migra-tion period have been already indicated,—see ante,pp. 4-7. In time it was preceded immediately bya period of Roman influence in the north in thefirst two or three centuries of the Christian influence from Mediterranean lands wasno new thing, for there were old-established traderoutes from It
The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . can be attempted here is ageneral survey and statement of the chief problemswhich it offers to the student. A glance at Map W will be useful for purposesof orientation. The geographical and chrono-logical positions of this Teutonic art of the migra-tion period have been already indicated,—see ante,pp. 4-7. In time it was preceded immediately bya period of Roman influence in the north in thefirst two or three centuries of the Christian influence from Mediterranean lands wasno new thing, for there were old-established traderoutes from Italy to northern Europe, two of which,over the Brenner and over the Julian Alps, areshown on the map, but in the period just indicatedit became predominant. At the same time the 203 TEUTONIC ORNAMENT way was always open for Oriental, Greco-Scythian,and perhaps Siberian influence to stream inwardstowards the north-west, in the directions indicatedby the arrow-headed lines. Open plains stretch con-tinuously from the Caucasus and Ural Mountains w. Map showing the extension of Hallstatt and La T^ne cuhure,the Roman trade routesfrom Italy to the North,and the hnes indicating influence from the East. to the North Sea, and some antiquaries believe thatthis vast superficies formed a single archaeologicalarea, and that this fact is sufficient to account forthe Greco-Scythian gold-find at Vettersfeld In theNieder Lausltz, without the hypothesis of anymerely fortuitous importation. 204 THE CELTIC LEGACY Before this Roman period Celtic art had prevailedin central Europe, and while the older Hallstatt culture, shown by the darker shading, was in themain confined to a zone encircling the Alps fromCroatia on the east to Provence on the west, thelater La Tene culture of the last centuries ,shown on the map by lighter shading, extendedits influence in a very much wider circle. It is avery interesting and important fact, that may againbe recalled to the readers mind, that while afterCaesars
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