The tinkler-gypsies . n ofhistory, and also during the little known periodof the settlement of Celts, Gauls, and otherEastern peoples in the West of Europe, theGypsies have played a very important role in theintroduction of bronze working into the archaeological collections and our proto-historic data warrant us in saying that the Celtsand Gauls were preceded by a brown race ofmedium stature, knowing how to make andwork in bronze, who, concurrently with thePhoenicians and the Pelasgians or Etruscans,brought into Europe the art of working inbronze. On the other hand, it is proved by ou
The tinkler-gypsies . n ofhistory, and also during the little known periodof the settlement of Celts, Gauls, and otherEastern peoples in the West of Europe, theGypsies have played a very important role in theintroduction of bronze working into the archaeological collections and our proto-historic data warrant us in saying that the Celtsand Gauls were preceded by a brown race ofmedium stature, knowing how to make andwork in bronze, who, concurrently with thePhoenicians and the Pelasgians or Etruscans,brought into Europe the art of working inbronze. On the other hand, it is proved by ournumerous archaeological deposits of the BronzeAge, which are unreservedly attributed tonomadic prehistoric founders, that the Celts,Gauls, and other peoples coming in from theEast were accompanied in their movements bynomadic founders, coming like themselves from 29 45^ The Tinkler-Gypsies. the East. These nomadic smiths are theGypsies, and their appearance in Europe datesnot from the fifteenth century but from about. Tinkler (Roumanian Calderar ) of Gross-Scheurn,Transylvania. Photo liy Thfolor Glatz. the year 2000 These behefs rest upon thefollowing data : The objects discovered in ourarchaeological deposits of the Bronze Age are all Piehistoric Metal<vorker$ Tinklers. 451 those of a small-handed race, or resemble theornaments of Buddhist idols. Their lechnique,then, is of Hindu origin. The Aryan peoples had long roamed fromeast to west, and from north to south, beforethey finally settled in Europe. Wherever theinvaders went their nomadic metal workersaccompanied them, but as a caste apart, livingby preference in secret places such as caves andwoods. In a cavern at Sinsin, and in manyother Belgian localities, hoards of bronze ob-jects have been found which belonged to thesemetal workers of the Bronze Age. The Sinsinhoard is remarkable for the number, the qua-lity, and the finish of the bronze objects, whoseornamentation, executed on the spot, is derivedfrom moulds or
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