[Jacob Kell]

Was it really "Celtic", or just looked similar? THe TOcharians were mediterranean in racial type, I belive. ALso, not all Caucasians are Indo-European.

[blam]

"Was it really "Celtic", or just looked similar? THe TOcharians were mediterranean in racial type, I belive."

The skeletons (mummies) found in the presence of the Tocharian language were tall and red-headed and had fabrics like the Celts in Hallstadt, Austria.

[JimSEA]

It is a suprising assertion about which I have been having a friendly argument with Blam. He believes the Chinese First Emperor was possibly Celtic and I disagree. However, he has given me high quality references to convince me something with the Indo-Europeans in general and the Celts or perhaps more accuratly, the Proto-Celts happened that has yet to be fully understood. That is rather exciting. I would highly recomend The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber who is a textile expert. It conflicts with J. P. Mallory's In Search of the Indo-European however, Mallory was vague about the eastern spread of people although he spend time on the Kurgan movements. I am convinced, as an interested and non-professional observer, that there is a lot to be discovered between the Caucus and China and much of it may involve the Kurgan. In short, I don't know if it is Celtic or not but Barber is convincing.