Did the Boii wash themselves? Mediterranean hygienical instruments in Late La Tène Bohemia

Abstract

The article studies the objects used in Mediterranean for hygienical purpouses discovered in the contexts of Bohemian late Iron Age. It presents some considerations concerning the possibility and the limits of archaeological understanding the function of allochtonous objects.

Keywords

• La Tène Priod
• mediterranean imports
• hygienical instruments
• balsamaria
• strigils