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Here's some historical reproduction of the paleoveneti made by locals in my city for some events

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Quick & superficial intro on this population, to have a general idea.

Ancient venetians (venetians from Veneto, so the people from the region, not Venice that came way later) or paleoveneti were an Indo-European population who settled in north-eastern Italy after the mid-2nd millennium BC.  developing its own original civilization over the next millennium. It had various influences through time so its archeological documentation is rich

The inhabited centers arose along the waterways on sandy mounds (since the sand is very permeable and dried quickly) and on the hills. The inhabited centers were made up of a few rectangular huts grouped together and connected to each other; when the village expanded, houses were built with multiple rooms, and with parts reserved for artisan activities.

The "houses"

were made up of walls with a wooden skeleton, which was usually covered with clay, while the base was made of stone, in order to reduce humidity. The floors were made of beaten clay, while the roof was thatched. The heart of the homes was the hearth, made from a clay base on which fragments of ceramics and pebbles were laid (so that they retained the heat, acting as an insulator); the family grouped around it. The major centers were also equipped with ports: not only those along the coast, but also those located along rivers with sufficient water flow. In the latter case, a network of canals was dug, thus allowing boats to dock.

Religion

Ancient Venetians considered natural elements as sacred elements.

One of these elements was water. It was considered sacred and was used as an object of worship, in fact around the sanctuaries (=temples) there was often a stream.

Another sacred element were plants. The ancient Venetians believed that the plants were inhabited by local protective deities. The Venetians worshiped more than one deity, the main one being Reitia, also called Pora.

Reitia was the divinity bringer of health, lady of nature, protector of births and goddess of fertility, which is why she was venerated above all by women.

The goddess Reitia is always represented as a woman dressed in the typical Venetian costume: shawl, wide skirt, boots; in her hand she holds the key to open the door to life in the afterlife. Animals and plants are always represented next to her.

The Venetians had built places of worship (= places to go to pray) and sanctuaries (= temples dedicated to deities), scattered throughout the territory they inhabited. Both places of worship and sanctuaries were always outdoors, in large meadows or in sacred groves. They were always located outside the inhabited areas, near watercourses, small lakes, springs or river sources. There the ancient Venetians went to perform rites and offer gifts to ask for the protection of the gods.

Look how pretty she is.

The language

of the ancient Venetians is called Venetic. The Venetic language is a "relative" of Latin from which our Italian language derives. The Venetians learned writing from the Etruscans. The people learned to read and write in the sanctuaries. Perhaps, the Venetians who learned to read and write also had books to "study": metal alphabetical tablets in which the vowels and consonants of the alphabet were engraved.

The Venetian writing proceeded from right to left and the words were not divided but written all in a row. There were also points which, however, did not serve as pauses, but were used to divide the syllables. This way of writing, without separating the words, is called by experts "scriptio continua".

Their pen was a stylus with a pointed tip at the bottom, while at the top it had a sort of "spatula" that worked as an eraser; their notebook was a tablet.

The activities

Agriculture was the basis of their economy: they grew wheat, but also cereals for pastures. In their homes in Montebello Vicentino and Trissino, remains of barley, millet, oats, wheat, lentils and broad beans can still be found. Many of them dedicated themselves to breeding: cattle, goats and sheep. But above all, the Venetians were famous throughout the Mediterranean for their fame as horse breeders, which were also requested by other populations.

Art

We know one aspect in particular of Venetian art, that of visual art, that is, sculpture and engraving or embossing on metal, of forms cast in bronze: it is the art of the figure.

We know with certainty that music found a constant place: the images of the syringe and horn players or the musician bent over a plectrum instrument, reproduced in a bronze statuette, are eloquent.

The material most used by ancient Venetian artists was bronze. It was worked in sheets of suitable thickness which were then shaped and joined together to form situlae, lids, belts,

sheaths of daggers and swords.

The bronze plates were worked in embossed form; that is, the artist, with suitable tools (hammers, styluses, awls), struck the plate on the reverse side, causing the desired shapes to rise on the right side. The high relief was obtained on the obverse and at this point the figures were refined.

The situla, similar to the bucket, recalled in shape the vases of populations of Central and Eastern Europe. The images of the animal world are extremely elegant, which is constantly and widely represented.

The aspect of decoration constitutes another strong and original element of Venetian art. It is expressed in the animal figures that follow one another in the bands of the situlae, with clear ornamental intent.

Men, women, animals are the recurring images in Venetian works. The men appear portrayed in war costume, near their horses; the women show their elegance and the typical costume, characterized above all by the belt, the shawl and the boots flared at the top.

The realism of Venetian art is such that it allows us to recognize the ways of dressing, the shapes of clothing, the reasons for their shapes. The figures of the fighting athletes and the vase seller are pleasant and interesting.

Bronze was also worked in the form of sculpture obtained by fusion, the small bronze. Subjects such as warriors, both on foot and on horseback, with their weapons also appear in the bronze statues.

There is also no shortage of images of the mother goddess of the Venetian people, Reizia, depicted as a woman dressed in the typical Venetian costume, her hair styled in a ponytail.

An important place in Venetian art is also represented by painting.

Figurative and painted vases have come down to us. Especially in the Padua area, during archaeological excavations, several examples of this type were found. The most used colors were yellow and brown ocher, red, violet, blue.

Clothing

Their clothing was very refined and, in various aspects, original and distinct both from the clothing used by the neighboring Celtic populations and from that of the Latins.

The most numerous images show us above all the important characters, the rich, the leaders, the priests.

They are dressed in a large cloak, rich in texture.

They wear a large hat on their heads, with a wide brim and raised at the edges.

The most original item of women's clothing was the large and heavy shawl, a cape that went down to the back.

It had several forms:

the simple and common one for every day;

the black one as a sign of mourning;

those of silk quilted in gold and silver threads.

The hairstyle of men and women.

Venetian men used to completely shave their heads, while women styled them.

They wore their hair loose or gathered under the shawl.

The light tunic was worn by both men and women under the cloak.

The women's tunic:

it was more refined, decorated at the bottom with a colored frill. It was pleated. Above, an apron was worn on the front.

Women's footwear:

they were boots that reached the knee with the shaft that widened like a funnel: they were particularly suitable for muddy and marshy terrain.

The packaging:

the clothes were made with high quality fabrics, produced by women.

The wool was processed to obtain a heavy fabric called "GUSAPE": cloaks, blankets and carpets were produced with it.

In Padua unique fabrics were produced, obtained through triple weaving, therefore they were called "TRILICI". The cloaks were made with this type of fabric

Important people who wore them:

the cloaks of priests or people of higher social status were embroidered at the edges (for example lords, knights, warriors).

The pins, used to fasten the cloaks, were made of copper, sometimes silvered or actually silver.

The priests are recognizable by the shape of their headdresses, similar to oriental tiaras.

The most common garment in men:

it was the short, pleated kilt.

Women's clothing:

women dressed with care and elegance; the most important element was made up of a leather belt, adorned with a silvered bronze plaque, decorated with geometric designs or with symbols or figures.

Women's jewelry:

they wore earrings, necklaces, silver pendants, discs or hearts used as brooches and covered in gold, rings and pearls.

Different materials were used and above all bone, coral, bronze, colored glass paste and amber which was highly sought after.

Society organization:

The society of the ancient Venetians knew notable differences between individual and individual, between class and class.

The most modest class was that of the servants, placed at the lowest step of the social ladder and represented by barefoot individuals with very simple clothes. The central band was made up of workers who, in various forms, could be said to be autonomous: artisans, merchants, farmers, hunters and fishermen; warriors were added to them.

At the top of the social ladder were those who we can define as the "lords", the richest among the workers or those who, on the occasion of some war, had the opportunity to rise to the highest honors. The priests also belonged to the upper class, who wore rich robes, equipped with headgear and footwear.

Knights also occupied an important position.

It is probable that workers were united in associations (guilds) for the types of activities that required higher specialization.

Equally united among themselves by common interests were the traders, who earned strong profits from the sale of materials and products that enjoyed greater appreciation by other populations.

Diet:

The collection of wild fruits, the prey captured in hunting and fishing, the products obtained from agricultural crops and those offered by raised livestock provided the foods consumed daily on Venetian tables.

Milk had to be for daily use, as were foods obtained from cereals. The flours obtained were mixed with water and, probably, flavored with salt collected along the Adriatic coasts, and seasoned with oil. The flours were also used to knead loaves, focaccias or even types of gnocchi or morsels.

Honey production was abundant; it was used in the kitchen to sweeten foods and doughs obtained from flour.

The oil used to season the various foods was obtained from flax plantations, a plant grown in large quantities.

Different types of vegetables were cultivated, which became part of the common Venetian diet; they gave particular importance to beans, small in size and with a perforated surface.

Meats were part of the foods in daily use, but limited to particularly solemn occasions.

Sources:

I basically just translated this esp cuz itz not a safe site & I doubt the Google translation is nice at all, plus the basic intro is a bunch of stuff I learnt at musemums and from wikipedia as reference, when it comes to specific topics I always state official noice sources

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Ancient Venetkins clothing

Their clothing was very refined and, in various aspects, original and distinct both from the clothing used by the neighboring Celtic populations and from that of the Latins.

The most numerous images show us all the important characters, the rich, the leaders, the priests.

They are dressed in a large cloak, rich in texture.

They wear a large hat on their heads, with a wide brim and raised at the edges.

The most original item of women's clothing was the large and heavy shawl, a cape that went down to the back.

It had several forms:

the simple and common one for every day;

the black one as a sign of mourning;

those of silk quilted in gold and silver threads.

The light tunic was worn by both men and women under the cloak.

The clothes worn by the ancient Venetians were made with fabrics produced by women, who were very expert in spinning and weaving wool and vegetable fibres.

Perhaps the most used color to dye fabrics was light blue because, in those days, the word "veneto" was used to indicate the color light blue.

The most important men wore a cloak which was then fastened with a pin. The most important women, however, wore a shawl that covered their hair and fell over their shoulders, like a veil; to fasten the shawl women used the fibula (= brooch).

Fibula Pin

The women's tunic:

It was more refined, decorated at the bottom with a colored frill. It was pleated. Above, an apron was worn on the front.

Women's footwear:

They wore boots that reached the knee with the shaft that widened like a funnel: they were particularly suitable for muddy and marshy terrain.

The women dressed with care and elegance; the most important element was made up of a leather belt, adorned with a silvered bronze plaque, decorated with geometric designs or with symbols or figures.

The ancient Venetians loved to adorn themselves with jewels. They used necklaces, pendants, earrings, brooches, rings, bracelets.

To make the jewels they used different materials: silver, gold as a coating and pearls, but above all bone, coral, bronze, colored glass paste and the precious and highly sought after amber.

Women's jewels.

They wore earrings, necklaces, silver pendants, discs or hearts used as brooches and covered in gold, rings and pearls.

Different materials were used and above all bone, coral, bronze, colored glass paste and amber which was highly sought after.

The most common garment in men:

it was the short, pleated kilt

•The clothing and weapons are correct however the men used to cut off all of their hair, still this is a really good example

feet were wearing boots; those of men had raised tips