Quote Originally Posted by Thistle Stop
The country's recent interest in the checkered design, however, is due to one particular find, a remnant of an early Celtic kilt, and some clever public relations by Thomas Rettl, a clothing manufacturer whose business is located near the ancient kilt site.
This is a bit of a stretch. The cloth found in Austria is just that, a tartan type cloth. To call it a kilt is a far reach. Also, to say it originated in Austria is arguing a fact not in evidence. The fact that the mummies found in China were northern european is not evidence they were from Austria at all. All the Austrian find proves is that tartan type cloth was used in that area and the only remarkable thing about it is that a fragment survived that long. The Chinese finds beat that and indicate that Celtic people not only traveled more widely than was thought, but that they settled as far east as western China and intermarried (so to speak) with the people there.