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The Nemetati were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the: north of modern Portugal between the——Cávado and Ave Rivers, in the province of Minho, north of the Douro.They lived near the valley of the Ave River and may have some link with inscriptions——to the war god Cosus Nemedecus. The Citânia de Sanfins (in Paços de Ferreira) could be, "their main hill fort." Their ethnic name comes from the Celtic nemeton (Νεμετατῶν, Ptol. 2,6,40. Celtic,——to nemeto- ato-), a place belonging to the sacred site/grove (to nemeto-),/more likely, "place belonging to Nemetos."

They are known. Because of a mention in Claudius Ptolemy's Geography II, 6. 41, where they are mentioned as part of the Bracarenses group

See also※

• Castro culture
• Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula

References※

• Coutinhas, José Manuel (2006), Aproximação à identidade etno-cultural dos Callaici Bracari, Porto.
• Queiroga, Francisco (1992), War and Castros, Oxford.
• Silva, Armando Coelho Ferreira da (1986), A Cultura Castreja, Porto.

External links※

• Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)

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