Prehistory


Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age.



5 subcategories
Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

Celtic

CELTIC

Iron Age

IRON AGE

Neolithic (Young Stone Age)

NEOLITHIC (YOUNG STONE AGE)

Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age)

PALAEOLITHIC (OLD STONE AGE)

1,733 photos
Three plaits of hair.                                  
Late Bronze Age (600 BCE)
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Three plaits of hair. Late Bronze Age (600 BCE...

Heavy gold necklace.                                   
Late Bronze Age (600 BCE)
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Heavy gold necklace. Late Bronze Age (600 BCE...

Gold spiral pin from Roerup, Denmark.                  
Late Bronze Age (600 BCE)
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Gold spiral pin from Roerup, Denmark. Late Bronze Age (600 BCE...

Gold double brooch.                                    
Late Bronze Age (600 BCE)
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Gold double brooch. Late Bronze Age (600 BCE...

Hallstatt burial site, a collection of 19th century    
watercolours. Cover of collection: Hallstatt, Austria, 
and its lake. Johann Georg Ramsauer began excavations  
of the 980 tombs in 1846. Painted at the site by       
Isidor Engel in 1878.
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Hallstatt burial site, a collection of 19th century watercolours. Cover of c...

Hallstatt burial site, a collection of 19th century    
watercolours. Cover: Hallstatt, Austria, and its lake. 
Johann Georg Ramsauer began excavation of the 980 tombs
in 1846. Drawing of the tombs by Isidor Engel in 1878.
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Hallstatt burial site, a collection of 19th century watercolours. Cover: Hal...

Hallstatt burial site, a collection of 19th century    
watercolours. Page with names of the persons present   
at the discovery of the site. Johann Georg Ramsauer    
began the excavation of the 980 tombs in 1846.         
Drawing of the tombs by Isidor Engel in 1878.
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Hallstatt burial site, a collection of 19th century watercolours. Page with...

27 graves found at Hallstatt burial site, from a       
collection of 19th century watercolours painted on     
the site by Isidor Engel in 1878. Johann Georg         
Ramsauer began the excavations in 1846.
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27 graves found at Hallstatt burial site, from a collection of 19th centu...

Clay tubs where bodies and offerings were placed       
at burial. Watercolour of the Hallstatt burial site    
by Isidor Engel in 1878. Johann Georg Ramsauer began   
the excavations of the 980 tombs in 1846.
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Clay tubs where bodies and offerings were placed at burial. Watercolour o...

Clay tubs where bodies and offerings were placed       
at burial. Watercolour of the Hallstatt burial site,   
painted by Isidor Engel in 1878. Johann Georg Ramsauer 
began the excavations of the 980 tombs in 1846.
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Clay tubs where bodies and offerings were placed at burial. Watercolour o...

View of the Salzbergtal near Hallstatt.                
Slope of Niedere Sieg in the foreground.               
Here the Hallstatt burial site was discovered,         
which gave the "Hallstatt Period" (9th-5th BCE)        
its name.
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View of the Salzbergtal near Hallstatt. Slope of Niedere Sieg in...

View from the prehistoric saltmines at Hallstatt,      
Austria, across the likely site of habitations         
which have not yet been found.
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View from the prehistoric saltmines at Hallstatt, Austria, across the like...