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)

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View of Hallstatt lake and village.                    
The burial site lies in middle-ground                  
above the village.
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View of Hallstatt lake and village. The burial site lies in...

Lake Hallstatt and the Dachstein Range,                
Salzkammergut,Austria , site of the Hallstatt-Age saltmines 
and surrounding settlements.
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Lake Hallstatt and the Dachstein Range, Salzkammergut,Austria ,...

Site and wall of a Hallstatt blockhouse, discovered    
after 1846 by Johann Georg Ramsauer, from a collection 
of 19th century watercolours painted on the site by    
Isidor Engel in 1878. Ramsauer began the excavations   
in 1846.
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Site and wall of a Hallstatt blockhouse, discovered after 1846 by Johann Geo...

Corner of a blockhouse in Hallstatt, discovered        
in 1877 on the bank of the river Sagbach.
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Corner of a blockhouse in Hallstatt, discovered in 1877 on the bank of t...

Heart-shaped marks show how Hallstatt                  
Period miners extracted blocks of salt                 
from rock walls (8th-3rd BCE).
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Heart-shaped marks show how Hallstatt Period miners extracted...

Heart-shaped marks show how Hallstatt                  
Period miners extracted salt from a rock               
wall (8th-3rd BCE).
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Heart-shaped marks show how Hallstatt Period miners extracted...

The mine-face at the Hallsatt Saltmine,                
the only prehistoric work site preserved in Europe.            
(8th-3rd BCE).
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The mine-face at the Hallsatt Saltmine, the only prehistoric wo...

The mine-face at the Hallstatt Saltmine,               
ceiling with marks of miners' axes.                    
This is the only prehistoric work-site                 
preserved in Europe (8th-3rd BCE)
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The mine-face at the Hallstatt Saltmine, ceiling with marks of m...

Mine prop and burnt pine torches,                      
found in an ancient gallery of the                     
saltmine at Hallstatt (8th-3rd BCE).
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Mine prop and burnt pine torches, found in an ancient gall...

Miners' ladder, found in an abandoned gallery          
of the Hallstatt Saltmine (8th-5th BCE).               
Length: 270 cm, originally 700 cm
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Miners' ladder, found in an abandoned gallery of the Hallstatt Saltmin...

Gallery props (supports) from the ancient              
saltmine at Hallstatt (8th-5th BCE).
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Gallery props (supports) from the ancient saltmine at Hallstatt (8...

Basket (90 cm), maple scoop (51 cm), burnt-out pine    
torch (20 cm), fur cap with leather straps, pick-axe.  
Mining utensils from the saltmine at Hallstatt         
(10th-9th BCE)
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Basket (90 cm), maple scoop (51 cm), burnt-out pine torch (20 cm), fur cap w...