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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...