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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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Pig. Zoomorphic vase from Vatin, Bela Bara, Serbia Terracotta (15th BCE) Height 9.6 cm, length 15.2 cm Inv. 10.268
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Pig. Zoomorphic vase from Vatin, Bela Bara, Serbia...

Duck. Zoomorphic vase. Cast bronze (15th BCE) Height 11 cm, length 18 cm Inv. 60/1951.16
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Duck. Zoomorphic vase. Cast bronze (15th BCE)...

Pigeon. Zoomorphic vase from Mindszent, Hungary Clay (15th BCE, Hatvan Culture) Height 20.5 cm Inv. 75.1881.52
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Pigeon. Zoomorphic vase from Mindszent, Hungary...

Mask and hands from the tumulus Kr”ll-Schmidt Kogel in Kleinklein, Austria. They were metal decorations of a wooden urn for ashes collected after cremation. See 07-01-03/1-3, 07-02-02/27. Sheet bronze. Height mask 23 cm, hands 15 cm
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Mask and hands from the tumulus Kr”ll-Schmidt Kogel in Kleinklein, Austria. The...

Mask and hands from the tumulus Kroell-Schmidt Kogel in Kleinklein, Austria. They were metal decorations of a wooden urn for ashes collected after cremation. See 07-01-03/1-3, 07-02-02/26. Sheet bronze. Height mask 23 cm, hands 15 cm
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Mask and hands from the tumulus Kroell-Schmidt Kogel in Kleinklein, Austria....

Cult-chariot of Strettweg (7th BCE). A funerary gift for a prince whose ashes were buried in a hill tumulus. The chariot shows a sacrificial procession, with the stag as victim, sacrificed to the tall female goddess by the naked man with the axe. Bronze, height 33 cm
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Cult-chariot of Strettweg (7th BCE). A funerary gift for a prince whose ashes...

Cult-chariot of Strettweg, detail of 07-02-02/28. A funerary gift for a prince whose ashes were buried in a hill-tumulus. Centerpiece: the goddess, to whom the stag was to be sacrificed. Bronze (7th BCE). Height 33 cm. See also 07-02-02/28-31
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Cult-chariot of Strettweg, detail of 07-02-02/28. A funerary gift for a pr...

Cult-chariot of Strettweg, detail of 07-02-02/28. Funerary gift for a prince whose ashes were buried in a hill-tumulus. Front view: the sacrificial animal, a stag, and a man with an axe. Bronze (7th BCE). Height 33 cm. See also 07-02-02/28-31
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Cult-chariot of Strettweg, detail of 07-02-02/28. Funerary gift for a prin...

Cult-chariot of Strettweg, detail of 07-02-02/28. A funerary gift for a prince whose ashes were buried in a hill-tumulus. Center: the tall goddess surrounded by warriors with their horses. Bronze (7th BCE). Height 33 cm. See 07-02-02/28-31
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Cult-chariot of Strettweg, detail of 07-02-02/28. A funerary gift for a pr...

Chariot of Froeg, Austria, from a tumulus in Carinthia. The 12 bovine drought animals may not have belonged to the wagon. The chariot could have supported a cauldron, like the Strettweg chariot. Lead (7th BCE). Total length 46 cm, chariot 17 cm, animals 7.5 cm
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Chariot of Froeg, Austria, from a tumulus in Carinthia. The 12 bovine drought an...

Situla of Hajduboeszoemeny, Hungary. A sheet bronze vessel with two handles which are riveted to the body (5th BCE). Height 30 cm, 29 cm across Inv. 33.1858.1
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Situla of Hajduboeszoemeny, Hungary. A sheet bronze vessel wi...

Situla from tomb 44/2 on the Duerrnberg burial site, Salzburg, Austria. The situla holds 190 liters and could have been used for serving broth. A bronze helmet, found in the same tomb, on the right. Sheet bronze (5th BCE). Height 88 cm
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Situla from tomb 44/2 on the Duerrnberg burial site, Salzburg, Austria. The s...