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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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Vase with foot, wheel-made.
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Vase with foot, wheel-made.

Boot-shaped vessel, terracotta.
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Boot-shaped vessel, terracotta.

Chariot race, detail of the frieze around an embossed and engraved sheet-bronze situla from tomb 1, Kuffarn, Austria. H (of situla): 25 cm See also 07-01-03/27-31,44,45
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Chariot race, detail of the frieze around an embossed and engraved sh...

Traces of stone-cutting in a rock in the outer fortification wall of St. Odile-oppidum near Strasbourg, France.
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Traces of stone-cutting in a rock in the outer fortification wall of St...

Indentation for the iron hinges of a wooden door in the outer fortification wall of the oppidum at St. Odile, Strasbourg, France.
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Indentation for the iron hinges of a wooden door in the outer fortificati...

In 1846, mining engineer and amateur archaeologist Johann Georg Ramsauer began digging in the tomb-site above Hallstatt, Austria. His colleague Isidor Engel made faithful sketches, here view from the burial site towards Lake Hallstatt (top) and 980 tombsites (bottom)
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In 1846, mining engineer and amateur archaeologist Johann Georg Ramsauer be...

A miner's wooden pouch and fur cap from the pre- historic salt mine in Hallstatt, Austria. Salt was mined in Hallstatt as early as 1000 BCE and mining continued until about the first century CE. Mining was resumed in the 12th century.
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A miner's wooden pouch and fur cap from the pre- historic salt mine in Ha...

A miner's pick-axe and shovel made of maple wood, from the prehistoric salt mine in Hallstatt, Austria. Salt was mined in Hallstatt as early as 1000 BCE and mining continued until about the first century CE. Mining was resumed in the 12th century.
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A miner's pick-axe and shovel made of maple wood, from the prehistoric sal...

A miner's leather shoe and a cowhorn for signalling calls, from the prehistoric salt mine in Hallstatt, Austria. Salt was mined in Hallstatt as early as 1000 BCE and mining continued until about the first century CE. It was resumed in the 12th century.
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A miner's leather shoe and a cowhorn for signalling calls, from the prehisto...

Loom (reconstruction) as used in the 8th to 3rd centuries BCE. Weights are polished stones. Woven and tailored textiles have been found in the Hallstatt saltmine.
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Loom (reconstruction) as used in the 8th to 3rd centuries BCE. Weights a...

A set of small bronze bells.
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A set of small bronze bells.

Lead-figurine of a rider, from the necropolis in Froeg, Austria. These small lead figures were found in great numbers and may have been decorations for funerary vessels. Length 6.1 cm
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Lead-figurine of a rider, from the necropolis in Froeg, Austria. These sm...