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Iron Age


pre-Roman Iron Age: Hallstatt period, Latene period



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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...

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...