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Iron Age


pre-Roman Iron Age: Hallstatt period, Latene period



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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...

Dagger with iron blade and bronze handle with bone incrustations (left). The scabbard of sheet- bronze on the right. From the necropolis in Hallstatt, Austria, tomb 116. Length, dagger 34.7 cm, scabbard 28.2 cm
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Dagger with iron blade and bronze handle with bone incrustations (left...

Handle of a dagger, detail of 07-02-03/59, showing two human figures and bone incrustations. From the necropolis in Hallstatt, tomb 116. Lenght (entire dagger) 34.7 cm
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Handle of a dagger, detail of 07-02-03/59, showing two human figures and bo...

Large bronze fibula, probably worn as a pectoral, from the necropolis in Hallstatt, Austria. Twelve solar disks on small chains (two missing), hanging from a boat-like brooch with a pair of horses and two birds. Height 30 cm
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Large bronze fibula, probably worn as a pectoral, from the necropolis in H...