Hallstatt culture

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    In Hallstatt

    …were first identified; the term Hallstatt now refers generally to late Bronze and early Iron Age culture in central and western Europe. During excavation between 1846 and 1899, more than 2,000 graves were found at Hallstatt. The majority fall into two groups, an earlier (c. 1100/1000 to c. 800/700 bce)…

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• archaeological discoveries
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    In dress: Ancient nonclassical Europe

    The 6th-century-bce Hallstatt culture of the Bavarian and Bohemian areas had an advanced lifestyle for its time. Finds from this early phase of the Iron Age, however, are chiefly weapons and jewelry. In the 4th century bce the Celts from central Europe, or at least some of…

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European history

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  In history of Europe: The chronology of the Metal Ages

  …of the objects from the Hallstatt period. This, the La Tène style, was found from the 5th to the 1st century bce throughout most of Europe, and its development and change over time are the basis of the chronological division into La Tène A–D. Other evidence, such as southern imports,…

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  In history of Europe: The Iron Age

  …appearance of the rich Late Hallstatt communities of south-central Europe, the orientation of contact changed. The northern links were increasingly ignored, and trade became concentrated on, and dependent upon, commodities from the south. South and west-central Europe were now included in the periphery of the expanding Mediterranean civilization; and the…

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• Britain
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    In United Kingdom: Iron Age

    …ironsmiths made daggers of the Hallstatt type but of a distinctively British form. The settlements were also of a distinctively British type, with the traditional round house, the “Celtic” system of farming with its small fields, and storage pits for grain.

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• Celtic culture
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    In Celt

    …of the Celts comes from Hallstatt, Austria, near Salzburg. Excavated graves of chieftains there, dating from about 700 bce, exhibit an Iron Age culture (one of the first in Europe) which received in Greek trade such luxury items as bronze and pottery vessels. It would appear that these wealthy Celts,…

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    In Alps: Settlement

    …Celtic culture was found at Hallstatt, the site of a small settlement in Upper Austria. Because of rich archaeological finds there the name Hallstatt has become synonymous with the late Bronze and early Iron ages in Europe, a period dating from about 1000 to 500 bc. The Celts began to…

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• Gaul
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    In France: Gaul under the high empire (c. 50 bce–c. 250 ce)

    …Age culture conventionally classified as Hallstatt appeared in Gaul from about 700 bce; in its La Tène form it made itself felt in Gaul after about 500 bce. Initially the Romans, who had not forgotten the capture of their city by Brennus, the leader of Celtic war bands, about 390…

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• Low Countries
  • In history of the Low Countries: The Iron Age (c. 700 bce to Roman times)

    In the south, Hallstatt (Celtic) and La Tène traditions can be traced through prestigious warrior chieftain graves at such sites as Court-Saint-Étienne (Hainaut, Belgium), Eigenbilzen (Belgium), and Oss (Netherlands), which were stocked with chariots and harnesses, bronze weapons, implements, and even wine services. These traditions are also reflected…

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