Campeche
Campeche , state (1990 pop. 535,185), 21,924 sq mi (56,798 sq km), SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. The city of Campeche is the capital. Comprising most of the western half of the Yucatán peninsula, much of the state lies in hot, humid, and unhealthy lowlands. Rainfall in the southwestern sector is heavy. The state had extensive forests, and logwood ( campeche in Spanish) has been one of the chief exports. Agriculture and stock raising are important in the more arid northeastern sector. Using Campeche as a base, the Spanish explorer Francisco de Montejo led (1531-35) expeditions against the Maya. The coast was a haunt of pirates from the 17th cent. to the 19th cent. The principal ports are Campeche and Carmen, a small town on an island at the entrance to the Laguna de Términos.
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Salt at Hallstatt.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2001; ; 697 words
; As early as 1000 B.C., Celts at Hallstatt were involved in mining for one of the...powerful and wealthy person. Finds in the Hallstatt area prove that the early Celts knew...day Austria that lies to the east of Hallstatt, came considerable power. Thus, salt...
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IgoUgo Editors Share Their Top 10 Favorite Picks for Mysterious Sites around the Globe.
Business Wire; 10/16/2008; 700+ words
; ...out yet, it's two hours to Philadelphia and the "haunted" Eastern State Penitentiary. Hallstatt Bone House Hallstatt, Austria Photo: Hallstatt Bone House Tight for space, for hundreds of years some Austrian graveyards gained new ground...
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 "Sunday Tribune (South Africa)")
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Classicalcharm.(Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Tribune (South Africa); 8/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...easy driving distance: Bad Ischl and Hallstatt - the latter he recommended sombrely...macabre stories about the store of bones, Hallstatt is a charming village nestling on the...strip of land allocated selfishly to Hallstatt by the precipitous mountains that its...
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The hills are alive
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 3/2/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Salt is still mined today around Hallstatt and Bad Ischl. Die-hard Celts among you will probably also know that Hallstatt is one of the two great centres...mountainous southern parts, where Hallstatt and the Dachstein ice caves are...
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READERS ON THE ROAD
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/11/2006; 310 words
; ...Editions Column: READERS ON THE ROAD Hallstatt, Austria, delights My wife and I traveled...favorite stops was the picturesque town of Hallstatt, Austria, where we were photographed...experience the great mountaintop view of Hallstatt before entering the mine, then suit...
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Discovery at hochdorf. (Digging Up The Past).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...by the chief uncovered near Hochdorf as the Hallstatt Period or culture. The name Hallstatt was used because the first artifacts dating...were unearthed near the Austrian village of Hallstatt. Historically, this culture flourished from...
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O. Buchsenschutz, A. Bulard, M.-B. Chardenoux & N. Ginoux (ed.). Decors, images et signes de l'age du Fer europeen. Actes du XXVIe colloque de l'Association Francaise pour l'etude de l'age du Fer, Paris et Saint-Denis, 9-12 mai 2002--theme specialise.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Soto, investigates the development of signs in pottery of Hallstatt Gaul. The second, by Adam, has a similar perspective but concentrates on metalwork at the transition from Hallstatt to La Tene, emphasising the Italian connection in its development...
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Jon C. Henderson. The Atlantic Iron Age: settlement and identity in the first millennium BC.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...is more nuanced than the binary split between Atlantic and Hallstatt/La Tene 'provinces', as Henderson tends to suggest even...116); Mediterranean imports are much more significant in Hallstatt D than C, i.e. after 600 BC; the dating of Italic Dressel...
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A princely find.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...those at other sites, archaeologists found this style of burial to be typical of a culture known as Hallstatt. Although the end of Hallstatt around 450 B.C. coincides with the rise of La Tene, how and why that transition occurred are questions...
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Uplift Phase Deformation Features of the NE Part of the Bükk Mountains, NE Hungary
Magazine article from: Geolines; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Gemeric zone was later disintegrated and the prolonged Meliata-Hallstatt basin has originated. As was revealed by meso/microstructural...AD^sub 1^ is tightly related to the closure of Meliata-Hallstatt basin with following succession of events: Closure of the...
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Hallstatt
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Hallstatt. Archaeological site in upper Austria...Celtic cultural epoch. Specifically, Hallstatt denotes a salt-mining complex over...Synonymous with the early Iron Age, Hallstatt culture flourished in four phases, A...
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Urnfield period
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...Mycenaean influence to the coming of Hallstatt culture; dating ranges as early as c...different parts of Europe, with the rise of Hallstatt. Evidence of a new form of burial is...as the sun-wheel, appear again in Hallstatt, the first unmistakably Celtic culture...
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Celts
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...Age in central Europe; the cemetery of Hallstatt in Austria represented the earlier phase...continuity of burial rites from the preceding Hallstatt period, and of a concentration of richly...Bohemia, and back in time to the late Hallstatt period, to include the rich burials...
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Iron Age
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...culture of the early European Iron Age ( c. 750–450 BC) is known as Hallstatt culture, after the site of a prehistoric cemetery near the town of Hallstatt in Austria. At first cremation was the rule, as were flat or low graves, though...
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Bavarians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...by Neanderthals, Cro-Magnons, and a number of Mesolithic and Neolithic peoples including the Bandkeramik, Urnfield, Hallstatt, and the Celtic La T è ne cultures, the last group being defeated by the Romans in 15 b.c. After the fall of...
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