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Hallstatt , village, Upper Austria prov., W central Austria, in the Salzkammergut , on the Lake of Hallstatt. A tourist center, it is one of the oldest settlements in Austria. The term Hallstatt now refers to late Bronze and early Iron Age culture in central and western Europe. During excavations in the latter half of the 19th cent., more than 2,000 graves were discovered in an ancient cemetery near Hallstatt. Most of the graves dated to two time periods, an earlier (c.1100/1000 to c.800/700 BC) and a later (c.800/700 to 450 BC). Near the cemetery, preserved in a prehistoric salt mine, the bodies of miners have been discovered, as well as their implements and clothing.

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Hallstatt Small town in w central Austria, believed to be the site of the earliest Iron Age culture in w Europe. Iron was worked here from c.700 bc. The site contains a large Celtic cemetery and a deep salt mine. Fine bronze and pottery objects have also been discovered.

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Hallstatt. Archaeological site in upper Austria that has given its name to the first assuredly Celtic cultural epoch. Specifically, Hallstatt denotes a salt-mining complex over-looking the lake of the same name, extensively excavated between 1846 and 1899.

Synonymous with the early Iron Age, Hallstatt culture flourished in four phases, A, B, C, and D, from as early as 1200 BC to as late as 600 BC; its influence was widespread in Europe from c.800 BC to 450 BC, following the Urnfield culture and being superseded by the La Tène style. Hallstatt art is generally severely geometrical, admired more for its technical than for its aesthetic achievements. Extravagant, almost baroque, Hallstatt felt little of the Greek orientalizing influence. The typical bird motif probably derives from Italy; plant patterns are rare.

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See August Aigner , Hallstatt (Munich, 1911);
J. V. S. Megaw , Art of the European Iron Age (New York, 1970).

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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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