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Hallstatt or Hallstattian
Hallstatt Hall"statt, Hallstattian Hall*stat"ti*an, a. Of or pert. to Hallstatt, Austria, or the Hallstatt civilization. Hallstatt, or Hallstattian, civilization, a prehistoric civilization of central Europe, variously dated at from 1000 to 1500 b. c. and usually associated with the Celtic or Alpine race. It was characterized by expert use of bronze, a knowledge of iron, possession of domestic animals, agriculture, and artistic skill and sentiment in manufacturing pottery, ornaments, etc. The Hallstattian civilization flourished chiefly in Carinthia, southern Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, Silesia, Bosnia, the southeast of France, and southern Italy. --J. Deniker. H. epoch, the first iron age, represented by the Hallstatt civilization.

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- The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western and Central European archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age (Hallstatt A, Hallstatt B) from the...
- iron objects equivalent to Hallstatt A 1–2 in this region. A bracelet with snake-shape endings had been found at the Hallstattian necropolis in Ferigile (Vâlcea...