Hallstatt

Proper noun

Meaning

A village in Salzkammergut, Austria, known historically for the production of salt.

The Hallstatt culture of the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age.

Examples

Before the discoveries at Hallstatt and La Tène, it was generally considered that the Celtic heartland was southern France, see Encyclopædia Britannica for 1813. Source: Internet

During Hallstatt times, monumental burial mounds were erected in western Slovakia, with princely equipment consisting of richly decorated vessels, ornaments and decorations. Source: Internet

Among the many substances Celtic tribes mined was salt in areas such as Salzburg in Austria where evidence of the Hallstatt culture was found by a mine manager in the 19th century. Source: Internet

Iberia main seeAlso Until the end of the 19th century, traditional scholarship dealing with the Celts did acknowledge their presence in the Iberian Peninsula citation citation as a material culture relatable to the Hallstatt and La Tène cultures. Source: Internet

Hallstatt and La Tène cultures flourished during the late Iron Age from around 450 BC possibly under some influence from the Greek and Etruscan civilisations. Source: Internet

It is characterized by elegant, stylized curvilinear animal and vegetal forms, allied with the Hallstatt traditions of geometric patterning. Source: Internet

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