Hallstatt definition

hôlstăt, hälshtät
Of or relating to a dominant Iron Age culture of central and western Europe, probably chiefly Celtic, that flourished from the ninth to the fifth century bc .
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Designating or of an Iron Age culture (c. 700-400 b.c.) in central Europe, characterized by swords of bronze or iron with winged metal terminals, and by the domestication of horses.
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A village in Salzkammergut, Austria, known historically for the production of salt.
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Origin of hallstatt

  • After the type site at Hallstatt , a village of northern Austria

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hallstatt Sentence Examples

  • The Hallstatt cemeteries contained weapons and ornaments from the Bronze age, through the period of transition, up to the fully-developed Iron age.

  • In Brandenburg, Lusatia, Silesia, Posen and Saxony, where there was no strong Bronze age tradition, Hallstatt influence is very noticeable.

  • In Bavaria both practices are resorted to, as at Hallstatt.

  • The culture of the Homeric Achaeans corresponds to a large extent with that of the early Iron Age of the upper Danube (Hallstatt) and to the early Iron Age of upper Italy (Villanova).

  • The salt mine of Hallstatt, which is one of the oldest in existence, was rediscovered in the 14th century.

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