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The Hallstatt culture was an Iron Age society that flourished in central Europe (primarily in what is now Austria) from around 800 to 450 BCE, known for their skilled metalworking and trade networks. It matters because it represents an important period in European prehistory when societies became increasingly complex, wealthy, and connected through long-distance trade in metals and other goods.
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- Geographical range
- Continental Europe
- Period
- Late Bronze Age , Early Iron Age
- Dates
- 1200 – 450 BC , Hallstatt A (1200 – 1050 BC);, Hallstatt B (1050 – 800 BC);, Hallstatt C (800 – 650 BC);, Hallstatt D (620 – 450 BC)
- Type site
- Hallstatt
- Preceded by
- Urnfield culture
- Followed by
- La Tène culture
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The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western and Central European archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age from the 12th to 8th centuries BC (Hallstatt A, Hallstatt B) and Early Iron Age Europe from the 8th to 6th centuries BC (Hallstatt C, Hallstatt D), developing out of the Urnfield culture of the 12th century BC (Late Bronze Age) and followed in much of its area by the La Tène culture. It is commonly associated with Proto-Celtic speaking populations.
It is named for its type site, Hallstatt, a lakeside village in the Austrian Salzkammergut southeast of Salzburg, where there was a rich salt mine, and some 1,300 burials are known, many with fine artifacts. Material from Hallstatt has been classified into four periods, designated "Hallstatt A" to "D". Hallstatt A and B are regarded as Late Bronze Age with later Iron Age Hallstatt C and D more generalised under widely encompassing terms such as "Hallstatt culture", or "period", "style" and so on.
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