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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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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