What is Hallstatt culture?
[[File:Hallstatt culture.png|thumb|right|300px|The Hallstatt culture can be split into an eastern an a western part. The dividing line runs through the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Austria]], between 14 and 15 degrees east]] [[File:Hallstatt 5921.JPG|thumb|Drinking Horn from the Hallstatt culture]] [[File:Magdalenenberg fibeln.jpg|thumb|Brooches found in a grave of the Hallstatt culture]] The '''Hallstatt culture''' is named after Hallstatt[[Hallstatt|, a city]] in [[Austria]] in which the first [[Artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] were found. It lasted from about 1200 [[BC]] to about 275 BC. There were different periods that are now told apart mainly by the kinds of [[Fibula (brooch)|brooches]] used. The brooches changed rather rapidly and permit a good estimate. Hallstatt culture sites have been found in the east of [[France]], in [[Switzerland]], in the south of [[Germany]], in [[Austria]], in [[Slovenia]] and [[Croatia]], northwestern [[Hungary]], southwestern [[Slovakia]] and southern [[Moravia]]. In this time, the social structure developed into a [[hierarchy]]. That can be documented by various things that were added to [[grave]]s, such as at [[Magdalenenberg]]. In the [[Bronze Age]], people lived in big settlements. As [[iron]] became available, [[trade route]]s changed. A new upper class could establish itself. Unlike before, the upper class liked to live in big houses in the countryside to show their power. Funerary cults also changed, from [[cremation]] burials, to burials with [[sarcophagus|sarcophagi]]. The new upper class used its wealth for import goods, mostly from the [[Mediterranean]]. People started settling there around the 2nd millennium BC. == Other websites == Hallstatt culture: the real thing. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdKcyxmXzBw] {{-}} [[Category:13th century BC]] [[Category:Archaeological sites in Europe]] [[Category:Austrian culture]] [[Category:3rd century BC]]