Der bronzezeitliche Bergbau in Hallstatt. Neue Lebensbilder zum Salzbergwerk

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ID18980290
AuthorsHans Reschreiter (0000-0003-0337-5660, Natural History Museum Vienna, corresponding author), Kerstin Kowarik (0000-0003-0497-3419, Natural History Museum Vienna)
Year2019
VolumeBand 103/2019
Pages99-136
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeologia Austriaca (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-8008 • E-ISSN: 1816-2959
PublisherOsterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Verlag (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1553/archaeologia103s99
OpenAlexW2992678382
LanguageDE
Citations received7
References cited6

The first evidence for underground salt mining in Hallstatt dates to the Bronze Age. In its dimensions, the Bronze Age mining phase rivals the later and better known Iron Age mining. Although both mining communities were confronted with the same challenges, the mining technology and structure, as well as resource management, differ greatly. Bronze Age salt mining was characterised by the use of large shafts, which could reach enormous proportions. The extraction and transport of salt from the mines were aided by uniquely customised techniques. These special developments were used exclusively in Hallstatt â there have been no observations of technology transfers with contemporaneous copper mining communities or other groups. In order to enable an overview of the manifold aspects of Bronze Age salt production, an annotated picture of everyday life in that epoch was created

Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Geography · Iron Age · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History

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