Das nördliche Karpatenbecken in der Hallstattzeit

The volume contains the papers read at the conference “Contribution of East European nomadic groups to shaping the cultural-historical development of Slovakia in the Hallstatt period” held in Košice in December 2014 . Most of the papers cover new advances in regional and chronological research on the Hallstatt period in the northern Carpathian Basin, the main distribution of the Eastern Hallstatt Culture, a colourful patchwork of small communities sharing many similarities in burial practices, settlement patterns and material culture.
Several papers focus on the current state of Hallstatt studies, while others discuss the period’s social organisation and the emergence of an elite culture as reflected by burials and the magnificent finds and architectural remains brought to light on settlements. Another central theme of the volume is a major innovation of the Hallstatt period, namely iron metallurgy, which is set in its historical context, from its earliest invention to its appearance in Europe.