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Hallstatt is one of the most important sites of European prehistory, since the name Hallstatt identifies the early Iron Age in the central lands of the continent from the Atlantic to the Danube. Archaeological finds date back to the 19th century when around a thousand graves were discovered in the vicinity of the mouth of a salt mine, the exploitation of which we now know was the cause of the flourishing of a whole economic emporium during the Bronze and Iron Ages.
For several decades, excavations at the mine and cemetery have been carried out by the Natural History Museum in Vienna, an institution of "enormous scientific prestige, which is currently engaged in a multidisciplinary research programme in Hallstatt".
The findings in the mine provide a wealth of information about the conditions and working methods of the miners who worked there during the Bronze and Iron Ages. New excavations in the mythical cemetery corroborate the data from the shocking discoveries of the 19th century.
