Fig. 242.—Bronze Vase, from the Tombs of Hallstadt.
Fig. 243.—Bronze Vase, from the Tombs of Hallstadt.
In the tombs of Hallstadt some small glass vessels have also been discovered.
Remains of pottery are very plentiful, and a decided improvement is shown in their workmanship. Some gold trinkets were also met with in these tombs. The gold was, doubtless, obtained from the mines of Transylvania.
African ivory abounds in these graves—a fact which indicates commercial intercourse with very distant countries. This product, as well as the glass, was introduced into Europe by the Phœnicians. The inhabitants of central Europe obtained ivory from Tyre and Sidon by means of barter.
The ivory objects which were found at Hallstadt consisted of the heads of hair-pins and the pommels of swords.
There were no traces whatever of money, the use of it not being then established in that part of Europe.