[hawl-stat-n, hahl-shtaht-n] 
| of, pertaining to, or belonging to a variously dated early period of Iron Age culture in Europe, characterized by the use of bronze, the introduction of iron, and by artistic work in pottery, jewelry, etc. |
| Hall·statt (hôl'stāt', häl'shtät') adj. Of or relating to a dominant Iron Age culture of central and western Europe, probably chiefly Celtic, that flourished from the ninth to the fifth century B.C. [After the type site at Hallstatt, a village of northern Austria.] |
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