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Iron Age salt-mining complex uncovered beneath Hallstatt
Original: Iron Age salt-mining complex found beneath Hallstatt in Austria
Archaeologists have discovered an Iron Age salt-mining complex beneath Hallstatt, the Austrian village famous for its prehistoric salt extraction. The find adds to the site's long record of mining remains and offers fresh insight into how early communities organised salt production in the Alps. Details of the complex's size, dating and contents have not yet been fully published.
Why now: Hallstatt is a renowned prehistoric site, and news of a major new underground discovery there naturally draws wide archaeological and public interest
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- Iron Age salt-mining complex found beneath Hallstatt in Austria · janandonly · 143
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