East Hallstatt culture - the archaeological culture of the Iron Age , which is the Eastern part of the Hallstatt culture . It was distributed on the lands of Albania, Eastern Austria, Bosnia, Southern Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro.
| East Hallstatt culture Iron Age | ||||
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| Localization | Albania, East Austria, Bosnia, Southern Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro | |||
| Carriers | Pannonians (in the North), Illyrians (in the South) | |||
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South Zone
In the southern zone of East Galstat culture, traits of the indigenous population of these lands are traced: special female jewelry, original ceramics, the rite of inhumation in the mounds. Nevertheless, the arrival of culture carriers of the fields of burial urns did not pass without a trace and caused cultural transformations among the natives. Researchers identify representatives of this culture with Illyrians , and more precisely, with native speakers of the Dalmatian dialect of their language . Represented by the following groups:
- glazinatskaya (glazinatsky mother);
- Dalmatian (Dalmatian);
- Istrian
- type Luke (apulian);
- Early Libyan (Libourne);
- Middle Bosnian
- South Albanian;
- Japanese.
Northern Zone
The northern zone of East Hallstatt culture is located on the lands of Austria, Slovenia, the northern regions of Bosnia and Croatia, as well as the south of Hungary. Its carriers are descendants of tribes of the Middle Danube culture of the fields of funeral urns . Some scholars associate them, as well as speakers of Bosnian Hallstatt, with Illyrians who spoke the Pannonian dialect of their language , while others identify them with the Pannon . Funeral rite - cremation with subsequent burial without a mound. Represented by the following groups:
- Harakovskaya
- West Slovakian;
- Lower Austrian;
- Chopon;
- North Pannonian;
- type vies;
- Korynsky;
- South Pannonian.