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Decorated Skulls, Hallstatt, Austria

Skulls unearthed from the Hallstatt cemetery in the charnel house of St. Michael's Parish. The Austrian town of Hallstatt, and the cemetery along with it, is restricted in size by a mountain and a lake (called the Hallst tter See). This resulted in the practice (now defunct) of digging up bones periodically to make room for new burials.

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Decorated Skulls, Hallstatt, Austria

Caption:

Skulls unearthed from the Hallstatt cemetery in the charnel house of St. Michael's Parish. The Austrian town of Hallstatt, and the cemetery along with it, is restricted in size by a mountain and a lake (called the Hallst tter See). This resulted in the practice (now defunct) of digging up bones periodically to make room for new burials.

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Album / Science Source / PORTERFIELD - CHICKERING

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Image size:

3417 x 5117 px | 50.0 MB

Print size:

28.9 x 43.3 cm | 11.4 x 17.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ANATOMY: BONES • ANATOMY: SKULL • ANTHROPOLOGICAL • ANTHROPOLOGY • AUSTRIA • AUSTRIAN • BONE • BURIAL • BURIED • CEMETERY • CHAPEL • CHARNEL • CHRISTIAN • CRANEO • CRANEOS • CRANIUM • CRANIUMS • CULTURAL • CULTURE • DEATH • DECORATED • DECORATION • EUROPE • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • EUROPEANS • FUNERAL • GRAVE • HALLSTATT PERIOD • HALLSTATT • HALLSTATT-CULTURE • HERITAGE • HOUSE • MICHAEL'SS • MICHAELS • PARISH • PEOPLE • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • SIEGE • SITE • SKULL • SKULL, ANATOMY • SKULLS • SOCIAL • ST • ST. • TOMB • TRADITION • TRADITIONAL • TRADITIONS • UNESCO • WORLD