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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hallstatt \Hall"statt\, Hallstattian \Hall*stat"ti*an\, a. Of or pert. to Hallstatt, Austria, or the Hallstatt civilization. {Hallstatt, or Hallstattian}, {civilization}, a prehistoric civilization of central Europe, variously dated at from 1000 to 1500 b. c. and usually associated with the Celtic or Alpine race. It was characterized by expert use of bronze, a knowledge of iron, possession of domestic animals, agriculture, and artistic skill and sentiment in manufacturing pottery, ornaments, etc The Hallstattian civilization flourished chiefly in Carinthia southern Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, Silesia, Bosnia, the southeast of France, and southern Italy. --J. Deniker. {H. epoch}, the first iron age, represented by the {Hallstatt civilization}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Civilization \Civ`i*li*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. civilisation.] 1. The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement. Our manners, our civilization, and all the good things connected with manners, and with civilization, have in this European world of ours depended for ages upon two principles -- . . . the spirit of a gentleman, and spirit of religion. --Burke 2. (Law) Rendering a criminal process civil. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: civilization n : a society in an advanced state of development
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