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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



The Hallstatt civilizations betray unmistakable affinities with 

 three other prehistoric European cultures, widely separated from one 

 another. It contains many early Greek elements; it is very similar 



BRONZE BREASTPLATE FROM OLYMPIA. (After Furtwaengler's Olympia, 1892.) 



to a notable prehistoric culture in the Caucasus Mountains; and it 

 resembles most nearly of all perhaps the pre-Etruscan civilization in 

 Italy. With the third of these the Italian it seems to have been 

 most nearly upon terms of equality, each borrowing from the other, 

 after a fashion of which we shall have occasion to speak shortly. On 

 the other hand, the relation of the Hallstatt culture to that of Greece 

 and Caucasia seems to be somewhat more filial rather than fraternal. 

 In describing the area of this civilization, we have seen how firmly it 

 is intrenched all through the southern part of Austria-Hungary and 

 well over into the north of the Balkan peninsula. A comparison of 

 Furtwaengler's magnificent collection of objects from Olympia with 

 those of Hallstatt instantly reveals their similarities. To make this 



