(Top)A bronzehelmetsimilar to this onefromSloveniawasrecovered in a warrior'sgrave at Hallstatt, indicatingtheclosecontactsbetween Hallstatt and the lands acrosstheAlps to the southeast Height, about 18 centimeters.(Bottom,left)This sheetgold armbandfoundon the right arm of the man buried in theEarly Iron Agegraveat Hochdorf Germanywasdiscoveredin 1978and is onlya hint oftheextraordinary and unexpectedwealthofsuch an earlyburial. (Bottom,right)Iron daggerin its bronzesheathfromthegraveat Hochdorf.Boththesheath and the hilt are coveredwithsheetgold. 8 Archaeology