Crossing the Frontier-The Impact of Mediterranean Cultures North of the Alps from the Seventh to the Fifth Century BC = Crossing the Frontier-The Impact of Mediterranean Cultures North of the Alps from the Seventh to the Fifth Century BC

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Defining the Mediterranean as a coherent area, while looking beyond its natural features has been a challenge for a long time. An approach suggested by N. Purcell focuses on connectivity as the salient feature with which to define the frontiers of the Mediterranean. In order to achieve this aim, it is necessary to understand the course and character of the connections between the Mediterranean and its adjacent regions. The present article deals with a small section of a Mediterranean frontier, namely the region north of the Alps, between the seventh and fifth century BC. This area was occupied by the so-called Hallstatt culture, which consisted of several regional groups. By comparing the impact of Mediterranean elements in the western and eastern sphere of the Hallstatt culture it becomes apparent that measuring connectivity for pre- and protohistoric periods in which the Mediterranean networks were supposedly less complex is already a complicated task.