ABSTRACT
Human representations of the early Iron Age take one of two forms. They are either quite idiosyncratic, locally specific in technology and style, or bound into a motif network that extends beyond the Hallstatt area and encompasses wider worldviews of the early Iron Age. Sites in which objects with human images have been found denote, for the most part, merely the location of their consumption; although some seem locally produced, many objects may have been produced quite some distance from where they were used, sacrificed or buried as grave goods. The fact that human images have been selected, accepted and modified where necessary, however, makes them part of the Hallstatt body world and, in turn, contribute to shaping it.
