Iron Age to Antiquity
Iron Age
to the beginning of the Common Era
Key items include the La-Tène-Period collection of
Emile Vouga of Neuchâtel, acquired by the Swiss federal govern-
ment in 1889, and
the exceptionally copious finds from excavations in the canton of Ticino (at
Arbedo and Giubiasco) between 1893 and 1905. Among
other focuses are the Hallstatt and La-Téne-Period finds from the Swiss
midlands, important underwater finds, and certain outstanding individual
objects, such as the gold treasure of Erstfeld (canton of Uri) and the «Potinklumpen» or lump of metal containing antique coins found at the site of
Zurich’s old stock exchange.
Antiquity (Romans and Early Middle Ages)
From approx.
the beginning of the Common Era to 800 CE
The collection includes
finds from settlements and excavations of significance for the history of
Switzerland in the Roman and Early Mediaeval periods. These objects provide information about Roman ways of life, the period
of migration, the area’s colonisation by the Alemannean, Franconian, Burgundian
and Lombard peoples, as well as the Christianisation of the population.
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