!!!Kelchalm

Kelchalm, Tirol, alt.1432 m; part of the municipality of Aurach 
near Kitzbuehel in the Kitzbuehel Alps; the Kelchalm is one of the 
most important alpine archeological sites in Austria; a settlement of 
the late Bronze Age gives evidence of copper mining and alpine 
farming; copper mining was re-introduced in the 18th century and 
not abandoned until 1926; some of the most important prehistoric 
wooden objects in Austria were found at the Kelchalm (the finds are 
displayed in the museum of local history and culture in Kitzbuehel).

!Literature
E. Preuschen and R. Pittioni, Untersuchungen im 
Bergbaugebiet Kelchalpe bei Kitzbuehel, 1954.


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