Editing History of Austria (section)

=== Copper Age ===
Traces of the [[Copper Age]] in Austria were identified in the [[Carpathian Basin]] [[hoard]] at [[Stollhof Hoard|Stollhof]], [[Hohe Wand]], Lower Austria. Hilltop settlements from this era are common in eastern Austria. During this time the inhabitants sought out and developed raw materials in the central Alpine areas. The most important find is considered to be the Iceman [[Ötzi]], a well-preserved mummy of a man frozen in the Alps dating from approximately 3,300 BC, although these finds are now in Italy on the Austrian border. Another culture is the [[Mondsee group]], represented by [[stilt houses]] in the Alpine lakes.