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title: Golden Shoes of Hochdorf
author: Xuan Che
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10934/golden-shoes-of-hochdorf/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Golden Shoes of Hochdorf
_Authored by Xuan Che_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10934.jpg)
## Image Caption
A pair of thin, embossed [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) coverings, which decorated the shoes of the chieftain buried at Hochdorf around 530 BCE.
Bern Historical Museum, Switzerland.
The [burial](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) mound at Hochdorf is associated with the [Hallstatt Culture](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hallstatt_Culture/) and is located near the remains of a [Celtic](https://www.worldhistory.org/celt/) village which contained several farmsteads. The man interred in the [Iron Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Iron_Age/) burial mound is believed to have been a Celtic "prince" or chieftain. The chieftain was about 40 years old when he died, and over 6 feet tall (unusually large for an Iron Age individual). He was wearing a birch hat, brightly coloured clothing, a gold torc, bracelet, and several [amber](https://www.worldhistory.org/Amber/) beads. The [grave](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) goods also included a comb, a dagger, fishing hooks, arrows, and other tools made of bone, [bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/), and antler.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Che, X. (2019, June 17). Golden Shoes of Hochdorf. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Che, Xuan. "Golden Shoes of Hochdorf." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 17, 2019. .
### MLA
Che, Xuan. "Golden Shoes of Hochdorf." *World History Encyclopedia*, 17 Jun 2019, .
## License & Copyright
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