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g and published many papers on prehistoric dogs. He maintained that as early as the bronze age (Hallstatt period a & b, 1200 - 800 B.C.) there existed a Mastiff-like dog breed of medium size (65 - 70 cm at the withers). It is likely that this breed lived in Central Europe and thus can be placed in the region now called Switzerland at a date long before the arrival of the Romans.