“…A qualitative environmental analysis of the Waisenhaus graveyard catchment was carried out to predict the potential location of the corresponding Late Antique settlement, the associated croplands, and pastures. 59 The model was used to assess if the Sr isotope baseline suggested by Brönnimann and colleagues for the Iron Age site Basel-Gasfabrik, located 1.8 km away to the north-west ( Figure 3 ), could equally be used for this study. 57 We used various environmental parameters to identify suitable settlement spots based on geological and pedological attributes, groundwater level anomalies, landscape accessibility, and permeability, as well as the potential premodern hydrologic system in a 1.5 km distance around the site.…”