Settlement and Landscape History of the Northern Franconian Jura during the Bronze and Iron Ages

Kothieringer, Katja; Seregély, Timo; Lambers, Karsten

doi:10.11588/ak.2018.1.75218

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“…A peak in Late Bronze Age (10th and 9th centuries B.C.E.) settlement activities is known from all four of the investigated plateaus (Kothieringer et al, 2018). As evident in Neudorf, settlement activities did not cease afterwards during the transition to the Hallstatt period (ca.…”

Section: Late Bronze Agementioning

confidence: 78%

“…The plateau of Wallersberg was a major target of our earlier investigations of Bronze and Iron Age settlements as well as land use dynamics in the study area (Kothieringer et al, 2018). Further archaeological surface surveys, geophysical prospecting, and soil augering revealed two settlement features (remains of pits) on this promontory, dating back to the Hallstatt and Early La Tène period (nos.…”

Section: Archaeological and Geoarchaeological Resultsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…6. It was confirmed that settlements were primarily established at the margins of the spurs, where freshwater sources (e.g., springs at the geological strata boundaries) were accessible, in contrast to locations of the inner plateaus (Kothieringer et al, 2018).…”

Section: The Supposedly Climatically Unfavourable Plateaus Of the Nor...mentioning

confidence: 87%

“…To determine the settlement sites worthy of excavation, a surface survey was undertaken starting from known sites and site location analysis using GIS (details in Kothieringer et al, 2018). Thus, concentrations of archaeological finds could be identified as a possible indicator of subsurface archaeological features.…”

Section: Archaeological Fieldworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For their ages, see text and Table 3. Previously published (geo-)archaeological features are marked with plain square and circular symbols (Kothieringer et al, 2018). Sources: Digital elevation model (DEM, 1 m), ortophoto (20 cm): Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung.…”

Section: Micromorphological Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mid‐ to Late Holocene landscape dynamics and rural settlement in the uplands of northern Bavaria, Germany

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We present results from a systematic interdisciplinary study on (pre‐)historic rural settlement and landscape development in an upland region of northern Bavaria, Germany. The archaeological and geoarchaeological investigations—supported by radiocarbon dating, optically stimulated luminescence dating, and palaeoecological analysis—were performed to (i) identify so far unknown prehistoric rural settlement sites, (ii) determine site‐specific soil erosion from colluvial deposits, and (iii) assess the composition of woodland from on‐ and offsite charcoal finds. The earliest indicators of human activities from the Younger Neolithic (late 5th to early 4th millennium B.C.E.) come from colluvial deposits. Our investigations, for the first time, show Middle to Late Bronze Age (ca. 1400–800 B.C.E.), permanent rural settlement in a German central upland region, with a peak in the Late Bronze Age. Due to the varying thicknesses of Bronze Age colluvial deposits, we assume land use practices to have triggered soil erosion. From the spectrum of wood species, Maloideae, ash, and birch are regarded as successional indicators after fire clearance in that period. Settlement continued until the 5th century B.C.E. After a hiatus of 500 years, it re‐flourished in the Late Roman and Migration periods (mid‐3rd–5th century C.E.) and went on in the Medieval period.

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Section: Late Bronze Agementioning

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Mid‐ to Late Holocene landscape dynamics and rural settlement in the uplands of northern Bavaria, Germany

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Long-term Rural Settlement Continuity and Land Use during the Bronze and Iron Ages in the Northern Franconian Low Mountain Range

Seregély,

Kothieringer,

Jansen

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Eur. j. archaeol

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In this article, the authors present the salient archaeological results of a diachronic, interdisciplinary research project on rural settlement and land use in a region of low mountains in southern Germany. Despite clear locational disadvantages, in particular great distances to drinking water sources, archaeological excavations and an extensive dating programme document an unexpectedly long continuity of prehistoric settlement in the area.

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Settlement and Landscape History of the Northern Franconian Jura during the Bronze and Iron Ages

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Mid‐ to Late Holocene landscape dynamics and rural settlement in the uplands of northern Bavaria, Germany

Mid‐ to Late Holocene landscape dynamics and rural settlement in the uplands of northern Bavaria, Germany

Long-term Rural Settlement Continuity and Land Use during the Bronze and Iron Ages in the Northern Franconian Low Mountain Range

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