Boii – Taurisci : Proceedings of the International Seminar, Oberleis-Klement, June 14th−15th, 2012

Translation and language editing: Madeleine Hummler, Mark Pluciennik, Katharina Rebay-Salisbury, Roderick Salisbury and Estella Weiss-Krejci. This volume is the result of a conference, which was held from June 14 to 15, 2012 at the event centre Schüttkasten in Klement, Lower Austria. The conference was attended by around 40 researchers from eight countries: Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Germany. The thematic focus of the conference contributions was the nature of contacts and relations between the settlement areas of the La Tène culture, which are associated with the Celtic tribes of the Boii and Taurisci on the basis of numismatic and written sources. The Taurisci are historically and archaeologically well documented and generally acknowledged; the term 'Boii', however, has always sparked fierce debate. 'Boii' is here understood as a technical term for a specific territory (Bohemia, Moravia, southern Poland, northeastern Austria and southwestern Slovakia), which is connected by the gold-based 'Boii' monetary system. Fourteen written contributions were obtained for this volume. The paradigm shifts in Iron Age archaeology and the veritable explosion of new archaeological materials and find contexts (coins, fibulae, 'Knotenringe', architecture and settlement features) have found their expression in this volume. New insights into the relationship between the area of Boii coinage and settlement areas of the Norici, Taurisci and Scordisci are presented. This volume is the result of a conference, which was held from June 14 to 15, 2012 at the event centre Schüttkasten in Klement, Lower Austria. The conference was attended by around 40 researchers from eight countries: Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Germany. The thematic focus of the conference contributions was the nature of contacts and relations between the settlement areas of the La Tène culture, which are associated with the Celtic tribes of the Boii and Taurisci on the basis of numismatic and written sources. The Taurisci are historically and archaeologically well documented and generally acknowledged; the term “Boii", however, has always sparked fierce debate. “Boii" is here understood as a technical term for a specific territory (Bohemia, Moravia, southern Poland, northeastern Austria and southwestern Slovakia), which is connected by the gold-based “Boii" monetary system. Fourteen written contributions were obtained for this volume. The paradigm shifts in Iron Age archaeology and the veritable explosion of new archaeological materials and find contexts (coins, fibulae, Knotenringe, architecture and settlement features) have found their expression in this volume. New insights into the relationship between the area of Boii coinage and settlement areas of the Norici, Taurisci and Scordisci are presented.Dieser Band ist das Ergebnis einer Konferenz, die vom 14. bis 15. Juni 2012 im Veranstaltungszentrum Schüttkasten in Klement, Niederösterreich, stattfand. An der Tagung nahmen rund vierzig Forscher aus acht Ländern - Österreich, der Slowakei, der Tschechischen Republik, Polen, Slowenien, Kroatien, Ungarn und Deutschland - teil. Den thematischen Schwerpunkt der zwanzig präsentierten Beiträge bildete der Verlauf der Hauptkontakte und Beziehungen zwischen den Siedlungsgebieten der Latènekultur, die aufgrund der numismatischen und schriftlichen Quellen mit den keltischen Stämmen der Boier und Taurisker in Verbindung gebracht werden. Während die Taurisker historisch und archäologisch gut belegt und allgemein anerkannt sind, wird über den Begriff "Boier“ seit jeher heftig diskutiert. "Boier“ wird hier als Terminus technicus für ein bestimmtes Gebiet (Böhmen, Mähren, Südpolen, Nordostösterreich und Südwestslowakei) verstanden, welches mit einem auf Gold gestützten "boischen“ Münzsystem verbunden ist. Für diesen Band konnten 14 Beiträge gewonnen werden. Eingang fand die Darstellung der Paradigmenwechsel und die wahre Explosion von neuen Fund- und Befundkategorien (Münzen, Fibeln, Knotenringe, Architektur und Siedlungsbefunde). So kann hier eine neue Sicht auf die Beziehungen zwischen dem Raum des boischen Münzsystems, Norikern, Tauriskern und Skordiskern geboten werden Einleitende Worte der Herausgeberin der Reihe – 9 Maciej Karwowski, Peter C. Ramsl / Vorwort – 11 / Preface – 12 Maciej Karwowski, Peter C. Ramsl / Einleitung – 13 / Introduction – 17 Taurisci Boris Kavur / The End of the Early La Tène Period in Styria: A View to the East – 23 Marko Dizdar / Late La Tène Settlements in the Vinkovci Region (Eastern Slavonia, Croatia): Centres of Trade and Exchange – 31 Ivan Drnić / Contacts between the Boii and the Scordisci: The Case of the Oberleiserberg Type Fibulae – 49 Dragan Božič / Bronze Fibulae of the Zvonimirovo Type among the Taurisci and Boii – 55 Boii Maciej Karwowski / Southern Cross-Regional Connections of the Celtic Settlement on the Oberleiserberg: An Analysis of Selected Finds – 69 Jiří Militký / The Coins of the Taurisci and Norici Found in Bohemia and Moravia – 89 Monika Dębiec, Maciej Karwowski / A Typological Study of the La Tène 'Knotenringe' in the Territory of the Boii – 115 Radoslav Čambal, Miloš Gregor, Igor Bazovský, Gertrúda Březinová, Branislav Kovár, Maciej Karwowski / The Pottery with Thickened Club Rim at the End of the Late La Tène Period in the Middle Danube Region (Mineralogical and Petrographic Characteristics) – 147 General East-Celtic Topics Piotr Łuczkiewicz / Along the 'Bastarnian' Route? An Imitation Tetradrachm of Philip II from Eastern Poland – 173 Péter Prohászka / The Celtic Treasure of Óhuta (County of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary) – 181 Lőrinc Timár / The Sunken-Featured Buildings of the Middle La Tène Period: Problems and Reconstructions – 191 Middle Danube-Region Interactions with the Romans Igor Bazovský / A Sunken-Floored Building with Decorated Hearth on the Celtic Oppidum in Bratislava – 207 Margaréta Musilová / Structural Analysis of the Celto-Roman Masonry Building on Bratislava’s Castle Hill – A Preliminary Study – 217 Michael Erdrich / Maroboduus and the Consolidation of Roman Authority in the Middle Danube Region – 237 Epilogue Conference Programme and Participant List – 255 Index – 257 Annotation This volume is the result of a conference, which was held from June 14 to 15, 2012 at the event centre Schuttkasten in Klement, Lower Austria. The conference was attended by around 40 researchers from eight countries: Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Germany. The thematic focus of the conference contributions was the nature of contacts and relations between the settlement areas of the La Tene culture, which are associated with the Celtic tribes of the Boii and Taurisci on the basis of numismatic and written sources. The Taurisci are historically and archaeologically well documented and generally acknowledged; the term "Boii", however, has always sparked fierce debate. "Boii" is here understood as a technical term for a specific territory (Bohemia, Moravia, southern Poland, northeastern Austria and southwestern Slovakia), which is connected by the gold-based "Boii" monetary system. Fourteen written contributions were obtained for this volume. The paradigm shifts in Iron Age archaeology and the veritable explosion of new archaeological materials and find contexts (coins, fibulae, Knotenringe, architecture and settlement features) have found their expression in this volume. New insights into the relationship between the area of Boii coinage and settlement areas of the Norici, Taurisci and Scordisci are presented This volume is the result of a conference, which was held from June 14?15, 2012 at the Event Centre Schüttkasten in Klement-Oberleis, Lower Austria. The thematic focus of the contributions was the nature of contacts and relations between the settlement areas of the La Tène culture, which are associated with the Celtic tribes of the Boii and Taurisci on the basis of numismatic and written sources. The paradigm shifts in Iron Age archaeology and the veritable explosion of new archaeological materials and find contexts (coins, fibulae, Knotenringe, architecture and settlement features) have found their expression in this volume.