Settlement Types and Settlement Patterns in the West Hallstatt Province: An Evaluation of Evidence from Excavated Sites (BAR International Series, 57)

The present study evaluates settlement evidence of the Early Iron Age in West Central Europe (Reinecke Hallstatt C/D, c. 750 to 475 B.C.). Analysis of the poor and hitherto neglected evidence available provides results which include the definition of settlement types, the recognition of settlement phases, the reconstruction of settlement patterns and the inference of some factors behind their development. It can be shown that inferred patterns and processes not only tie in with socio-cultural developments inferred from cemetery evidence, but also offer new insight into social and economic structures of the Hallstatt period. Abstract iii List of Figures iv List of Tables and Diagrams vi Acknowledgements vii Conventions viii Alphabetical list of sites mapped (site code) ix INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER I: Prelude: Late Urnfield period 21 CHAPTER II: Break and development: Hallstatt C 35 CHAPTER III: Climax: Late Hallstatt 67 CHAPTER IV: Continuity and change: Early La Tène 149 CHAPTER V: Evaluation 165 CHAPTER VI: Integration. A preliminary outline of West Hallstatt settlement history 235 Epilogue 244 Zusammenfassung 245 Appendices 247 Abbreviations used in the text 270 Abbreviations used in the bibliography 272 Bibliography 273 Introduction Chapter I: Prelude: Late Urnfield period Chapter II: Break and development: Hallstatt C Chapter III: Climax: Laqte Hallstatt Chapter IV: Continuity and change: Early LaTene Chapter V: Evaluation Chapter VI: Integration. A prelimary outline of West Hallstatt settlement history Heinrich G.h. Härke. Revised Version Of A B. Litt. (m. Litt.) Thesis Accepted By The Faculty Of Anthropology And Geography, University Of Oxford, In 1978--pref. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 273-298.