The Economy of Dürrnberg-Bei-Hallein: An Iron Age Salt-mining Centre in the Austrian Alps

Autor: Katharina von Kurzynski, Hans-Jürgen Gawlick, Ruth Megaw, Horst Aspöck, Walter Irlinger, Thomas Stöllner, Wolfgang F A Lobisser, Erich Pucher, Willy Groenman-van Waateringe, Klaus Löcker, Richard Lein, Graham Morgan, Claus Dobiat, Nicole Boenke, Vincent Megaw, Trivun Sormaz
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: The Antiquaries Journal. 83:123-194
ISSN: 1758-5309
0003-5815
DOI: 10.1017/s0003581500077684
Popis: For the first time in English, we present a summary of the international programme of excavation work carried out between 1990 and 2001 in and around the Iron Age salt-mining complex of the Diirrnberg region, south of Salzburg. First we describe the results of excavation in the prehistoric adits, and of work to locate and survey associated settlements. This is followed by a series of specialist reports embracing floral and faunal remains, palaeodiet and parasitology, leather and woodworking and other crafts. The evidence suggests that a complex inter-relationship existed between the Diirrnberg and other communities in the Alpine foreland. It is assumed that the Diirrnberg was under the control of an elite – perhaps a local dynasty whose wealth is reflected in the graves.
Databáze: OpenAIRE