NDLI: Land use, economy and cult in late Iron Age ritual centres: an archaeobotanical study of the La Tène site at Sandberg-Roseldorf, Lower Austria

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Author	Kohler Schneider, Marianne Caneppele, Anita Heiss, Andreas G.
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Sandberg-Roseldorf—one of the largest known lowland La Tène settlements in central Europe—is located in a very fertile area favouring cereal cultivation. The site is remarkable for its temple districts and its possible religious significance. A total of 27,252 charred plant remains have been analysed from Temple District 1 and a section of the settlement area, including a burnt granary. Altogether 14 crop plant species have been identified, some of them pointing to contacts with the Mediterranean. The 136 recorded wild plant taxa originate from major habitat types around the settlement, including arable fields, ruderal sites, steppe grassland on loess, dry grassland on acidic soils, mesic grassland on moist valley bottoms, as well as woods and forest steppe complexes. Land use seems to have been quite intensive around Roseldorf. Palaeoeconomic calculations show that the exceptionally rich agrarian environment could have easily supported a sizeable human population, only parts of which had to devote themselves to food production. Ritual contexts yielded rich and some exceptional plant material.
Starting Page	517
Ending Page	540
Page Count	24
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09396314
Journal	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Volume Number	24
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	16176278
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2014-12-13
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Charred plant remains Granary Sanctuary Landscape reconstruction Consumer/producer-site Palaeoeconomic model Lower Austria Paleontology Biogeosciences Climate Change Anthropology Archaeology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Plant Science Archeology (arts and humanities) Paleontology

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