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Book Synopsis This volume presents preliminary results of excavation at the Late Iron Age oppidum settlement of Kelheim. The volume is divided into four main sections. The first explains the reasons for investigations at Kelheim. The second presents the results of the excavations, regarding both settlement features and artifact distribution. The third includes special studies of several categories of materials, as well as discussion of the chronology of the occupation and presentation of the results of the landscape survey. The final section addresses some major questions about late prehistoric Europe from the perspective of these excavations and the analytical results. It presents investigations into ritual behavior in the Kelheim region and uses this theme to argue for strong continuity of tradition from prehistoric times into the Middle Ages.
Table of ContentsContents: 1. The Project and its Context, 2. The Setting—Kelheim in its Environment, 3. Research History at Late Iron Age Kelheim; The University of Minnesota Excavations, 1987–1991: 4. The Course of Excavation, 5. Results of Excavations, 6. The Archaeological Material Recovered; Analysis: 7. Chronology of the Oppidum Occupation, 8. The Carbonized Plant Remains, by Hansjörg Küster, 9. Vertebrate Faunal Remains from Kelheim, by Pam J. Crabtree, 10. Iron Production at Kelheim, by Carl Blair, 11. Labor Specialization in Late Iron Age Temperate Europe: The Evidence from the Kelheim Iron, by Michael N. Geselowitz, 12. Paste Groups as a Unit of Analysis: Preliminary Report on the Ceramics from the 1987 Excavations on the Mitterfeld, by Susan Malin-Boyce, 13. The Four Celtic Coins, by Bernhard Overbeck and Peter S. Wells, 14. Trade at Kelheim, 15. The Landscape Survey, 1990–1991, by Matthew L. Murray; Interpretation: 16. Material Culture and Settlement: Site Structure, Economic Behavior, and Communication, 17. Material Expression of Ritual and Cult, 18. The Oppida and Cultural Change in Late Iron Age Europe; Continuity at Kelheim: 19. Continuity of Religious Tradition at Kelheim and the Foundation of Weltenburg Abbey, by Frederick Suppe; 20. Conclusion; References Cited
