The Early Medieval Site of Pellendorf/Gaweinstal
Channel: European Association of Archaeologists
Date: 2018-10-05

The site of Pellendorf/Gaweinstal, situated in the north-eastern region of Lower Austria ("Weinviertel") and excavated from 2003 to 2006, is one of the largest early medieval rural settlements currently known in Austria. The site educed three main phases for the early medieval period, dating to the 7th, the 8th and finally the 9th/10th century, each showing a various number of pit houses, pits for storing supplies, kilns and furnaces. The material culture, especially the ceramic finds, reveals closely contacts to Břeclav-Pohansko and Mikulčice and thus indicates a remote influence of these agglomerations into the peripheral regions west of the March-Thaya River. The lecture will provide an insight of the currently conducted research on this settlement and will discuss its cultural connections to the adjacent north-eastern Great Moravian centers.

Author: Kühtreiber, Karin - University of Vienna (Presenting author)