Agglomerations in the Early Medieval area of today's Austria
Channel: European Association of Archaeologists
Date: 2018-10-06

Several dozen settlements are so far archaeologically known from the Austrian Province of Lower Austria especially from the "Weinviertel" at the border to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. From the neighbouring mountainous provinces in the Eastern Alps hardly any physical evidence exists although written sources inform us about more than hundred of them. The paper wants to discuss similarities and differences between the settlements, ask for possible reasons for this contrast and investigate the theoretical and social background that might have lead to the image that the given sources draw.

Author: Dr. Eichert, Stefan - University of Vienna; Austrian Academy of Sciences (Presenting author)