"Fürstensitze" und Umland - Bericht über den Stand der Arbeiten beim 1. Plenarkolloquium des DFG-SPP 1171; 25.2.2005, Bad Herrenalb

Anliegen des Projektes ist es, erstmals archäologische Informationen und naturräumliche Daten zu den einzelnen "Fürstensitzen" und ihrem Umfeld auf breiter Ebene zueinander in Bezug zu setzen. Dabei sollen schwerpunktartig diachrone Modelle des Naturraumbezuges von der Urnenfelderzeit bis an das Ende der Frühlatènezeit erarbeitet werden, um Entwicklungen in der Landschaftsnutzung und -auffassung aufzeigen zu können und Fragen der Territorialität im Sinne eines Machtgebietes bzw. eines Wirtschafts-, Kultur- und Kommunikationsraumes zu klären. In diesem Rahmen wird auch eine Klassifizierung einzelner Siedlungstypen angestrebt. Durch die Bündelung unterschiedlichster Daten und Informationen sind zudem Hinweise auf eventuelle Zentralisierungsprozesse, deren Ursachen und Auswirkungen, zu erwarten. Darüber hinaus versteht sich das Projekt auch als Dienstleister in den Bereichen Datenbanken, GIS und Kartierungen für alle Projekte des SPP 1171

GIS as a means to investigate « Princely Sites », Space and Environs.<br />New ways to answer old questions.

The so called Early Celtic “Fürstensitze” undoubtedly reflect a change in settlement behaviour and in society. Our project investigates sites from the Urnfield to the Early Latène period in combination with their natural environment using GIS tools. The modelling of territories and of lines of communication is used to reconstruct the potential meaning of each «Fürstensitz» in its region, the analysis of visibilities can provide information on the prehistoric perception of space and the possible meaning of the “Fürstensitze” as places of power and control

Axel G. Posluschny (ed.), Sensing the Past - New Approaches to European Landscapes. Proceedings of the ArchaeoLandscapes Europe Final Conference, Frankfurt, 24—26 February 2015. Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, Bonn, 2015

Less than 6 months after the ArcLand Final Conference 'Sensing the Past' we are happy to announce that the proceedings of the conference are available now as a printed volume via Habelt publishing house: http://tinyurl.com/ndo2prv!The book has 128 heavily illustrated pages that reflect 5 years of project work of ArchaeoLandscapes Europe as well as an insight into the various methods and technologies related to remote sensing and surveying in archaeology. The volume is aiming for students, beginners in remote sensing and the wider public as well

Early Iron Age Fürstensitze – some thoughts on a not-so-uniform phenomenon

The DAAD Cambridge Symposium and McDonald Institute for Archaeological Researc

Dumfrisshire, Großbritannien: Landschaftsarchäologische Untersuchungen an zwei Fundstellen in Südschottland

The research project in Dumfriesshire aimed to survey two Iron Age and Roman sites and their immediate environs near Lockerbie (Scotland, United Kingdom). With the help of a magnetic survey and soil sampling (coring) in selected areas of the sites a team from the Romano-Germanic Commission investigated the sites of Burnswark (indigenous hillfort and fortlet, Roman siege or training camps) and Ladyward (Roman Fort) to prepare a larger research project, which will deal with the confrontation, cooperation or collaboration of indigenous societies and the Roman occupiers in Scotland between Hadrian’s and Antonine’s Wall in the late first and second century AD from a landscape archaeological perspective

Dumfriesshire, Grossbritannien. Landschaftsarchäologische Untersuchungen an zwei Fundstellen in Südschottland. Die Arbeiten des Jahres 2015. e-Forschungsberichte 3/2015 des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, 56-61

The research project in Dumfriesshire aimed to survey two Iron Age and Roman sites and their immediate environs near Lockerbie (Scotland, United Kingdom). With the help of a magnetic survey and soil sampling (coring) in selected areas of the sites a team from the Romano-Germanic Commission investigated the sites of Burnswark (indigenous hillfort and fortlet, Roman siege or training camps) and Ladyward (Roman Fort) to prepare a larger research project, which will deal with the confrontation, cooperation or collaboration of indigenous societies and the Roman occupiers in Scotland between Hadrian's and Antonine's Wall in the late first and second century AD from a landscape archaeological perspective

Space as the Stage: Understanding the Sacred Landscape Around the Early Celtic Hillfort of the Glauberg

The Early ‘Celtic’ hillfort of the Glauberg in Central Germany, some 40 km northeast of Frankfurt, is renowned for its richly furnished burials and particularly for a wholly preserved sandstone statue of an Early Iron Age chief, warrior or hero with a peculiar headgear – one of the earliest life-size figural representations north of the Alps. Despite a long history of research, the basis for the apparent prosperity of the place (i.e., of the people buried here) is still debated, as is the meaning of the settlement site as part of its surrounding landscape. The phenomenon known as ‘princely sites’ is paralleled in the area north and west of the Alps, though each site has a unique set of characteristics. This paper focusses on investigations and new excavations that put the Glauberg with its settlement, burial and ceremonial features into a wider landscape context, including remote sensing approaches (geophysics and LiDAR) as well as viewshed analyses which define the surrounding area based on the Glauberg itself and other burial mounds on the mountains in its vicinity