Die Siedlung der Hallstattkultur von Göttlesbrunn, Niederösterreich

The dissertation deals with the first evaluation of findings from a typical flat settlement in the eastern parts of Austria, which were recently uncovered (1989). The former early Iron Age site was located to the south of the village Göttlesbrunn near Bruck an der Leitha (Lower Austria) on a very flat and fertile grounded ridge ("Loess"). Excavations were only carried out on the stretch which was under threat from the construction of the A4 motorway (from Vienna to Budapest). The site consisted of partly subterraneous houses with square floor plans (approx. 9–12 m2), comparable smaller buildings for economic activities and pits (in all 52 objects). The reconstructions of these buildings suggest they were loghuts and houses with wickerwork-walls. In the square dwelling houses the archaeologists found some fireplaces in the shape of ceramic plates on the ground and in most cases the entrance to the buildings were in the form of ramps or steps. It was possible to combine the separate buildings as economic entities (entity A–H).