Rural Economy in the Early Iron Age: Excavations at Hascherkeller, 1978-1981

by Peter S. Wells, Dorcas Brown (Illustrator), Helmut Becker (Contribution by), C. Caroline Quillian (Contribution by), Brenda R. Benefit (Contribution by)

Overview

This volume presents data and analysis on settlement structure, subsistence patterns, manufacturing, and trade from the Peabody Museum’s four seasons of excavation at Hascherkeller, Bavaria, a typical Central European agricultural community, at the start of the final millennium BC.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873655392
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	11/28/1983
Series:	American School of Prehistoric Research Bulletins , #36
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.56(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments

1. Economic Change in Complex Societies: The Case of Central Europe
   
   • Changes in the Final Millennium B.C.
   • The Excavations at Hascherkeller
   
   
   
   
2. Hascherkeller and Environs
   
   • Geology
   • Topography
   • Soils
   • Vegetation
   • Modern Economy
   • The Site
   
   
   
   
3. The Excavations at Hascherkeller from 1978 to 1981: Techniques, Progress, and Results
   
   • Excavation Techniques
   • The Course of Excavation
   • The Results of Excavation
   • Cultural Materials Recovered
   
   
   
   
4. The Radiocarbon Dates
5. The Magnetometer Survey by Helmut Becker
6. The Plant Remains by C. Caroline Quillian
   
   • Collection
   • Analysis
   • Conclusion
   
   
   
   
7. The Faunal Remains by Brenda R. Benefit
   
   • Species Present
   • Age at Death
   • Distribution of Bone
   • Summary
   
   
   
   
8. Pottery: An Examination of the Temper by John D. Stubbs
   
   • Classification and Analysis
   • Pottery Distribution on the Settlement
   
   
   
   
9. The Daub by Mary L. Hancock
   
   • Sorting
   • Measurements
   
   
   
   
10. The Iron Slag by Michael Geselowitz
11. Depositional History of the Settlement
    
    • Chronology of Settlement Features
    • Deposition During the Occupation of the Settlement
    • Post-depositional Changes on the Site
    
    
    
    
12. The Community at Hascherkeller: Interpretations and Hypotheses
    
    • Chronology
    • Environment
    • Settlement Structure
    • Economic Activity at Hascherkeller
    • Social Organization
    • Daily Life
    
    
    
    
13. Hascherkeller and Central Europe: Formation of Commercial Towns in the Early Iron Age
    
    • Haseherkeller and Other Communities
    • Economic Change in Late Bronze Age Central Europe
    • Formation of Commercial Towns in the Early Iron Age
    • The Evidence from Hascherkeller
    
    
    
    

• References Cited
• Concordance for Figures