Studies on Settlement, Economic and Social Archaeology of the Early Neolithic in the Itz Valley (Upper Franconia)

线性陶器文化（也称为线性bandkeramik， LBK）是欧洲史前史上研究得最好的时期之一。关于研究中欧最早的农耕文化的一个主要问题是，基于考古方法的绝对日期和相对阶段之间的相关性不足。后者确实允许以相对顺序详细重建定居点形成的过程，但到目前为止，公元前六千年内的绝对时间关系很少能通过所需精度的绝对定年来确定。由于在Stadel（巴伐利亚州上弗兰科尼亚）附近的一个大型LBK定居点的挖掘保存完好，这为使用现代方法缩小这一研究差距提供了机会。在巴伐利亚北部LBK定居点迄今为止最大的挖掘区域的非常好的原始材料的基础上，可以通过进行科学分析来讨论有关上弗兰科尼亚第一批农民的景观发展和生存的主要话题。考虑到附近的遗址，公元前六千年下半叶的封闭定居点区域可以在itz - baunach - h<e:1> gelland内定义。这是该地区首次允许我们将不同空间尺度上的结果结合起来，重点是年代学以及经济和社会考古学。因此，itz - baunach - h<e:1> gelland有可能成为德国南部及其他地区研究LBK的关键领域。

The Linear Pottery Culture (also Linearbandkeramik, LBK) is one of the best examined epochs of European Prehistory. What still is a major issue concerning research of this first farming culture of Central Europe is the insufficient correlation between absolute dates and relative phases based on archaeological methods. The latter do allow detailed reconstructions of the process of settlement formation in relative sequence, but so far the absolute chronological relations within the sixth millennium B.C. only rarely can be assured by absolute dating with the required precision. Due to the excellent preservation the excavation of a large LBK settlement near Stadel (Upper Franconia, Bavaria) offers the opportunity to close this research gap by using modern methods.On the basis of the exceptionally good source material of this so far largest excavated area of a LBK settlement in Northern Bavaria major topics concerning landscape development and subsistence of the first farmers in Upper Franconia can be discussed by carrying out scientific analysis. Considering the nearby sites, a closed settlement area of the second half of the sixth millennium B.C. can be defined within the Itz-Baunach-Hügelland. This, for the first time for this region, allows us to combine the results on different spatial scales focusing on Chronology as well as Economic and Social Archaeology. The Itz-Baunach-Hügelland therefore has the potential to become a key area for research on the LBK in southern Germany and beyond.