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

线性陶器文化（Linearbandkeramik，LBK）是欧洲史前史中最好的研究时期之一。关于中欧第一个农耕文化研究的一个主要问题仍然是基于考古学方法的绝对日期和相对阶段之间的相关性不足。后者确实允许按照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6000年内的绝对年代关系很少能通过绝对测年法以所需的精度得到保证。由于保存完好，在斯塔德尔附近挖掘了一个大型的LBK定居点，（上弗兰肯，巴伐利亚）提供了一个机会，通过使用现代方法来缩小这一研究差距。在这个迄今为止最大的挖掘面积的LBK解决在北方巴伐利亚州的主要议题的基础上，可以讨论景观发展和生存的第一个农民在上弗兰肯进行良好的原始资料，科学分析。考虑到附近的遗址，可以在Itz-鲍纳赫-Hügelland内确定公元前6000年后半期的封闭定居区。这是该地区第一次，使我们能够联合收割机的结果在不同的空间尺度上侧重于年表以及经济和社会考古。因此，Itz-Baunach-Hügelland有可能成为德国南部及其他地区LBK研究的关键区域。

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.