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Linearband keramik，LBK)是欧洲史前史上考证最充分的时代之一。关于中欧第一个农耕文化的研究仍然是一个主要问题，即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。后者确实可以按相对顺序详细重建定居点形成的过程，但迄今为止，只有极少数公元前六千年内的绝对年代关系可以通过具有所需精度的绝对年代确定。由于保存完好，斯塔德尔(巴伐利亚州上弗兰科尼亚)附近的大型LBK聚落的发掘为利用现代方法缩小这一研究差距提供了机会。在巴伐利亚州北部LBK聚落迄今为止最大的挖掘面积的异常良好的原始材料的基础上，可以通过进行科学分析来讨论关于上弗朗科尼亚第一批农民的景观发展和生存的主要主题。考虑到附近的遗址，可以在Itz-Baunach-Hügelland范围内定义公元前6世纪下半叶的封闭定居点区域。这使我们第一次能够将不同空间尺度上的结果结合起来，重点放在年代学以及经济和社会考古学上。因此，Itz-Baunach-Hügelland有潜力成为德国南部和其他地区研究LBK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.