The settlement history of the Stadtberg of Neuburg a.d. Donau in the pre-Roman Metal Ages and its function in the settlement system on the upper Danube

Neuburg a.d. Donau的Stadtberg位于多瑙河上游（Lkr。Neuburg-Schrobenhausen，Bavaria）位于长途运输的关键位置，拥有从史前到历史时期的悠久而曲折的定居历史。人类占领的遗迹，如防御工事，文化层，坑，建筑结构和丰富的考古材料已经离开，特别是从Urnfield，Hallstatt和Latène时期。显然，山顶定居点从早期的Urnfield到早期的Latène持续被占领，这表明了Neuburg Stadtberg在区域定居模式中的特殊地位。由于老城区几十年来一直受到当地历史学会和巴伐利亚州国防部的密切监视，因此进行了许多考古措施，提供了考古文献和大量材料。其中包括大量保存完好的前罗马金属时代的动物骨骼，这些骨骼产生了有关该遗址经济和定居历史的广泛科学成果。该项目旨在重建前罗马定居的过程，以及通过金属时代的详细信息，Neuburg a.d. Donau的Stadtberg在微区域中的作用。对考古文献和发现的处理和分析已进入高级阶段。定居点的复杂特征，如城墙和沟渠，包括燃烧层，定居坑和坑屋在内的文化地层，提供了占领过程的详细信息。为了充分发挥科学潜力，采用高分辨率AMS放射性碳法测定地层关键特征的年代。此外，根据动物考古学方法，对数千具动物骨骼进行了检查。通过这种方式，山顶聚落的营养和经济实践的模式和变化被重建，从青铜时代晚期到拉丁时代早期。最后，通过记录和分析Neuburg a.d. Donau的考古遗址，将突出强调Stadtberg作为金属时代区域中心的作用。

The Stadtberg of Neuburg a.d. Donau is situated on the upper Danube (Lkr. Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Bavaria) in a key position for long distance transport and has a long and chequered settlement history from prehistoric to historic times. Remnants of human occupation such as fortifications, cultural layers, pits, building structures and rich archaeological materials have been left especially from the Urnfield, Hallstatt and Latène periods. Apparently, the hilltop settlement was occupied continuously from the early Urnfield to the early Latène period, and this points to a special position of the Neuburg Stadtberg in the regional settlement pattern. As the old town area has been under intensive surveillance by the local Historical Society and the Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege for decades, numerous archaeological measures took place which have provided archaeological documentation and large amounts of materials. These include great quantities of well preserved animal bones of the pre-Roman Metal Ages which yield a wide range of scientific results regarding the economy and settlement history of the site. The project aims at reconstructing the processes of pre-Roman settlement and the role of the Stadtberg of Neuburg a.d. Donau in the microregion through the Metal Ages in detail. The processing and analysis of the archaeological documentation and finds has already progressed to an advanced stage. Complex features of the settlement such as a rampart and ditches with several phases, cultural strata including burned layers, settlement pits and pit-houses provide detailed information on occupation processes. In order to make full use of the scientific potential, stratigraphic key features are dated by high-resolution AMS radiocarbon method. Furthermore, several thousands of animal bones are examined according to zooarchaeological methods. In this way the patterns and changes of nutrition and of economic practices in the hilltop settlement are reconstructed from the late Bronze to the early Latène period. Finally, by recording and analysing archaeological sites in the microregion of Neuburg a.d. Donau the role of the Stadtberg as a regional center of the Metal Ages will be highlighted.