The Avar Period Settlement and the Ceramic Finds from the Cemetery in Zillingtal, Burgenland, Eastern Austria
Herold, Hajnalka
Date: 2013
Book chapter
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Verlag Marie Leidorf
Abstract
A settlement and a cemetery from the Avar period
(7th to 8th century AD) were excavated near Zillingtal
in Burgenland (Eastern Austria) between 1985 and
1997. In addition to Avar period settlement features,
a building of a Roman villa disturbed by post-Roman
settlement activity was excavated at the settlement
site. Most of the ...
A settlement and a cemetery from the Avar period
(7th to 8th century AD) were excavated near Zillingtal
in Burgenland (Eastern Austria) between 1985 and
1997. In addition to Avar period settlement features,
a building of a Roman villa disturbed by post-Roman
settlement activity was excavated at the settlement
site. Most of the settlement activity disturbing the villa
building can be dated to the Avar period. The cemetery
of Zillingtal comprised 797 graves and is thus the
largest cemetery from the Avar period in Austria. The
study briefly presented here analysed the Avar period
settlement and the ceramic finds of the cemetery,
concentrating on three main topics: (1) the relationship of settlements from the Roman and the Avar period, (2)
pottery production and use in the Avar period and (3)
the deposition of grave goods in the Zillingtal cemetery
in relation to the age and gender of the deceased. This
article offers a very short overview of those results that
are directly connected to the site of Zillingtal.
Archaeology and History
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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