Ecology and economy of the Late Neolithic Jevišovice culture in Austria. An interdisciplinary working program

Alexandra Krenn-Leeb

Environmental Archaeology, 2006, vol. 11, issue 1, 101-114

Abstract: This paper presents the working program for a research project in progress at the Institute of Pre- and Early History at the University in Vienna, Austria: 'Copper Age Man and the Environment in the Middle Danubian Region. Ecological, economic and sociological sources relating to the Late Neolithic Jevišovice Culture'. The programme offers archaeological research the opportunity to gain a completely new source base for the area of the Upper and Middle Danube. This has been developed in recent years and when placed in a scientific context it will provide completely new data relating to the ecological, economic and sociological conditions of the 4th and 3rd millennia BC.Investigations since 1999 have adopted a targeted approach aimed at improving the research status for this period. Through the application of new and innovative methods, the study of well-documented and finely-stratified features, and the early involvement of interdisciplinary research partners, an outstanding new source base been created. The application of scientific disciplines has led to new advances and a completely new insight into the life during the Copper Age — one of the most innovative epochs in prehistory. It has also proved possible to open up a completely new source base for related scientific disciplines, providing them with new research opportunities. This is due to very favourable conditions of preservation, both quantitative and qualitative, allowing the application of a great diversity of innovative methods.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1179/174963106x97089

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