Abstract (eng)
The paper deals with the Neolithic settlement phases of the so called „Burgwiese“, a multi phase hilltop settlement in Upper Austria near the confluence of the rivers Krems and Traun in Ansfelden. The aim is a chronological classification of the stratification units as well as the investigation of the cultural groups, by the analysis of the ceramic material. Hereby the focus is primarily their distribution in Upper Austria and influences of neighbouring cultural groups. Furthermore, the various building structures in the individual settlement phases are evaluated. Building design features and possible activity areas are investigated by the mapping of the ceramic material, the daub remains, the stone and silex tools and their waste, as well as by comparison with contemporary settlements. Economic aspects and the use of natural resources such as animal husbandry, hunting, fishing and agriculture are considered by zoological studies and archaeobotanical investigations.
The colonization of “Burgwiese” began in the early young Neolithic period (4th millennium BC) with a classic and late settlement phase of the Münchshöfen Group, which also shows influences of the Moravian-Austrian Group of the Lengyel Culture (MOG IIb) and the Bisamberg-Oberpullendorf Group. The colonization persists in the young Neolithic period (3800–3700 BC) and has at least three settlement phases of the early Mondsee Group (Mondsee 1) influenced by the Moravian-Austrian-Baalberger Group, the Michelsberger Group, the Kanzianiberg-Lasinja Group, the Baalberger Group in central Germany and the Bohemian “Trichterbecher” Culture. After this there seems to be a hiatus, as there have not been found any signs of colonization in the phase Mondsee 2. The “Burgwiese” is colonized again in the late Neolithic period (29th century BC) in at least two phases of the Cham Culture influenced by the Classical Baden Culture (Ossarn II).