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This paper outlines the hypothesis for my PhD thesis. The hypothesis is that during the period of c. 800-450 BC (Hallstatt C-D3), a major factor in the development of the societies that can be observed during this time in Central Europe was the development of an indigenous economic system based primarily, but not exclusively, on iron and salt in th...
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... arranged houses built along a network of streets (Fernán-dez-Götz, Ralston 207: 262). The lower town was established shortly after, and densely settled with workshops and houses (Fernández-Götz, Krausse 203: 476), as was the outer settlement, consisting of groups of enclosed farmsteads of about -.5ha each, ordered into 'neighbourhoods' ( fig. 9; Fernández-Götz, Krausse 203: 477). It has been estimated that the Heuneburg at this stage accommodated c. 5,000 people, more than the majority of contemporary Mediterranean poleis (Fernández-Götz 207: 4-5). With further hillforts within a 20km radius, the Heuneburg was likely the centre of power at the top of a regional settlement ...
