Stratified Iron Age House Floors On The Titelberg Luxembourg

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Stratified iron age house floors on the titelberg luxembourg. Prior to the iron age there was also a neolithic. Titelberg luxembourg rowlett thomas rowlett and stout cibles touchstones and other ceramic working tools con tained therein. Since coins of the gaulish tribes were frequently issued with either the. The site thus provides telling evidence of urban civilization in what is now luxembourg long before the roman conquest 1.

Titelberg as the site is known was first a celtic town and later a gallic roman settlement. Stratified iron age house floors on the titelberg luxembourg ralph m. Der titelberg ist ein plateauberg im großherzogtum luxemburg in der gemeinde petingen im dreiländereck zu frankreich und belgien. Thomas elsebet sander jorgensen rowlett.

302 iron age house floors. Er war in der eisenzeit und römischer zeit besiedelt und erbrachte zahlreiche bodenfunde aus verschiedenen jahrhunderten. Streufunde weisen darauf hin dass der titelberg in der späthallstatt und. Oldest iron age occupation was found in pits in the luxembourg sector to the west.

In the 1st century bc this thriving community was probably the capital of the treveri people. Evidence for neolithic occupation on the titelberg consists of neolithic tools as well as flint flakes and bladelets which were either re used or. Beigaben von grab d. Their culture was well developed especially from the 1st century bc as can be seen from the remains of the extensive titelberg site in the far southwest of the country and from the.

Tëtelbierg is the site of a large celtic settlement or oppidum in the extreme south west of luxembourg. Abstract the titelberg luxembourg is an iron age hillfort which was occupied from la tene ii ca. 200 b c until the end of the roman empire in northern gaul ca. The duchy of luxembourg has a remarkable archaeological site dating from the celtic period.

Celtic luxembourg existed during the period from roughly 600 bc until 100 ad when the celts inhabited what is now the territory of the grand duchy of luxembourg. Stratified iron age house floors on the titelberg luxembourg. Numerous rich iron ore deposits lie within the titelberg itself and the excavations of the luxembourg state museum have revealed the emplacements for an iron smithy and iron bloomery dating to the gallo roman period.