This volume presents preliminary results of excavation at the Late Iron
Age oppidum settlement of Kelheim. The volume is divided into four main
sections. The first explains the reasons for investigations at Kelheim.
The second presents the results of the excavations, regarding both
settlement features and artifact distribution. The third includes
special studies of several categories of materials, as well as
discussion of the chronology of the occupation and presentation of the
results of the landscape survey. The final section addresses some major
questions about late prehistoric Europe from the perspective of these
excavations and the analytical results. It presents investigations into
ritual behavior in the Kelheim region and uses this theme to argue for
strong continuity of tradition from prehistoric times into the Middle
Ages.