Peter Trebsche
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 113129 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Peter Trebsche |
| NOMBRES | Peter |
| APELLIDO | Trebsche |
| FIRMA | TREBSCHE P |
| AFILIACIONES | Universität Innsbruck |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5258-0615 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 37 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
A sunken ship cargo of 500 bipyramidal bars? Implications for La Tène period iron production and trade along the Danube
Water is not kind to iron, as demonstrated by the ‘rusty treasure’ uncovered at Deinham in Upper Austria, now revealed as the largest assemblage of bipyramidal iron bars yet found in Europe. While similar bars are generally attributed to the Early Iron Age (eighth–fifth centuries BC), the authors here argue that the Deinham bars are a new variant, radiocarbon dated to the Late Iron Age (fourth–first centuries BC). Discovered in a silted-up branch…
Amber workshops in Central Europe during the Early Iron Age. Technology, chemical analyses, and Amber Roads
The largest peak in the distribution of raw amber from the Baltic and the North Sea throughout European history can be identified in the middle of the 1st millennium BC. Raw amber was processed in the amber workshops the Early Iron Age (800–370 BC). This study reveals how these amber workshops can be reliably identified and what their distribution reveals about long-distance exchange systems in Europe. The amber was not only a strategic commodity…
Yellow for the Miners? A Bulk Find of Reseda luteola L. from a Bronze Age Copper Mining Site
Archaeobotanical analyses of flotation samples from the Bronze Age mining site Prigglitz-Gasteil in Austria revealed a bulk find of charred seeds of the dye plant Reseda luteola L. (weld), of the Resedaceae family. The find securely dates to the 9th century BCE, i.e. the Late Urnfield Culture. Although Reseda luteola can also occur as a weed, its dominance in the sample rather indicates intentional growing. This paper discusses the biology and th…
Lost or Found? Empfehlungen zur Mikroarchäologie bei Rettungsgrabungen in Österreich
Ziel des Projektes „Lost or Found?“ (2021–2023) war es, 1) eine systematische Stichprobe von mikroarchäologischen Funden aus Rettungsgrabungen in ganz Österreich zu gewinnen und 2) die verkohlten Pflanzenreste, Fischreste und metallurgischen Mikroabfälle in ihren archäologischen Siedlungs- und Befundkontexten auszuwerten. Der Fokus lag dabei auf urgeschichtlichen Siedlungsbefunden vom Mesolithikum bis zur Eisenzeit, wobei möglichst alle Bundeslän…
Materialographic investigations of plate slags from the Late Bronze Age copper production site of Prigglitz-Gasteil (Lower Austria)
This paper presents the microstructures and chemical analyses of 10 plate slags from the Late Bronze Age copper production site of Prigglitz-Gasteil in Lower Austria. The analytical results of overview measurements (XRF) and local measurements on metallographic samples (SEM-EDX) are compared. The samples belong to the category of thin plate slags (PS-C, thickness < 0.5 cm) and the newly defined category of very thin plate slags (PS-D, thickness <…
A Fluctuating Environment
Since its discovery in 1981, the site at Traunkirchen has remained among the very few Iron Age lakeshore settlements in the Circum-Alpine region. Micromorphological and archaeobotanical analyses of drilled cores from the lake bottom help to reconstruct the taphonomy of the Early Iron Age cultural layers and past environmental conditions. Our study also reveals that the water level of Lake Traunsee dropped twice by ca. 2.5/3 m within approximately…
Absence of evidence or evidence of absence? The microarchaeology of an 'empty' square enclosure of the Late Iron Age La Tène Culture
Archaeological features without macro-finds (i.e. finds visible with the naked eye) represent a common phenomenon that poses considerable methodological problems in interpretation. To tackle these problems, we present an approach based on integrating micro-archaeological methods and macro-observations to help elucidate 'invisible' activities or at least to exclude certain others. Specifically, we combine micromorphological and micro-debris analys…
Wood use and forest management at the Late Bronze Age copper mining site of Prigglitz-Gasteil in the Eastern Alps – A combined anthracological, archaeological, and palynological approach
The Late Bronze Age mining site of Prigglitz-Gasteil provides a wealth of sources of information for the reconstruction of wood use, past vegetation, and forest management at a copper production facility. In this paper we have combined charcoal analyses from domestic and workshop contexts and the investigation of mining timbers found in the backfill of the opencast copper ore mine with the first results from pollen analyses from the nearby Saubac…
Combining geophysical prospection and core drilling
Prehistoric mines are often too large and too deep for conventional archaeological excavations. Non-destructive and minimally invasive methods of prospection can help to overcome these limits. Our case study of a Late Bronze Age opencast mine (ca. 1050 to 780 BC) shows the potential of geophysical prospection methods combined with core drillings. For the reconstruction of this mine, we combined electrical resistivity and induced polarization (IP)…
Eine Werksiedlung aus der Bronze- und Eisenzeit bei Kundl (Nordtirol). Vorbericht über die Ausgrabungen 2018–2019 in der Schottergrube Wimpissinger
In den Jahren 2018 und 2019 fÃ1⁄4hrte die Grabungsfirma TALPA die bislang gröà te urgeschichtliche Flächengrabung Nordtirols in Kundl (Bezirk Kufstein) durch. Die rund 11.000 m2 groà e Grabungsfläche im Areal der Schottergrube Wimpissinger schlieà t an das in den 1970er Jahren entdeckte eisenzeitliche Gräberfeld der Fritzens- Sanzeno-Kultur an. Bei den neuen Grabungen wurden bronze- und eisenzeitliche Nutzungshorizonte entdeckt, die durch meterdi…
Food and farming beyond the Alpine lake zone
Work on the cutting edge
This paper analyses 20 Late Bronze Age (ca 1080-800 BC) copper alloy objects to discern their manufacture and the skills of local craftsmen. Several tools and jewellery were studied that originated from a bronze workshop located immediately next to the Prigglitz-Gasteil copper ore mining site and several contemporaneous sites in the surrounding area. The samples were studied with optical microscopy (microstructurally), and SEM-EDXS and XRF (chemi…
Archaeometallurgical investigation of a Late Bronze Age hoard from Mahrersdorf in Lower Austria
Chemical and lead isotope analyses show that the 13 objects from the Mahrersdorf hoard (Ha B1; 11th century BCE) were primarily made from two distinct copper alloys that derived from fahlore. A third group, represented by one object, a median-winged axe, was made from recycled Ösenring copper and deposited ca. 150–200 years after its manufacture. At the time, the region was surrounded by several competing copper mines located in southeastern Lowe…
Keltische Münzstätten und Heiligtümer
Keltische Stämme spielten eine SchlÃ1⁄4sselrolle in der historischen Entwicklung des mittleren Donauraums in der Zeit von ca. 450 bis 15 v. Chr. Die letzten Jahrhunderte vor Christi Geburt waren von zahlreichen Neuerungen geprägt: Ein neuer Kunststil entstand, die Landwirtschaft wurde intensiviert, eine eigenständige MÃ1⁄4nzprägung aus Gold und Silber setzte ein, plötzlich wuchsen groà e Siedlungszentren, Handwerk und Fernhandel erlebten eine BlÃ…
Les bâtiments à module porteur
Buildings with central supporting posts are often considered as a unique architectural type. On the contrary, the excavations of recent decades have shown the existence of a wide variety of plans. Five main types can be highlighted. They are based on several criteria: the presence or absence of the wall trench, its shape, particularly at the corners, but also the existence of peripheral supporting posts, or the distance of the wall from the centr…
L’agglomération celtique de La Tène moyenne de Haselbach (Basse-Autriche)
Fichtl Stephan, Trebsche Peter. L’agglomération celtique de La Tène moyenne de Haselbach (Basse-Autriche) : premiers résultats des campagnes de 2015 à 2017. In: Bulletin de l'Association Française pour l'Étude de l’Âge du Fer, n°36, 2018. pp. 25-28
Der Siedlungsplan als archäologisches Palimpsest. Eine Methode zur Datierung von Pfostenbauten in mehrperiodigen Siedlungen
Die Auswertung von Siedlungsplänen, die mehrere Siedlungsperioden oder Siedlungsphasen beinhalten, ist kompliziert. Zahlreiche Baubefunde Ã1⁄4berlappen, schneiden oder zerstören einander und sind häufig durch Abtragungs- oder Erosionsprozesse so weit ausradiert, dass der Gesamtplan nahezu unleserlich wird. Aus dieser Perspektive kann man den Gesamtplan als ein Palimpsest betrachten, das durch den Bearbeiter erst sorgfältig entziffert werden muss.…
Urnenfelderzeitliche Kupfergewinnung am Rande der Ostalpen
In Prigglitz-Gasteil (Niederösterreich) liegt eine ausgedehnte Bergbausiedlung der Urnenfelderzeit, in der Kupfererz abgebaut, verhüttet und das Metall weiter verarbeitet wurde. Seit 2010 finden neue Ausgrabungen statt, bei denen zwei Geländeterrassen mit Bebauungsspuren und metallurgischen Einrichtungen untersucht werden konnten. Neben der Kupfergewinnung und -verarbeitung lassen sich auf kleinstem Raum überraschend viele Aktivitäten nachweisen:…
Does form follow function? Towards a methodical interpretation of archaeological building features
The form of buildings does not depend only on function, but also on climate, topography, available material and techniques, on symbolism and social structures. This can even be demonstrated by the example of modern architecture, for which the maxim ‘form follows function’ was originally coined. The functional interpretation of prehistoric architecture is especially difficult, because of its fragmentary state of preservation and because possible f…
Work on the cutting edge
This paper analyses 20 Late Bronze Age (ca 1080-800 BC) copper alloy objects to discern their manufacture and the skills of local craftsmen. Several tools and jewellery were studied that originated from a bronze workshop located immediately next to the Prigglitz-Gasteil copper ore mining site and several contemporaneous sites in the surrounding area. The samples were studied with optical microscopy (microstructurally), and SEM-EDXS and XRF (chemi…
Does form follow function? Towards a methodical interpretation of archaeological building features
The form of buildings does not depend only on function, but also on climate, topography, available material and techniques, on symbolism and social structures. This can even be demonstrated by the example of modern architecture, for which the maxim ‘form follows function’ was originally coined. The functional interpretation of prehistoric architecture is especially difficult, because of its fragmentary state of preservation and because possible f…
Combining geophysical prospection and core drilling
Prehistoric mines are often too large and too deep for conventional archaeological excavations. Non-destructive and minimally invasive methods of prospection can help to overcome these limits. Our case study of a Late Bronze Age opencast mine (ca. 1050 to 780 BC) shows the potential of geophysical prospection methods combined with core drillings. For the reconstruction of this mine, we combined electrical resistivity and induced polarization (IP)…
Absence of evidence or evidence of absence? The microarchaeology of an 'empty' square enclosure of the Late Iron Age La Tène Culture
Archaeological features without macro-finds (i.e. finds visible with the naked eye) represent a common phenomenon that poses considerable methodological problems in interpretation. To tackle these problems, we present an approach based on integrating micro-archaeological methods and macro-observations to help elucidate 'invisible' activities or at least to exclude certain others. Specifically, we combine micromorphological and micro-debris analys…
Archaeometallurgical investigation of a Late Bronze Age hoard from Mahrersdorf in Lower Austria
Chemical and lead isotope analyses show that the 13 objects from the Mahrersdorf hoard (Ha B1; 11th century BCE) were primarily made from two distinct copper alloys that derived from fahlore. A third group, represented by one object, a median-winged axe, was made from recycled Ösenring copper and deposited ca. 150–200 years after its manufacture. At the time, the region was surrounded by several competing copper mines located in southeastern Lowe…
Keltische Münzstätten und Heiligtümer
Keltische Stämme spielten eine SchlÃ1⁄4sselrolle in der historischen Entwicklung des mittleren Donauraums in der Zeit von ca. 450 bis 15 v. Chr. Die letzten Jahrhunderte vor Christi Geburt waren von zahlreichen Neuerungen geprägt: Ein neuer Kunststil entstand, die Landwirtschaft wurde intensiviert, eine eigenständige MÃ1⁄4nzprägung aus Gold und Silber setzte ein, plötzlich wuchsen groà e Siedlungszentren, Handwerk und Fernhandel erlebten eine BlÃ…
A Fluctuating Environment
Since its discovery in 1981, the site at Traunkirchen has remained among the very few Iron Age lakeshore settlements in the Circum-Alpine region. Micromorphological and archaeobotanical analyses of drilled cores from the lake bottom help to reconstruct the taphonomy of the Early Iron Age cultural layers and past environmental conditions. Our study also reveals that the water level of Lake Traunsee dropped twice by ca. 2.5/3 m within approximately…
Wood use and forest management at the Late Bronze Age copper mining site of Prigglitz-Gasteil in the Eastern Alps – A combined anthracological, archaeological, and palynological approach
The Late Bronze Age mining site of Prigglitz-Gasteil provides a wealth of sources of information for the reconstruction of wood use, past vegetation, and forest management at a copper production facility. In this paper we have combined charcoal analyses from domestic and workshop contexts and the investigation of mining timbers found in the backfill of the opencast copper ore mine with the first results from pollen analyses from the nearby Saubac…
Food and farming beyond the Alpine lake zone
Der Siedlungsplan als archäologisches Palimpsest. Eine Methode zur Datierung von Pfostenbauten in mehrperiodigen Siedlungen
Die Auswertung von Siedlungsplänen, die mehrere Siedlungsperioden oder Siedlungsphasen beinhalten, ist kompliziert. Zahlreiche Baubefunde Ã1⁄4berlappen, schneiden oder zerstören einander und sind häufig durch Abtragungs- oder Erosionsprozesse so weit ausradiert, dass der Gesamtplan nahezu unleserlich wird. Aus dieser Perspektive kann man den Gesamtplan als ein Palimpsest betrachten, das durch den Bearbeiter erst sorgfältig entziffert werden muss.…
Urnenfelderzeitliche Kupfergewinnung am Rande der Ostalpen
In Prigglitz-Gasteil (Niederösterreich) liegt eine ausgedehnte Bergbausiedlung der Urnenfelderzeit, in der Kupfererz abgebaut, verhüttet und das Metall weiter verarbeitet wurde. Seit 2010 finden neue Ausgrabungen statt, bei denen zwei Geländeterrassen mit Bebauungsspuren und metallurgischen Einrichtungen untersucht werden konnten. Neben der Kupfergewinnung und -verarbeitung lassen sich auf kleinstem Raum überraschend viele Aktivitäten nachweisen:…
Does form follow function? Towards a methodical interpretation of archaeological building features
The form of buildings does not depend only on function, but also on climate, topography, available material and techniques, on symbolism and social structures. This can even be demonstrated by the example of modern architecture, for which the maxim ‘form follows function’ was originally coined. The functional interpretation of prehistoric architecture is especially difficult, because of its fragmentary state of preservation and because possible f…
Urnenfelderzeitliche Kupfergewinnung am Rande der Ostalpen
In Prigglitz-Gasteil (Niederösterreich) liegt eine ausgedehnte Bergbausiedlung der Urnenfelderzeit, in der Kupfererz abgebaut, verhüttet und das Metall weiter verarbeitet wurde. Seit 2010 finden neue Ausgrabungen statt, bei denen zwei Geländeterrassen mit Bebauungsspuren und metallurgischen Einrichtungen untersucht werden konnten. Neben der Kupfergewinnung und -verarbeitung lassen sich auf kleinstem Raum überraschend viele Aktivitäten nachweisen:…
L’agglomération celtique de La Tène moyenne de Haselbach (Basse-Autriche)
Fichtl Stephan, Trebsche Peter. L’agglomération celtique de La Tène moyenne de Haselbach (Basse-Autriche) : premiers résultats des campagnes de 2015 à 2017. In: Bulletin de l'Association Française pour l'Étude de l’Âge du Fer, n°36, 2018. pp. 25-28
Der Siedlungsplan als archäologisches Palimpsest. Eine Methode zur Datierung von Pfostenbauten in mehrperiodigen Siedlungen
Die Auswertung von Siedlungsplänen, die mehrere Siedlungsperioden oder Siedlungsphasen beinhalten, ist kompliziert. Zahlreiche Baubefunde Ã1⁄4berlappen, schneiden oder zerstören einander und sind häufig durch Abtragungs- oder Erosionsprozesse so weit ausradiert, dass der Gesamtplan nahezu unleserlich wird. Aus dieser Perspektive kann man den Gesamtplan als ein Palimpsest betrachten, das durch den Bearbeiter erst sorgfältig entziffert werden muss.…
Les bâtiments à module porteur
Buildings with central supporting posts are often considered as a unique architectural type. On the contrary, the excavations of recent decades have shown the existence of a wide variety of plans. Five main types can be highlighted. They are based on several criteria: the presence or absence of the wall trench, its shape, particularly at the corners, but also the existence of peripheral supporting posts, or the distance of the wall from the centr…
Archaeometallurgical investigation of a Late Bronze Age hoard from Mahrersdorf in Lower Austria
Chemical and lead isotope analyses show that the 13 objects from the Mahrersdorf hoard (Ha B1; 11th century BCE) were primarily made from two distinct copper alloys that derived from fahlore. A third group, represented by one object, a median-winged axe, was made from recycled Ösenring copper and deposited ca. 150–200 years after its manufacture. At the time, the region was surrounded by several competing copper mines located in southeastern Lowe…
Keltische Münzstätten und Heiligtümer
Keltische Stämme spielten eine SchlÃ1⁄4sselrolle in der historischen Entwicklung des mittleren Donauraums in der Zeit von ca. 450 bis 15 v. Chr. Die letzten Jahrhunderte vor Christi Geburt waren von zahlreichen Neuerungen geprägt: Ein neuer Kunststil entstand, die Landwirtschaft wurde intensiviert, eine eigenständige MÃ1⁄4nzprägung aus Gold und Silber setzte ein, plötzlich wuchsen groà e Siedlungszentren, Handwerk und Fernhandel erlebten eine BlÃ…
Eine Werksiedlung aus der Bronze- und Eisenzeit bei Kundl (Nordtirol). Vorbericht über die Ausgrabungen 2018–2019 in der Schottergrube Wimpissinger
In den Jahren 2018 und 2019 fÃ1⁄4hrte die Grabungsfirma TALPA die bislang gröà te urgeschichtliche Flächengrabung Nordtirols in Kundl (Bezirk Kufstein) durch. Die rund 11.000 m2 groà e Grabungsfläche im Areal der Schottergrube Wimpissinger schlieà t an das in den 1970er Jahren entdeckte eisenzeitliche Gräberfeld der Fritzens- Sanzeno-Kultur an. Bei den neuen Grabungen wurden bronze- und eisenzeitliche Nutzungshorizonte entdeckt, die durch meterdi…
Food and farming beyond the Alpine lake zone
Work on the cutting edge
This paper analyses 20 Late Bronze Age (ca 1080-800 BC) copper alloy objects to discern their manufacture and the skills of local craftsmen. Several tools and jewellery were studied that originated from a bronze workshop located immediately next to the Prigglitz-Gasteil copper ore mining site and several contemporaneous sites in the surrounding area. The samples were studied with optical microscopy (microstructurally), and SEM-EDXS and XRF (chemi…
Wood use and forest management at the Late Bronze Age copper mining site of Prigglitz-Gasteil in the Eastern Alps – A combined anthracological, archaeological, and palynological approach
The Late Bronze Age mining site of Prigglitz-Gasteil provides a wealth of sources of information for the reconstruction of wood use, past vegetation, and forest management at a copper production facility. In this paper we have combined charcoal analyses from domestic and workshop contexts and the investigation of mining timbers found in the backfill of the opencast copper ore mine with the first results from pollen analyses from the nearby Saubac…
Combining geophysical prospection and core drilling
Prehistoric mines are often too large and too deep for conventional archaeological excavations. Non-destructive and minimally invasive methods of prospection can help to overcome these limits. Our case study of a Late Bronze Age opencast mine (ca. 1050 to 780 BC) shows the potential of geophysical prospection methods combined with core drillings. For the reconstruction of this mine, we combined electrical resistivity and induced polarization (IP)…
Materialographic investigations of plate slags from the Late Bronze Age copper production site of Prigglitz-Gasteil (Lower Austria)
This paper presents the microstructures and chemical analyses of 10 plate slags from the Late Bronze Age copper production site of Prigglitz-Gasteil in Lower Austria. The analytical results of overview measurements (XRF) and local measurements on metallographic samples (SEM-EDX) are compared. The samples belong to the category of thin plate slags (PS-C, thickness < 0.5 cm) and the newly defined category of very thin plate slags (PS-D, thickness <…
A Fluctuating Environment
Since its discovery in 1981, the site at Traunkirchen has remained among the very few Iron Age lakeshore settlements in the Circum-Alpine region. Micromorphological and archaeobotanical analyses of drilled cores from the lake bottom help to reconstruct the taphonomy of the Early Iron Age cultural layers and past environmental conditions. Our study also reveals that the water level of Lake Traunsee dropped twice by ca. 2.5/3 m within approximately…
Absence of evidence or evidence of absence? The microarchaeology of an 'empty' square enclosure of the Late Iron Age La Tène Culture
Archaeological features without macro-finds (i.e. finds visible with the naked eye) represent a common phenomenon that poses considerable methodological problems in interpretation. To tackle these problems, we present an approach based on integrating micro-archaeological methods and macro-observations to help elucidate 'invisible' activities or at least to exclude certain others. Specifically, we combine micromorphological and micro-debris analys…
Lost or Found? Empfehlungen zur Mikroarchäologie bei Rettungsgrabungen in Österreich
Ziel des Projektes „Lost or Found?“ (2021–2023) war es, 1) eine systematische Stichprobe von mikroarchäologischen Funden aus Rettungsgrabungen in ganz Österreich zu gewinnen und 2) die verkohlten Pflanzenreste, Fischreste und metallurgischen Mikroabfälle in ihren archäologischen Siedlungs- und Befundkontexten auszuwerten. Der Fokus lag dabei auf urgeschichtlichen Siedlungsbefunden vom Mesolithikum bis zur Eisenzeit, wobei möglichst alle Bundeslän…
A sunken ship cargo of 500 bipyramidal bars? Implications for La Tène period iron production and trade along the Danube
Water is not kind to iron, as demonstrated by the ‘rusty treasure’ uncovered at Deinham in Upper Austria, now revealed as the largest assemblage of bipyramidal iron bars yet found in Europe. While similar bars are generally attributed to the Early Iron Age (eighth–fifth centuries BC), the authors here argue that the Deinham bars are a new variant, radiocarbon dated to the Late Iron Age (fourth–first centuries BC). Discovered in a silted-up branch…
Amber workshops in Central Europe during the Early Iron Age. Technology, chemical analyses, and Amber Roads
The largest peak in the distribution of raw amber from the Baltic and the North Sea throughout European history can be identified in the middle of the 1st millennium BC. Raw amber was processed in the amber workshops the Early Iron Age (800–370 BC). This study reveals how these amber workshops can be reliably identified and what their distribution reveals about long-distance exchange systems in Europe. The amber was not only a strategic commodity…
Yellow for the Miners? A Bulk Find of Reseda luteola L. from a Bronze Age Copper Mining Site
Archaeobotanical analyses of flotation samples from the Bronze Age mining site Prigglitz-Gasteil in Austria revealed a bulk find of charred seeds of the dye plant Reseda luteola L. (weld), of the Resedaceae family. The find securely dates to the 9th century BCE, i.e. the Late Urnfield Culture. Although Reseda luteola can also occur as a weed, its dominance in the sample rather indicates intentional growing. This paper discusses the biology and th…
Archaeology (9 obras) · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts (9 obras) · Geography (8 obras) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (7 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 obras) · Art (5 obras) · Bronze Age (5 obras) · Copper (5 obras) · Geology (5 obras) · Bronze (4 obras)