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Multi-periodSite Name: Gräberfeld TraisentalCountry: Austria Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Nußdorf ob der Traisen
Latitude: 48.351959N Longitude: 15.716376E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The Gräberfeld Traisental is a barrow cemetery in the Traisental valley in Nußdorf ob der Traisen (Austria). Finds from the cemeteries can be seen in the Urzeitmuseum in Nußdorf ob der Traisen and the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.
The valley contains the cemeteries Franzenhausen I, Franzenhausen II and Reichersdorf. The Bronze Age grave fields are among the largest ones in Austria. Most graves stem from the Urnfield Culture. The cemetery was used until the Pre-Roman Iron Age.
Literature:
[01] Ritter, V.: Grabrituale und Gesellschaft Brandbestattung in der Ur- und Frühgeschichte und in historischer Zeit. Religiöse, kulturelle und soziale Hintergründe - Die frühbronzezeitlichen Brandbestattungen von Franzhausen II und Ratzersdorf im Unteren Traisental (2008).
[02] Urban, O.H.: Der lange Weg zur Geschichte. Die Urgeschichte Österreichs (2003).
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