Books by Inga Kretschmer
The Heuneburg on the Upper Danube is one of the best-studied sites of the European Iron Age. Rece... more The Heuneburg on the Upper Danube is one of the best-studied sites of the European Iron Age. Recent research has radically changed our traditional understanding of this central place, which in the 6th century BC covered an area of about 100 hectares. As we argue in the book, the settlement can be classified as the first city north of the Alps. This volume has two main, interconnected aims: to provide the first synthesis in English on the archaeology of the Heuneburg and its surroundings, including the rich burial evidence and the hillforts in the vicinity; and to set the development of this important Early Iron Age site into the broader context of the centralisation and urbanisation processes of the Late Hallstatt period. The fi nal chapter includes an overview of the main contemporaneous sites in Temperate Europe, from Bourges and Mont Lassois in France to Závist in the Czech Republic.
Die Heuneburg -keltischer Fürstensitz an der oberen Donau 28 Die Heuneburgkeltischer Fürstensitz ... more Die Heuneburg -keltischer Fürstensitz an der oberen Donau 28 Die Heuneburgkeltischer Fürstensitz an der oberen Donau Führer zu archäologischen Denkmälern in Baden-Württemberg Herausgegeben vom Landesamt für Denkmalpflege im Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart Band 28
Papers by Inga Kretschmer
In many theories on the social and cultural evolution of human societies, the number and density ... more In many theories on the social and cultural evolution of human societies, the number and density of people living together in a given time and region is a crucial factor. Because direct data on past demographic developments are lacking, and reliability and validity of demographic proxies require careful evaluation, the topic has been approached from several different directions. This paper provides an introduction to a geostatistical approach for estimating prehistoric population size and density, the so-called Cologne Protocol and discusses underlying theoretical assumptions and upscaling transfer-functions between different spatial scale levels. We describe and compare the specifics for farming and for foraging societies and, using examples, discuss a diachronic series of estimates, covering the population dynamics of roughly 40 kyr of European prehistory. Ethnohistoric accounts, results from other approaches-including absolute (ethno-environmental models) and relative estimates (site-numbers, dates as data, etc.) allow a first positioning of the estimates within this field of research. Future enhancements, applications and testing of the Cologne Protocol are outlined and positioned within the general theoretical and methodological avenues of palaeodemo-graphic research. In addition, we provide manuals for modelling Core Areas in MAPINFO, ARCGIS, QGIS/SAGA and R. This article is part of the theme issue 'Cross-disciplinary approaches to prehistoric demography'.
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Books by Inga Kretschmer
Papers by Inga Kretschmer