Research in the vicus Mautern-Favianis

The available volume of the Limesforschungen has to the topic the interdisciplinary treatment of wide excavations 1997-1999 of the Austrian archaeological institute in the vicus east of Mautern on the Danube (Lower Austria), the Roman Favianis. The archaeological evaluation gives for the first time an idea of the building succession and material culture of a vicus in Noricum from the beginnings in the course of the establishment of the fort up to the task in late ancient times. This view is given by the complete treatment and discussion of all buildings and archaeological finds as well as context-oriented selected archaeobotanical and archaeozoological finds. The arrangement of the vicus, its chronological development and total population, the organization of the settlement, the land development structure and building types are discussed. An emphasis lies in bringing up to discussion regional and supraregional building types, whereby the most frequent type of house - the sunken hut - regarding its typology, functionality and spreading is presented. The typochronological and chorological criteria of significant find categories of the fineware, transportceramics, coarseware as well as glass-, metal- and bone artifacts are discussed. A detailed analysis of the workshop findings from two potteries takes place. A discussion of the waste behavior of the enterprises and the conclusions after the activity zones in the work areas on the basis of the dispersions of specific release samples followes. The material culture of this settlement section is discussed in detail. Within this framework on the basis of the entire find data as well as on the basis of the contributions from the epigraphical, archaeobotanical and archaeozoological neighbour disciplines a comprehensive picture of the constantly modifying of sozio cultural and economic characteristics of subpopulations in the vicus of Mautern caused by changes by and drift as well as by diversified basic conditions within three centuries is drawn.