Grave field Bischofshofen-Pestfriedhof

The Bischofshofen-Pestfriedhof graveyard in Bischofshofen is, contrary to the local name as " Pestfriedhof ", a Bronze and Iron Age necropolis near the Götschenberg-Haidberg and the "red rock".

With a few exceptions, the 556 cremation burials with additions date from 1,300 BC. BC (Bronze Age D) to the 6th century BC BC (later Hallstatt period D). Most of the graves date from the Hallstatt period C. Taking into account the 30% of the graves destroyed (including a stone box ), it is believed to have been from 750–600 BC. About 600 people were buried. However, the ratio of men / women / children of 3.5: 7: 1 does not correspond to the population ratios. Only two graves were built around the turn of the ages (the Romans had taken Noricum from 15 BC ).

The armament of the buried with two iron lances and a bronze hatchet corresponded to Eastern Alpine standards. Accompanying finds (for example fibulae ) come partly from south of the Alps, the ceramics are partly of regional origin. Painted ceramics were imported from limestone sites north of the Lueg Pass .

The field ( list entry ) registered as a protected ground monument was scientifically researched by Andreas Lippert ( University of Innsbruck / Vienna) from 1983 to 1996.

literature

• Andreas Lippert, Peter Stadler: The late bronze and early iron age burial ground of Bischofshofen-Pestfriedhof . Habelt Verlag, Bonn 2009, ISBN 978-3-7749-3576-1 ( univie.ac.at [PDF; accessed on July 9, 2018]).
• Bettina Glunz-Hüshen: New primers from the Hallstatt necropolis. With a contribution to the 1997 fibula study, an excursus on symbols on Hallstatt period garment fastenings and a comparison of the Hallstatt – Bischofshofen cemeteries. In: Archäologia Austriaca. Volume 92, 2008, pp. 35-71, especially pp. 62-66.

Coordinates: 47 ° 24 ′ 33.1 ″  N , 13 ° 12 ′ 39.8 ″  E