Scenario 2
Early Celtic culture,"Glauberg"
(Hesse,
Germany)
The Iron Age Glauberg is one of the most known
Celtic monuments in Germany. It is a typical place of
empowerment of a certain Celtic social group,
which shows similarity to other places in the middle
of Europe. It is articulated in a combination of fortified,
mostly hilltop settlements together with richly
endowed tombs, often associated to an impressing
grave mound, sanctuary or other monuments demonstrating
some kind of political power and influence.
Imported goods from distant regions like Italy
or the Baltic Sea could be interpreted as wide range
contacts and trading activities. These sites can be
addressed as an example of early complex and
highly elaborate structuring of landscape and defining
larger territories. Nowadays the Glauberg site is
under archaeological and environmental protection.
Traces of archaeology can be found in the landscape.
Though many questions are still in preparation
and some will never be answered, enough information
is refined to give ideas of the Celtic Glauberg
to the public.
All over Europe in early Celtic Age (in the mid-1st
millennium B.C.) we can see developments of centres
associated with some kind of social change. In
Early Celtic time sites like the Glauberg in Hesse, the
Heuneburg in Baden-Württemberg or the Mont Lassois
in Burgundy – apparently concentrate administrative,
economic and cultural functions. To explain
all the change in landscape and in the archaeological
sites within, connected to this social
change, is a complicated process, even with archaeologists
as addressees. It of course is a much
greater challenge when addressing the public.
NETConnect is enhancing the reconstruction and
its intelligibility through the use of VR and GIS
techniques.
The main goal for the Glauberg scenario is to visualize
the ancient landscape of the Wetterau, Hesse
with its archaeological sites (settlements and
graveyards) with the main focus on the central site
of the Glauberg (hill fort and grave mound). The user
will be able to find information about the sites in
their environments in different phases of the development
and to understand growing and decline.
Next to this the Celtic sanctuary with its calendar
function and the tombs of local leaders will be visualised
explained.
Scenario 3
Lusatian culture, Biskupin (Poland)
The Iron Age fortified settlement in Biskupin is the
most famous settlement in Central Europe, belonged
to the so-called Lusatian culture, which appeared on
the huge territory of Europe in the Bronze Age and
developed until the Early Iron Age. The settlement
was placed on a peninsula of the Lake Biskupin,
located in central part of Poland. The site is dated on
the ground of dendrochronological analyses. Most
of the wood constructions were built during one
winter, in 738/737 BC and existed more than one
hundred years. The settlement was surrounded with
wood rampart with breakwaters. Inside, there were
13 rows of huts, together about 102-105 houses,
which were situated along 11 streets. Biskupin had
about 800-1000 inhabitants. Biskupin was discovered
in 1933 by Walenty Szwajcer, young teacher of local
school, who saw, during an excursion with his pupils
to the Lake, some stakes at the side of the lake.
The idea to present archaeology to the public on big
scale began in Poland together with the Archaeological
Festival in Biskupin, more than ten years ago.
The Festival was organized by staff from the Archaeological
Museum in Biskupin and the Institute
of Archaeology Warsaw University. The developing
Museum carries many conservation projects for
which has been recently honoured with Europa Nostra
Medal.
Fig. 2 A view of Biskupin site
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