Phosphatanalysen in einem frühmittelalterlichen Haus in Schalkstetten (Gde. Amstetten, Alb-Donau-Kreis)

Abstract

Phosphate analysis at an early medieval building at Schalkstetten (Gde. Amstetten, Alb-Donau-Kreis)

Phosphate analysis at an early medieval building excavated at Amstetten-Schalkstetten (Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg) on the Swabian Alb confirms the existence of distinct activity zones. Similar results are known from several rural Settlements in northern and Southern Germany. High phosphate values at the barn, around the fire place and along the outer wall are well known. Phosphate however is also an indicator of the cycling of materials within the village ecosystem. This raises new questions on the medieval village ecosystem and especially the management of düng and the role of anthropogenic soils.