Celts, Crops and Centralisation

Long before the first oppida were founded, in the 3rd century BC large lowland settlements emerged, where the first sanctuaries and mints flourished in the La Tène culture. In the project, we want to look at the phenomenon from the perspective of agriculture and land use. Could improvements in agriculture, accompanied by more surplus production, have been not only an effect but even the cause of the emergence of these densely populated settlements?

PI Peter Trebsche, Co-PIs: Lydie Dudová (Czech Academy of Sciences), Petra Goláňová (Masaryk-University Brno), Mária Hajnalová (Masaryk-University Brno), Andreas G. Heiss (Austrian Academy of Sciences)

Austrian Science Fund (FWF); Grant-DOI: PIN1255324.

Projekt duration: October 2025 - September 2028; Link to Projekt