Over the river and into the hills: locals and non-locals at Inzersdorf, a late Bronze Age cemetery in the Traisen Valley (Austria)

• DOI: 10.1007/s12520-024-02054-w
• Publication Date: 2024-08-23T14:17:50Z
• Authors: Michaela Fritzl; Lukas Waltenberger; Hannah F. James; Christophe Snoeck; Katharina Rebay-S...
• Keywords: River valley; Bronze

Abstract The Late Bronze Age is characterized by the increasing homogenization of material culture and prevalence urn burials. cemetery Inzersdorf, located in Lower Traisen Valley, Austria, used to investigate whether changes burial practices during were locally driven or influenced external factors. This study interprets strontium isotope data from 215 calcined human bone samples context a local baseline established 163 modern plant (55 locations) within 10 km radius Inzersdorf. Complementary Correspondence Analysis 14 C dates identify chronological changes. high-density sampling carried out Valley for bioavailable (BASr) enabled differentiation people who mainly sourced their food valley hills. A diachronic shift land use was identified, with main resource obtained hills earlier providing most foods later phase cemetery, which more distinct men than women. Five individuals isotopic values that differed population one has an 87 Sr/ 86 Sr 0.7061 falling below BASr created data. While latter may indicate metal-related travel, other four be interpreted as inhabitants single farmsteads. Additionally, individual significant between petrous long indicating changing sources over individual’s life.