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Early Iron Age (Hallstatt culture)

In 1930, a single burial mound from the late Hallstatt culture period was examined near Kriegenbrunn. Several individuals were often buried in such mounds, but usually not all at the same time. This particular burial mound showed evidence of a central, primary or main burial that had been disturbed. It was surrounded by a ring of six or seven secondary burials that had been added subsequently. Because these burials were not arranged in an entirely regular fashion – they were situated at different depths and distances from the main burial – it is assumed that the secondary burials did not take place simultaneously.

Based on their proximity to each other, those buried in one and the same mound were often thought to have had family ties. However, anthropological analysis has not been able to confirm this hypothesis, leaving this phenomenon yet to be explained.

Several individuals are buried in the main tomb, and also in some of the secondary burials. There can be a range reasons for multiple burials.  It is uncertain whether the deceased entered the tomb simultaneously or consecutively.