The first Romans in Carnuntum
Outside the western gate of the Roman town of Carnuntum, large-scale geophysical surveys of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute ArchPro have revealed an extensive street village located alongside the Roman road to Vindobona (Vienna). Underneath the remains of this village – hidden in the deeper layers of the digital data volumes – the scientists discovered a typical fortification ditch of a Roman military camp placed directly adjacent to the river Danube, enclosing an area of more than six football pitches (57,600 m2). Due to the superposition with buildings, the researchers conclude that this camp has been one of the earliest military camps constructed during the Roman occupation of the Carnuntum area.
For further information see attached press release!
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- Römerstadt Carnuntum – https://www.carnuntum.at/de
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology – https://archpro.lbg.ac.at
- Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik – https://zamg.ac.at
- Institut für Kulturgeschichte der Antike – https://www.oeaw.ac.at/antike
- Interspot Film GmbH – http://www.interspot.at/en/
- 7reasons Medien GmbH – https://7reasons.net/
Wolfgang Neubauer
Professor of Archaeology
My research interests include Archaeological Stratigraphy, Geophysical Prospection and 3D Laser Scanning.