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"50 Jahre Ausgrabungen im Oppidum von Manching 1955–2005" Detailed and well-illustrated German Archaeological Institute magazine article celebrating 50 years of research. It is the source of most information on this page. Coins from Manching; Metrological research into the foot measurement found in the Celtic oppidum of Manching (Schubert 1993)
Sun Chuo (traditional Chinese: 孫綽; simplified Chinese: 孙绰; pinyin: Sūn Chuò; Wade–Giles: Sun Ch'o) (320-377) was a Chinese poet of the Six Dynasties poetry tradition. He was one of the famous participants of the Orchid Pavilion Gathering , along with Wang Xizhi , and a large group of other scholar-poets, in 353 CE, in Shan-yin (now ...
An oppidum (pl.: oppida) is a large fortified Iron Age settlement or town. Oppida are primarily associated with the Celtic late La Tène culture , emerging during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, spread across Europe, stretching from Britain and Iberia in the west to the edge of the Hungarian Plain in the east.
[A 13] The construction techniques utilized at Fossé des Pandours may have served as a model for the oppidum at Manching, located in present-day Bavaria. [ G 2 ] Archaeological evidence indicates that imports, particularly wine, were a significant aspect of the material culture of the region.
By contrast to Manching, only a fraction of the walled area likely was occupied by buildings. The oppidum's location at the two rivers and between Manching, Berching, and other settlements farther downstream on the Danube, together with the ample supply of wood and iron, likely were the basis for its existence. [1]: 394
Durovernum Cantiacorum was a town and hillfort (Latin: oppidum) in Roman Britain at the site of present-day Canterbury in Kent. It occupied a strategic location on Watling Street at the best local crossing of the Stour , which prompted a convergence of roads connected to the ports of Dubris ( Dover ), Rutupiae ( Richborough ), Regulbium ...
A gold-and-bronze model of an oak tree (3rd century BCE) found at the Oppidum of Manching. Sculptures from Roquepertuse , a sanctuary in the south of France The silver Gundestrup cauldron (2nd or 1st century BCE), found ritually broken in a peat bog near Gundestrup, Denmark , but probably made near the Black Sea , perhaps in Thrace .
Manching is a municipality in the district of Pfaffenhofen, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Paar , 7 km southeast of Ingolstadt . In the late Iron Age , there was a Celtic settlement, the Oppidum of Manching , on the location of present-day Manching.