060056 UE 2-day excursion medieval deserted villages in Lower Austria (2024W)

The excursion invites students to take an in-depth look at the numerous medieval deserted villages in Lower Austria and to visit some of the former settlement sites. Deserted settlement research is traditionally and inherently located at a junction between archaeology and history and combines the joint investigation of written sources, archaeological finds and landscape relics. Today it is increasingly carried out using modern methods of archaeological prospection and digital humanities. The excursion will take place on 11 November 2024 with presentations at the institute and on 21 November 2024 in Hollabrunn and the surrounding area. The meeting point for the excursion is the Hollabrunn City Museum. From there, various sites of former medieval villages will be visited. Participants are responsible for organising their own travel to and from the sites, as some of the distances between the various sites are considerable, so it is advisable to bring your own vehicle. The aim of this excursion is to give students a basic understanding of the problems and research questions of deserted settlement research using concrete examples and to present and discuss previous results on individual deserted settlements in order to gain a better understanding of the methods and results of this discipline.