Reconstructing Former Features of the Cultural Landscape Near Early Celtic Princely Seats in Southern Germany: A GIS-Based Application of Large-Scale Historical Maps and Archival Sources as a Contribution to Archaeological Research.

This study deals with the historical-geographical investigation of settlement structures of the early Iron Age in Central Europe using historical sources in cartographic and written form. To process and analyze the data from different sources and present the results, a Geographic Information System (GIS) is used. The results contribute to the exploration of both the historical topography of the so-called Early Celtic Princely Seats and the ecological and economic factors which contributed to their genesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]