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Paperback, [EAN: 9781156705339], Books LLC, English, Books LLC, Book, Books LLC, Books LLC, Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Carnuntum, Teurnia, Virunum, Burgstallkogel, Flavia Solva, Sandberg Celtic City, Platt, Austria, Großmugl, Aguntum. Excerpt: The ruins of Aguntum a Roman site in East Tirol , Austria , are located ca. 4 km east of Lienz in the Drau valley. The city was the site of an early bishopric.References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) Coordinates : 46°4938N 12°4923E / 46.82722°N 12.82306°E / 46.82722; 12.82306A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at The Burgstallkogel (458 m; also known as Grillkogel ) is a hill situated near the confluence of the Sulm and the Saggau river valleys in Southern Styria in Austria , about 30 km south of Graz between Gleinstätten and Kleinklein. The hill hosted a significant settlement of trans-regional importance from 800 B.C to about 600 B.C. Surrounding the hill is one of the largest iron age hill grave necropolises , originally composed of at least 2,000 tumuli , that exists in continental Europe.The Burgstallkogel from the West, as seen from the GeorgenbergGeography The Burgstallkogel is prominently situated on a hill ridge that runs from east to west, straddling the southern banks of the Sulm valley , on a trade route that crossed the Koralpe mountain range from Carinthia , connecting to the southern parts of the basin of Graz and onward to the Hungarian plains. The settlement apparently controlled long-distance trade along this route, which had been in use since neolithic times, and prospered from it. The community exchanged goods far into Italy and into the Balkans, and might have exploited the iron ore deposits that exist on the hill.Settlement history The first significant habitation on the hill was established during the late Urnfield culture period around 800 B.C. when hilltop settlements became common in continental Europe. Although the n..., 1000, Subjects, 1, Arts & Photography, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 3, Business & Investing, 4, Children's Books, 4366, Comics & Graphic Novels, 5, Computers & Internet, 6, Cooking, Food & Wine, 86, Entertainment, 301889, Gay & Lesbian, 10, Health, Mind & Body, 9, History, 48, Home & Garden, 10777, Law, 17, Literature & Fiction, 13996, Medicine, 18, Mystery & Thrillers, 53, Nonfiction, 290060, Outdoors & Nature, 20, Parenting & Families, 173507, Professional & Technical, 21, Reference, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 23, Romance, 75, Science, 25, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 26, Sports, 28, Teens, 27, Travel, 283155, Books, 400272011, Paperback, 394184011, Mass Market, 401237011, Trade, 394174011, Binding (binding), 388186011, Refinements, 283155, Books, 618083011, Printed Books, 618072011, Format (feature_browse-bin), 388186011, Refinements, 283155, Books<