K. Löcker1, W. Neubauer1,2, M. Doneus3
1 ZAMG - Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, Austria
2 VIAS - Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science of Vienna University, Austria
3 Institute for Pre- and Protohistory of Vienna University, Austria

Starting from previous interdisciplinary archaeological investigations and a comprehensive geomagnetic survey of the site since 1992, the prehistoric fortified settlement "Burg" near Schwarzenbach (Lower Austria) provides outstanding conditions for the exploration of Iron Age oppida. Spatial analysis using GIS based on the data recorded so far discovered a minimum of two settlement phases. In 1998 and 1999 an area of 400 m² were explored surprisingly showing Bronze Age relics underneath the Late Iron Age settlement remnants.
The stratigraphic excavation was carried out by an interdisciplinary team integrating geophysics, archaeobotanics, geology, anthropology, archaeozoology, metallography, numismatics, geodesy and photogrammetry. Stratigraphic excavations require the exact three-dimensional acquisition of the excavated surfaces. So a documentation method was innovated to record the excavated surfaces of the deposits fully digital in 3 dimensions using GIS technology.
In 2002 the discovered settlement relics were rebuilt using methods of the experimental archaeology representing the first part of a new archaeological park devoted to the Iron Age.
Key words: stratigraphy, recording, digital, GIS, excavation