Halländska tvåskeppiga hus från förromersk järnålder 500 – 0 BC

Abstract

During an excavation in August 2016 at the parish Stafsinge, north of the town Falkenberg in the county of Halland, remains of two-aisled houses dated to the Pre-Roman Iron Age were found. Traditionally, this type of house is considered to cease in the early Bronze Age and then be replaced by three-aisled houses. The dates thus raised the question of whether the two-aisled houses could have coexisted with the three-aisled houses during the early Iron Age? This article makes a compilation of other two-aisled houses dated to the early Iron Age, found during excavations in southern Halland and in southern Swedish regions as well as in the Lower Rhine delta in the Meuse Demer Scheldt River basin. Finally, the problem of limited investigation areas and dating opportunities in archaeological exploitation missions, which can lead to the loss of important information about the composition of the settlements is emphasised.