Inter Alpes Noricas: Traffic Routes and Resource Development

The Roman exploitation of natural resources in the Salzkammergut was convincingly established since the investigations of the settlement Michelhall for the middle and late imperial period on the basis of numerous finds, including military objects. In the course of the project »Inter Alpes Noricas« the processing of artifacts discovered surrounding this central settlement site was initiated and aims at documenting the direct contact with the Limes region along a transportation route that starting at the Hallstätter See passed the stations in Obertraun, Unterkainisch and Pichl-Kainisch and led across the plane of Bad Mitterndorf in the direction of Pürgg at the foot of the Grimming. Along this route the built structures were documented with the help of geophysical surveys of the ancient settlement site of Pichl-Kainisch but also the traditional paradigm for the course of the ancient road in the Mitterdorfer Hochtal was completely revised.