The archaeological measure described here was triggered by infrastructure renewal work in Traismaurer city center, which is mainly under monument protection and since 2021 also represents an integrated component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Danube Limes." The archaeological excavation was carried out from 06.04.2022 to 02.05.2022 by the company ARDIG - Archäologischer Dienst GesmbH on behalf of EVN AG, the construction work in the investigation area was implemented by Leyrer + Graf Baugesellschaft m.b.H. All ground interventions were implemented and documented by the applicable guidelines of the Federal Monuments Authority (BDA). Still, complex as well as archaeologically relevant finds and features were not encountered during the activities. In the first step the construction activities were accompanied archaeologically in the parish garden area and the future southern pipeline route in the Stadtgraben and Kirchengasse within the framework of an excavation; in the second step, the same procedure took place at Kirchenplatz square. As shown by the excavations of the later 2010s in the Traismaurer very city center (the area of today's church square and the Roman camp commandant's office [principia]), a densely occupied burial zone was uncovered, whereby in the investigation area de facto no undisturbed burials were observed. Also, the excavations from the 2nd half of the 20th century showed that, in general, in certain sections, a massive recent taphonomic transformation of the archaeological features due to construction activities at the church site is to be expected. The excavations dealt with here were mostly in areas used for laying pipes since 1969, so only massively disturbed features were excavated, in some cases with highly dispersed human remains. Especially regarding the bioarchaeological find material, it is a matter of (multiple) dislocated deposits. Only the findings from a few individual stratigraphic units indicate the skeletal remains of individual inhumations, which, despite that, are not detectable from the results - burial pits or separate grave fills could not be found. Accordingly, only artifacts were encountered that must be addressed as "tertiary refuse" and are therefore directly integrated into the deposited matrix as (presumably medieval) background components but cannot be further meaningfully interpreted due to their dislocation. In the parish garden, on the other hand, various medieval to recent foundation wall sections of the parish garden wall and structural elements of a cellar room could be uncovered in the area of investigation. In the area of Kirchengasse and the Stadtgraben, recent pipe installations were also identified.

GER: Bundesdenkmalamt-Verwaltungsdaten: Maßnahmennummer: 19166.22.04 Maßnahmenbezeichnung: Traismauer Pfarrgarten Durchführungsjahr: 2022 -- EN: Federal Monuments Authority administrative record: Project number: 19166.22.04 Title of project: Traismauer Pfarrgarten Year of implementation: 2022