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Several parts of a larger Hallstatt period settlement were excavated in Velburg [Upper Palatinate] between 2002 and 2010. The present volume offers an analysis of the settlement and the extensive finds assemblage. The four excavated areas reveal a settlement composed of several multi-house farmsteads. These settlement units are clearly structured, as shown by several fence lines which determine the settlement?s orientation. Several independent residential units could be identified within these farmstead-like structures. It was possible to recognise farmsteads or plots which can be interpreted as residential areas, as well as areas dedicated to working and production and common areas that can be associated with the settlement community as a whole. Among the latter are an exceptional earthwork and an area with two battery-like rows of ovens. Following on from the interpretation of the site?s structure, the volume discusses the wider surroundings in the valley of the Schwarze Laaber river in order to contextualise Velburg, including the rich burials unearthed in the surroundings, within the Hallstatt period Upper Palatinate. An analysis of the animal bone assemblage by Jörg Ewersen completes the picture.