Urbanizem jugovzhodnega alpskega prostora v starejši železni dobi

Large-scale excavation at the Iron Age and Roman period Pungrt hillfort (8$^{th}$ century BC to 2$^{nd}$ century AD) has revealed a distinctly urban character of the settlement in its best-preserved Late Hallstatt phase from the 6$^{th}$ to 4$^{th}$ centuries BC. This study provides an important contribution to the understanding of the settlement’s internal organization and its socio-economic development. By examining the previously unaddressed phenomena of settlement nucleation, population aggregation and urbanism along with the possibility of early-state formation, the paper broadens the narrative on the fundamental social and political development in the south-eastern Alpine region during the Early Iron Age and contributes to the wider field of early urbanism research.