International audienceThe site of the Runde Berg is settled at the top of a hill of the north slope of the Swabian Jura. This area which is part of the Roman province of Germania Superior in the Early Empire is progressively abandoned by the Roman administration in the second half of the 3rd c. AD, whereas new immigrants belonging to the Elbe Germanic culture settle: the Alamanni. The region takes the name of Alamannia in the 4th c. Situated in the heart of this area the Runde Berg becomes a hill settlement from the second half of the century. During a first phase, wich lasts until the mid-5th c., the occupants seem to have economic and cultural contacts with the middle Danube valley, in the present central part of Germany and the Roman pro...