The Starčevo culture emerges as the oldest Neolithic manifestation in the North-East Bosnia. So far it has been found only on the site in Gornja Tuzla, and in the Tuzla palafitte settlement. The prehistoric multilayer settlement in Gornja Tuzla is located on an elevated plateau on the right bank of the river Jala, in its upper reach, on the slopes of Majevica mountain. The settlement occupies a rather large area of about 15 hectares. The result of long-lasting continuous life in this settlement is presented in the form of cultural layer of thickness of up to 5.50 m.

Lying preserved beneath a mantle of chalky loess, subsequently deposited here by millennia of Ice Age winds, are the ground plans of settlements and hearths, the remnants of workshops, evidence for the manufacture of tools and other items of the Palaeolithic household, as well as bone waste from hunted and consumed animals (middens of mammoth bones and the remains of other animals). Some of the site’s most precious finds are the skeletons of the people themselves, and evidence of technologies which according to current knowledge were used here by people for the first time ever, and, last but not least, the artistic artefacts that demonstrate the inhabitants’ aesthetic sensibilities.

The MAMUZ Schloss Asparn/Zaya represents the Lower Austrian prehistory from the appearance of Homo Sapiens to the Celts. The area of the archaeological open-air site is currently almost 19,000 m2 and gives an insight into around 40,000 years of European settlement history. The buildings from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, built on a 1: 1 scale and are based on archaeological findings. The MAMUZ includes two locations: the Schloss Asparn/Zaya and Museum Mistelbach. This Good Practice example focuses on the Schloss Asparn/Zaya because of its open-air archaeological site/park.