The scientific meeting took place at the Old University, Rheinsprung 9, Basel from 1^st to 3^rd february 2018. Nearly 70 researchers from 10 different countries participated in the meeting. During the three days alltogether 28 lectures (invited and free speakers) and 6 posters were presented and intensively discussed. 9 invited speakers gave a lecture (keynote or case study) and were chair of a session. Tony King gave a public lecture in the evening of the 1^st feb followed by a reception and a visit of IPNA. There was a poster session with short presentations in the afternoon of feb. 2^nd, afterwards the participants were relocated to the Römerstadt Augusta Raurica. After the last lectures on 3^rd february a panel discussion was held by S. Valenzuela, U. Albarella, M. Groot, S. Lepetz. J. de Grossi, T. King, S. Stallibrass and S. Deschler-Erb. The proceedings will be published in cooperation with the Romano-Germanic Commission (RGK), Frankfurt, in the series "Kolloquien zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte".