The volume contains 11 papers presented at the 40th archaeological conference of Lower Bavaria in 2022, a foreword, a bibliography, and a list of authors. The contributions deal with graves with Stroke-Ornamented Pottery at Straubing-Lerchenhaid [Bosze], archaeological finds from flood control structures between Pfelling and Waltendorf [Riegg/Hornung], new evidence from the urnfield at Kelheim [Zuber], an urnfield cemetery and Hallstatt settlement area with fortified farmstead at Straßkirchen [Husty/Cichy], the Hallstatt fortified farmstead at Essenbach - Josef-Neumeier-Allee [Richter] and the daub with botanical and architectural imprints found there [Fries-Knoblach], the complex of Hallstatt fortified farmsteads at Landshut-Hascherkeller [Denk/Posselt/Reitmaier], the large fortified Hallstatt farmstead at Eichendorf-Ost as a possible central place within the Vils valley [Eibl/Dupper/Lorenz], 44 years of geophysical surveys of Hallstatt fortified settlements in Lower Bavaria [Stele/Linck/Faßbinder], the Early Baiuvarian cemetery at Bad Füssing-Würding [Spieleder], and archeological investigations of old buildings at Reisach, Markt Hengersberg [Häck].