The biggest threat to its survival is the loss of prairie habitat due to contemporary settlement.
The 1819 gazetteer lists 570 Punti and 270 Hakka contemporary settlements in the whole district.
The ruins of a nearby contemporary settlement were also unearthed.
A contemporary settlement was also unearthed at the fort.
A nearby contemporary settlement was also archeologically identified.
The earnest text provides the reader a history of gypsy origins and an account of firsthand experience in contemporary settlements.
Today the contemporary settlement, Cowbridge, has a population of roughly 3,600.
This may only be a curiosity of Cowdery's Down, for, on other contemporary settlements, pits and other deep features contained numerous seeds and animal bones.
At all times, the Heuneburg houses are of remarkably large size and elaboration compared to contemporary settlements.
This gives it a longer history of settlement than larger contemporary settlements in the region and country such as York and even London.