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Votes:0 Archaeological Excavation in Baden-Wurttemberg An enclosed Bandkeramik village and cemetery from the 6th millennium BC near Vaihingen/Enz (Baden-WÜrttemberg, Germany) T he town of Vaihingen is located on the western periphery of the middle Neckar region (between Stuttgart and Karlsruhe) in southern Germany. In 1994 excavation began in an area where future industrial building was planned. A complete Bandkeramik settlement with several burial places was discovered, extending over a total area of 8-10 ha (20-25 acres). The site, cut by a country road, is located between the deep valley of the river Enz and a gentle slope of the foothills of the Stromberg range. The settlement. The black dots showing the burials in the ditch T he overall plan of the settlement shows that structures are excepti Read More Go to Site
Votes:0 A Landscape of Ancestors: The Heuneburg Archaeological Project The Landscape The area surrounding the Heuneburg archaeological site is fairly high above sea level, and part of an extremely picturesque landscape which on clear days includes a panoramic view of the Alps. The monastery of Heiligkreuztal, which has Romanesque architecture and is part of the so-called "Romantic Road" tourist trail, is just a short distance from the site. Several small villages are located within a short drive of the Hohmichele; good food (including Swabian specialities like the tangy, long, thin bread loaves called "Seelen") and beer (always an essential part of fieldwork in Germany) are available in the towns of Hundersingen and Binzwangen, the closest of these villages. Gravel quarries in Read More Go to Site
Votes:0 Links to other Web-Sites New Findings Click Here! j Web-Site about the Barnenez -Cairn Web-Site with scotch Cairns Site about Carnac Inside view of Cerveteri The less informed layman and even the expert may be surprised by this fact, but there are good reasons to believe in german pyramids. The archeological outcome offers only one conclusion. They are the biggest monuments of the Megalith-culture on the continent. Their size even exceeds on all the stony step-pyramids of brittany. There they are called "cairns" - prehistoric grave-houses and step-pyramids built in stone without mortar including one or several burial-chambers like dolmens or vaults of corbel-stone. The most famous example is the "Cairn of Barnenez" (picture 1) . picture 1: Barnenez The Cairn of Barnenez Read More Go to Site
Votes:0 Deutscher Text Medieval stained glass windows from Esslingen Excavations at the Carmelite friary Excavation Museum St. Dionysius Dr.Hartmut SchÄfer Landesdenkmalamt Baden-WÜrttemberg hartmut.schaefer@landesdenkmalamt-bw.de Webdesign J.Rehmet Translation: J. Elders Read More Go to Site
Votes:0 Das Grab des KeltenfÜrsten The Celtic Chieftain's Grave Eberdingen-Hochdorf (Baden-WÜrttemberg) Deutschland/Germany The Barrow Der GrabhÜgel The Barrow, ready for the burial At the foot of the barrow: two huts for workshops. Der HÜgel kurz vor der Bestattung Der PrimÄrhÜgel mit offener Grabkammer und Steineingang. Am HÜgelrand WerkstÄtten. The Barrow after closing the Chamber On the right (in the West) the two pits with remains of the workshops Der GrabhÜgel nach Schließen der Kammer Rechts (im Westen): Die Reste der WerkstÄtten The Barrow Rekonstruktionszeichnung des GrabhÜgels The Barrow today (91 kB JPG) Diameter 60 m, heights 6 m; 7,000 m³ of earth, 280 metric tons of stones (Photo O. Braasch) Der GrabhÜgel heute (91 kB JPG) Durchmesser 60 m, HÖhe 6 m; 7.000 m³ Erde, 280 t Steine (Phot Read More Go to Site
Votes:0 Mount Ipf Protected Monument Prehistoric settlement and Celtic hillfort near Bopfingen, Ostalbkreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg/Germany Mount Ipf in Winter Ramparts at Mount Ipf Late Bronze Age (Urnfield Culture) 12th - 9th century BC Iron Age (Hallstatt Culture) 8th - 5th century BC Princely Hillfort Celtic Period (LatÈne Period) 5th - 3rd century BC T he Ipf is an isolated projection of the high plateau of the Suabian Alb in the southwest of the Ries meteoric impact crater . From the west its markedly bare character can be seen. Indeed, its giant size dominates the neighbourhood in the crater's basin. The fortifications I t has on its top a system of mighty ramparts from prehistoric times. The oval summit (with a diameter of 180 m) is encircled by a stone rampart. Outside this rampart a great di Read More Go to Site
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