Band ceramic fountain Altscherbitz

The Bandkeramische Brunnen von Altscherbitz is a well of the Neolithic Bandkeramischen culture discovered in 2005 . More than 7000 years ago, the well supplied several Neolithic settlements in the area around Altscherbitz with water.

Kumpf from the Altscherbitz fountain with glued-on inlays

The excavation took place in advance of the expansion of Leipzig / Halle Airport . In order to enable a proper excavation, the well was recovered as a 4 m high and 70 ton heavy block using heavy technology and brought to Dresden . There it was excavated from 2008 to 2010 in a hall of the State Office for Archeology in Saxony under laboratory conditions . Numerous unique finds are exhibited in the newly opened State Museum of Archeology in Chemnitz. Wooden nails were used to connect the planks (see also Bandkeramischer Brunnenbau ). These could be dendrochronologically dated using the annual rings .

Decorated bone tip from the linear ceramic fountain in Schkeuditz-Altscherbitz

See also

• Marquetry

Map of the expansion based on sites of the ceramic band culture

literature

• Susanne Friederich: Airy future. The expansion of Leipzig / Halle Airport led to remarkable archaeological discoveries. Archæo - Archeology in Saxony 2005, Issue 2, pp. 4–9.
• Rengert Eilburg: Seventy tons of Stone Age. Archæo - Archeology in Saxony, Issue 5, 2008, pp. 12–17. ( PDF )
• Rengert Elburg, Petra Herold: Deep insights into the past. The Neolithic fountain from Altscherbitz provides information about life 7,100 years ago . Archæo - Archeology in Saxony, Issue 7, 2010, pp. 23–27 ( PDF )
• Rengert Elburg: The ribbon ceramic fountain from Altscherbitz - A short biography . In: Regina Smolnik (Ed.) Excavations in Saxony 2, work and research reports on the Saxon soil monument preservation supplement 21 (Dresden 2010), 31–34 ( PDF ).

Web links

Commons : Bandkeramischer Brunnen Altscherbitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rengert Elburg, Petra Herold: Deep insights into the past. The Neolithic fountain from Altscherbitz provides information about life 7,100 years ago . Archæo - Archeology in Saxony, Issue 7, 2010, pp. 23–27 ( PDF )
2. ↑ smac.sachsen.de ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Angelika Franz: The oldest wooden nails in the world . In: Der Spiegel , December 30, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2012.