Dugout canoe in Lake Murten
Archaeologists found the dugout canoe in Lake Murten in early 2014 in Lake Murten in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . The dugout canoe was 1.60 meters under water and was discovered during mapping work on piles of a former pile dwelling settlement around the Grengspitz . This is about in the middle on the southeast side of the lake near Merlach . It is the second discovery of such a boat in the canton after a dugout canoe was found in Lake Neuchâtel near Estavayer-le-Lac in the 1980s .
description
The dugout canoe looks like it was made with iron tools. The dating of the wood will be done using dendrochronology . However, the wood is rotten and the dugout canoe has broken through. The roughly three meter long boat could have been up to seven meters long, but the second part was not found. The dugout canoe is 65 centimeters wide and has a remaining height of around 16 cm on both sides. Originally the sides were 35 to 40 cm high. Over time, the wood has broken off or deteriorated. (In addition to mechanical influences, oxygen is the greatest enemy of archaeological underwater finds, which could have affected the boat at lower water levels)
Location
In and around the dugout canoe there was about a ton of stones on the lake bed. This is atypical for the site and suggests that the dugout canoe was used to transport stones. The thesis is supported by the fact that the stones are roughly the same size. The dugout canoe went down outside the former pile dwelling settlement. The pile dwellings at Grengspitz, in the Murtner sailing boat harbor and at Môtiers are UNESCO World Heritage Sites . The archaeologists endeavored to document the dugout canoe ashore with both 3-D photos and drawings by hand as quickly as possible, after which it should come back to Lake Murten.
See also
Web links
- Etelka Müller: Spectacular find in Lake Murten. Tages-Anzeiger , March 15, 2014, accessed October 3, 2014
Coordinates: 46 ° 55 '19.2 " N , 7 ° 5' 20.4" E ; CH1903: 573369 / 196 827