Ponor on the Hahnenbuck

The Ponor at Hahnenbuck , near Ergersheim , in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim in Middle Franconia in Bavaria was discovered in 1994 in the gypsum karst .

As a result of the gypsum mining, a ponor (also known as a swallow hole or stream shrinkage) came to light, which was completely excavated. The funnel-shaped shaft was still about 4.0 m deep. Originally the depth with the drainage channel was about 8.5 m. The edge diameter was 12.0 to 15.0 m.

Used by people sinkholes in the area of the Gipskeuper are western Franken been further investigated in the wind Bucht. In layer 7, fragments of the Rössen culture (4600-4300 BC) came to light. The finds include pottery shards, two human skulls and skeletal parts that were displaced by the flowing water. At a slightly higher level, there were cultural remains of the cord ceramics , also with remains of two people. The last filling layer of the sinkhole (layer 8) contained early Bronze Age ceramic fragments, charcoal and animal bones. A total of around 36,000 ceramic shards weighing over 300 kilograms were found.

literature

• M. Nadler, F. Leja: Water cult or sinking victim? - Excavation of a ponor in the gypsum karst near Ergersheim, district of Neustadt ad Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Middle Franconia. In: Arch. Jahr Bayern 1994, pp. 62–66.
• Michael M. Rind: Human sacrifice. From the cult of cruelty. University Press Regensburg. 2nd edition 1998, ISBN 3-930480-64-6 (small overview). P. 115
• Markus Ullrich: End-Neolithic settlement ceramics from Ergersheim, Middle Franconia Investigations into the chronology of corded ceramics and bell beakers on the Rhine, Main and Neckar. With a contribution by Werner Scharff Habelt in 2008