Kopecky-Hermanns, Britta
370 Kilometer Archäologie - Archäologie an der Ethylen Pipeline Süd-Trasse in Bayern, Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz
Measuring more than 370 km in length, the route of the Ethylene Pipeline South runs through the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. Between 2007 and 2011 archaeological excavations were carried out on the EPS route. The number of documented sites is in the hundreds, and more than 100 new discoveries impressively demonstrate that such a project has a literally incisive significance for our cultural landscape. Interesting new discoveries could be made even in supposedly well-investigated landscapes. The temporal span of the investigated sites ranges from the Stone Age to the Modern Age, and the spectrum of archaeological features is similarly complex.
Rituell oder profan? Ein bronzezeitlicher Fundplatz in der bayerischen Donau-Aue: Berichte über die archäologischen Untersuchungen im Gesamtprojekt der Gas-Loopleitung von Forchheim nach Finsing, Trassenabschnitt 26 bei Gaden, Gde. Pförring, Lkr. Eichstätt
The 2017/2018 construction of a 75 km long gas loop pipeline from Forchheim in the municipality of Pförring, administrative district Eichstätt, and the municipality of Finsing, district Erding in Bavaria, brought to light a section of a Bronze Age settlement in the Danube floodplain (ca. 2000-1650 BC). The report comprehensively describes the excavation methods, features and finds, and includes a preliminary evaluation of a particular site in Pförring, district Eichstätt. The focus is on hearth-like features, pottery concentrations, calcined bone fragments, a stone "marker", and post holes belonging to an Early to Middle Bronze Age site. The results raise the decisive question of the character of the site: is it ritualistic or mundane? Finally, the large scale of archaeometric sampling (geological, botanical, 14C-dating) conducted, has great potential for future scientific research.
Additional infomations you find here: https://doi.org/10.11588/data/JZFWWW
