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Revision as of 19:20, 3 January 2025 by Andreas Wolf 01 (talk | contribs) (←Created page with 'The '''Linear Pottery Well''' of '''Altscherbitz''' is a well from the Neolithic Linear Pottery Culture discovered in 2005. Altscherbitz is a locality of the town Schkeuditz in the district of Nordsachsen in Saxony, Germany. The well supplied several Neolithic settlements in the Altscherbitz area with water more than 7,000 years ago.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Der bandkeramische Brunnen von...')(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Linear Pottery Well of Altscherbitz is a well from the Neolithic Linear Pottery Culture discovered in 2005. Altscherbitz is a locality of the town Schkeuditz in the district of Nordsachsen in Saxony, Germany. The well supplied several Neolithic settlements in the Altscherbitz area with water more than 7,000 years ago.
It was located in soil 7 metres (23 ft) deep. The archaeological excavation took place in advance of the expansion of the Leipzig/Halle Airport. In order to enable a proper excavation, the well was recovered as a block about 4 metres (13 ft) tall and weighing about 70 tons using heavy machinery and brought to Dresden. There it was excavated under laboratory conditions in a hall of the State Office for Archaeology in Saxony from 2008 to 2010. Numerous unique finds are on display in the State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz which opened in 2014. Wooden nails were used to connect the planks. These could be dated dendrochronologically based on the annual rings.
References
- Elburg, Rengert. "Der bandkeramische Brunnen von Altscherbitz – Eine Kurzbiografie". academia.edu (in German). Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "smac - Archaeological exhibition. Highlights". smac.sachsen.de. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Sachsen. Archäologen finden älteste Holznägel der Welt". spiegel.de (in German). 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
External links
- Prigg, Mark (2012-12-31). "The first carpenters? 7,000 year old German water wells found to be earliest use of wood for construction". dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Ein linienbandkeramischer Brunnen von Altscherbitz, Flughafen Leipzig/Halle". archaeologie.sachsen.de (in German). 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2025-01-03.