DE-BW-16
Bad Schussenried, | Olzreute Enzisholz
Short Description
The site was discovered in the 1940’s in the course of commercial peat harvesting in the area. In 1982, the Baden-Württemberg Department of Antiquities and Monuments began the first scientific examination of the site, which was followed by core sample drilling and selected small-area excavations, between 2002 and 2011. So far, three settlement phases were discovered, and thanks to the remarkably well preserved horizon of the “Goldberg III-Group”, with remnants of wooden homes, tools and utensils, the site is a model representation of a typical Neolithic settlement in an Upper-Swabian bogland.
Special Features & Highlights
Three large and three miniature wooden disc wheels indicate variable manufacturing techniques of the time, and are important witnesses of the evolution of vehicles.
Pile Dwellings up close
A selection of objects can be visited at the Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Konstanz (DE):
Archäologisches Landesmuseum Konstanz Baden-Württemberg ALM
Benediktinerplatz 5,
78467 Konstanz
to the website
Neolithic
2897 B.C.
Marshland in the upper valley of the Schussen
561 m.a.s.l.
Size of the site:
1,8 ha / approx. 3 soccer pitches
Size of the bufferzone:
20,62 ha / approx. 29 soccer pitches
