friends of ours have recently started to excavate parts of their frontyard in order to make space for a private parking area. in the process, they found a bunch of bones, about 1.5 meters below the original ground level.
archaeologists were called to the place, and they started digging a little deeper.
they found the remains of several individuals, including one child.
knowing that i’m always interested in that kind of stuff, martina called me and invited me to “come have a look”.
i went there last week, and chatted with her and the archaeologists, who told me that they hadn’t found any artefacts to clearly date the site, but it might have been as old as 600 years.
in the meantime, they found a little more: a stonewalled vault of a 10-year-old girl complete with grave goods such as bronze ear rings, a necklace and a glass bead bracelet. these artefacts date back to the 6th or 7th century a.d.
the newspaper stated that “this discovery is also a highlight in the archaeologists’ careers.”
i was there, and took some pictures (what else). :)
[view photos: archaeological excavation in the frontyard]
continute reading for the newspaper article (german): [more...]
