<< Our Photo Pages >> Katzensteine - Cave or Rock Shelter in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Mesolithic, Palaeolithic and EarlierSite Name: KatzensteineCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 3.091 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Mechernich Nearest Village: Katzvey
Latitude: 50.603200N Longitude: 6.686950E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Most of these about 130 pieces, mostly blades or lamellas (backed points, used as arrow-heads), as well as several fragments, consisted of different kinds of flint which had been exploited within a radius of about 30-35 kilometres.
Among the faunal remains at the place were bones of aurochs, red deer, roe, beaver, horse etc.
The abris were used as a short-term settlement which can be related to the Federmesser culture.
The relatively good preservation of this Paleolithic site and its remains is the result of an enormous disaster: About 13.000 years ago an erruption of Laacher See (Laach Lake)-volcano buried everything under enormous layers of pumice and ashes.
Remains of a small Roman quarry were discovered in the rocks' northeastern neighbourhood. Here the exploitation works date back to the 1st and 2nd (perhaps also to the 3rd) century AD.
Fortunately these activities were rather limited. That explains the relatively good condition of the rocks.
Furthermore in a distance of some hundred metres a temple of the roman goddess Diana (1st century AD) was located.
References:
M.Baales: Die Katzensteine, Satzvey-Firmenich, Stadt Mechernich, Kreis Euskirchen, in: H.G.Horn (Ed.): Neandertaler + Co., Eiszeitjägern auf der Spur- Streifzüge durch die Urgeschichte Nordrhein-Westfalens, Mainz 2006, p. 180-182
K.Grewe: Mechernich-Katzvey, in: H.G.Horn (Ed.): Die Römer in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Stuttgart 1987, p. 549-551
W.sölter: Katzensteine, in: W.Sölter (Ed.): Das römische Germanien aus der Luft, 3rd edition, Bergisch Gladbach 1987, p. 234-235
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