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<< Other Photo Pages >> Altscherbitz Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Germany in Saxony

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 06 March 2013  Page Views: 4490

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Altscherbitz Well Alternative Name: Bandkeramischer Brunnen Altscherbitz
Country: Germany Land: Saxony Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Leipzig  Nearest Village: Altscherbitz
Latitude: 51.404685N  Longitude: 12.235456E
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Altscherbitz Well
Altscherbitz Well submitted by Andy B : Mortise and tenon corner joints and wooden nails from the 7000-year-old well of Altscherbitz near Leipzig. The corner joints consist of a projecting piece of wood fed through a hole in the plank and secured with a wooden nail. Photo Credit: University of Freiburg (Vote or comment on this photo)
Prehistoric well in Saxony. The wooden Altscherbitz well was probably built in 5099 BCE (from dendrochronology of the youngest oak timber). It was located in soil 7 metres deep. The well was found because of the airport expansion of the Leipzig internatinal airport in 2008.

It was salvaged as whole block with a weight of 70 tons and was brought to the Archaeological Heritage Office of Saxony in Dresden.
Its creators are probably some of the earliest known carpenters.

for more information:

Daily Mail - 7-000 year-old German wells reveal earliest known wood construction

University of Freiburg

Link to download a PDF of the paper from Plos-One

Many thanks to Kai for approximately locating the other two wooden neolithic wells referred to in the paper, these are at Brodau and Paussig.
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Altscherbitz Well
Altscherbitz Well submitted by Andy B : The 7000-year-old well of Altscherbitz near Leipzig during the excavation. Photo Credit: University of Freiburg (Vote or comment on this photo)

Altscherbitz Well
Altscherbitz Well submitted by Andy B : Laser scanning image of the base frame with the mortise and tenon corner joints of the 7000-year-old well of Altscherbitz near Leipzig during the excavation. The corner joints consist of a projecting piece of wood fed through a hole in the plank and secured with a wooden nail. Photo Credit: University of Freiburg (Vote or comment on this photo)

Altscherbitz Well
Altscherbitz Well submitted by Andy B : The 7000-year-old well of Altscherbitz near Leipzig during the excavation. Right upper:Laser scanning image of the base frame with mortise and tenon corner joints: A projecting piece of wood is fed through a hole in the plank and secured with a wooden nail. Right lower: Ceramic finds. Photo Credit: University of Freiburg (Vote or comment on this photo)

Altscherbitz Well
Altscherbitz Well submitted by Andy B : Log construction of the 7000-year-old well of Altscherbitz near Leipzig during the excavation. Photo Credit: University of Freiburg (Vote or comment on this photo)

Altscherbitz Well
Altscherbitz Well submitted by Andy B : The 7000-year-old well of Altscherbitz near Leipzig during the excavation. Ceramic finds in the backfill of the well. Photo Credit: University of Freiburg

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Re: Altscherbitz Well by Martin_L on Tuesday, 05 March 2013
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In native language it is referred to as "Bandkeramischer Brunnen Altscherbitz ".
Apart from this site discovered in 2005 there have been found several (at least 20) wells of this culture which date back to similar period around 5000BC. So it seems a bit over the top to describe Altscherbitz Well as "the earliest known wood construction".
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Re: Altscherbitz Well by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 05 March 2013
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Nice one. I do like dendrochronology as a dating tool - very precise, given the amount of comparisons that are being acquired all the time.
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