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<< Our Photo Pages >> Abri Schweizersbild - Cave or Rock Shelter in Switzerland in Schaffhausen

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Monday, 30 May 2011  Page Views: 5637

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Abri Schweizersbild
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 0.548 km away from the location you searched for.

Canton: Schaffhausen Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Schaffhausen  Nearest Village: Schaffhausen
Latitude: 47.723880N  Longitude: 8.640070E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
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Abri Schweizersbild
Abri Schweizersbild submitted by nosnava : Abri Schweizersbild (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Shelter in Schaffhausen

In Abri cave many Palaeolithic artefacts and Neolithic burials has been found. One of the artefacts is a plate with engravings of 2 horses.

The site is located in Kanton Schaffhausen.
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Abri Schweizersbild
Abri Schweizersbild submitted by durhamnature : Photo of the rock shelter, from "Der Mensch Aller Zeiten" via archive.org (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Abri Schweizersbild by Megalithic89 on Tuesday, 18 May 2021
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Abri Schweizersbild sheltered 22 graves. Men, women and children were buried here. 4 grave places have been dated with C-14 method:
grave no. 2 dates back to 3894 – 3708 BC
grave no. 5 dates back to 3777 – 3642 BC
grave no. 8 dates back to 3781 – 3647 BC and
grave no. 10 dates back to 3700 – 3536 BC.

Reference:
Höneisen Markus und Peyer Sabine, Schweizersbild – ein Jägerlager der Späteiszeit, Schaffhauser Archäologie 2, 1994, pp. 131 to 145.
© Kantonsarchäologie Schaffhausen
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Street View by aolson on Saturday, 12 January 2019
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Re: Abri Schweizersbild by nosnava on Tuesday, 25 July 2017
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long=8.640070E lat=47.723880N

Cave or Rock Shelter in St.Gallen should read:
Cave or Rock Shelter in Schaffhausen.
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