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Multi-periodSite Name: Fuorcla da Strem Sut Alternative Name: Untere StremlückeCountry: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 1.657 km away from the location you searched for.
Canton: Uri Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Altdorf UR Nearest Village: Amsteg
Latitude: 46.731100N Longitude: 8.780300E
Condition:
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The retreating Brunnifirn glacier in the Alps of central Switzerland exposed a rock crystal extraction site exploited during the Early and Late Mesolithic. It has yielded organic objects preserved in the ice as well as rock crystal and quartz extraction waste, knapping debris, and tools.
The extraction site was probably covered with ice from around 5900 BC to 2013, when the local quartz crystal hunter Heinz Infanger discovered it. The site is situated at 2917 m a.s.l.
Very interesting pictures in the second reference.
References:
[1] „Fundstelle ist nun auch Thema in norwegischer Fachzeitschrift“, Neue Luzerner Zeitung, Lucerne, 23rd April 2022
[2] Marcel Cornelissen, Christian Auf der Maur & Thomas Reitmaier (2022): A Glacially Preserved Mesolithic Rock Crystal Extraction Site in the Swiss Alps, Norwegian Archaeological Review.
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