Megalithic Portal: Latest from Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Bettelb�hl

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:28:37 GMT

. Round Barrow in Baden-Wuerttemberg

Landesmuseum W�rttemberg

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:24:10 GMT

]]>Hurry if you are in the area - "World of the Celts" exhibition in Stuttgart running until 17th Feb 2013. . Museum in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Archeology Collections include: Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age

Ilsfeld Erdwerk

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:12:29 GMT

. Henge in Baden-Wuerttemberg

Grosse Heuneburg

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:09:09 GMT

]]>Beer and Bling in Iron Age Europe, suggestions that inhabitants went in for "competitive feasting". Hillfort in Baden-W�rttemberg The Heuneburg is a prehistoric hillfort by the upper Danube. It is considered one of the most important early Celtic centres in Central Europe. Apart from the fortified citadel, there are extensive remains of settlements and burial areas spanning several centuries.

Geissenkl�sterle H�hle

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:30:23 GMT

]]>Earliest music instruments, from ~42,000BC found in Germany. Cave in Baden-W�rttemberg. With signs of human habitation from as early as 43,000 BCE. Gei�enkl�sterle was first archaeologically explored in 1963. Systematic excavations began in 1973, from 1974 to 2002 sponsored by the land of Baden-W�rttemberg.

Hohlefels H�hle

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:20:28 GMT

]]>Exhibition at the Museum of Schloss Hohent�bigen running until the end of January 2012, Painted rocks: The end of the Ice Age art of the Swabian Jura, presenting new finds from Hohle Fels cave. Cave in the Ach Valley near Schelklingen, Swabian Alb, southern Germany. It has yielded a number of important archaeological finds dating to the Upper Paleolithic. Artifacts found in the cave represent some of the earliest examples of prehistoric art and musical instruments ever discovered.

Greffern Menhir II

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:36:26 GMT

. Standing Stone (Menhir) in Baden-Wuerttemberg

Greffern Menhir I

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:36:02 GMT

. Standing Stone (Menhir) in Baden-Wuerttemberg

Magdalenenbergle

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:45:00 GMT

]]>Possible Iron Age calendar construction discovered in tomb of Magdalenenberg. Large 100 meter diameter tumulus with significant artifacts found in 1890, now displayed in Franziskanermuseum. The magdalenenberg tumulus dates from the Iron age (or the rather dubious 'Early Celtic' period if you write press releases for the RZM Museum)

Unteruhldingen Crannog

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:42:16 GMT

]]>. This settlement on Constance lake was inhabitated from Neolithic to Bronze Age (4300 BCE- 800 BCE). Today the houses are reconstructed at their original sites, next to them there is a museum.