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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pestenacker Alternative Name: Prähistorische Feuchtbodensiedlung PestenackerCountry: Germany Land: Bavaria Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Weil
Latitude: 48.146667N Longitude: 10.947861E
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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Pestenacker is a prehistoric pile dwelling located in Weil (Bavaria, Germany). It was used at least between 3495–3481 BC by the Neolithic Altheimer Gruppe. The up to 19 houses were built on wet ground and therefore were placed above piles and connected with timber trackways. The settlement was surrounded by a wooden fence.
The settlement was discovered in 1934 and partially excavated between 1988-1993 and 2000-2004. Today, a reconstruction of one of the houses can be visited.
The site is part of the UNESCO world heritage Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps.
References:
[01] Bürger, O.: Prähistorische Landschaftskunde am Fallbeispiel Pestenacker – Pollenanalytische Untersuchungen zur Vegetations- und Siedlungsgeschichte im Altmoränengebiet zwischen Lech und Isar (Bayerisches Alpenvorland). (1995).
[02] Bauer, S.: Pestenacker und seine Palisaden: Neubauten und Reparaturen aus den Jahren 3546/45 - 3495 v. Chr. In: Das Archäologische Jahr in Bayern 1991. (1992).
[03] Bauer, S.: Siedlungsarchäologische Untersuchungen im bayerischen Altmoränengebiet. Die Siedlung Pestenacker. In: Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 71. (1990).
[04] Bauer, S.: Waldnutzung im Jungneolithikum am Beispiel von Pestenacker/Oberbayern. In: Alt-Thüringen – Jahresschrift des Thüringischen Landesamtes für Archäologische Denkmalpflege, 30. (1996).
[05] Schönfeld, G.: Die altheimzeitliche Feuchtbodensiedlung von Pestenacker. In: Bericht der bayerischen Bodendenkmalpflege, 50. (2009).
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