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Multi-periodSite Name: Feddersen Wierde
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 2.695 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Wremen
Latitude: 53.661111N Longitude: 8.550000E
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**Feddersen Wierde** submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : Artistic representation of the settlement in the Museum Burg Bad Bederkesa. March 13, 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)

An ancient terp settlement in Wremen (Lower Saxony/Germany). It was inhabited from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD, until the people left the settlement in order to travel to England, where they became Anglo-Saxons. The houses of the settlement were built on terps, artificial dwelling mounds, in order to protect the houses against the North Sea. The houses were of the byre-dwelling type. The excavations between 1954 and 1963 delivered important finds and insights from this area.

The settlemet was at its peak in the 3rd century, when it contained 26 terp houses, approximately 450 animals (sheep, horses, pigs and bovini) and 300 people. The terp was 4 m above the surrounding ground level. They used ca. 300 ha of the surrounding area for farming.
In summary, 8 phases of the settlement can be distinguished, which contained 319 buildings in summary.

Principally comparable terp settlements were found in Alsum, Barward, Dingen, Dorsum and Fallward (Land Wursten/Lower Saxony).

Finds from and models about Feddersen Wierde are displayed in the Landesmuseum Hannover in Hannover, in the Historisches Museum Bremerhaven in Bremerhaven and in the Museum Burg Bederkesa in Bad Bederkesa.

Today, the ancient terp site is not signposted but can be recognized as a large, flat mound in the otherwise plane landscape.

References:
[01] Haarnagel, W.: Die Grabung Feddersen Wierde. Methode, Hausbau, Siedlungs- und Wirtschaftsformen sowie Sozialstruktur. Steiner (1979).
[02] Körber-Grohne, U.: Geobotanische Untersuchungen auf der Feddersen Wierde. Steiner (1967).
[03] Friedrich, E.A.: Die Feddersen Wierde. In: Wenn Steine reden könnten. Band III (1995).
[04] Schön, M.D.: Feddersen Wierde, Fallward, Flögeln – Archäologie im Museum Burg Bederkesa Landkreis Cuxhaven. (Hrsg.) Landkreis Cuxhaven (1999).
[05] Schuster. J.: Die Buntmetallfunde der Grabung Feddersen Wierde. Chronologie – Chorologie – Technologie [= Feddersen Wierde Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen. Band 6] (2006).
[06] Schmid, P.: Die Keramikfunde der Grabung Feddersen Wierde (1. Jh. v. bis 5. Jh. n. Chr.), Probleme der Küstenforschung im südlichen Nordseegebiet 29; Feddersen Wierde 5. Oldenburg (2006).
[07] Struckmeyer, K.: Die Knochen- und Geweihgeräte der Feddersen Wierde. Gebrauchsspurenanalysen an Geräten von der Römischen Kaiserzeit bis zum Mittelalter und ethnoarchäologische Vergleiche. Feddersen Wierde 7. Studien zur Landschafts- und Siedlungsgeschichte im südlichen Nordseegebiet 2. Rahden/Westf. (2011).

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