Notices by Nina Willburger (ninawillburger@social.anoxinon.de), page 3

Too good not to share: a wooden floor of a #Neolithic house. Unearthed in Alleshausen-Grundwiesen, a wetland settlement at the western rim of the Federsee marshlands, 3020-2700 BC.

📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg

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A stunning find from my hometown #Rottweil: a #Roman hot and cold water tap. It was not a mixer tap, but was used to tap either hot or cold water. The spout has not been preserved.
The picture of the reconstruction was taken in the at Augusta Raurica, Switzerland.
The tap is on display at Dominikanermuseum Rottweil, one of our branch museums.
It dates to the 2nd or early 3rd century.

📷 taken by me

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The condition of fabrics from pile dwelling and wetland settlements is amazing. This charred ball of thread was found at the site of Marin-Epagnier/Préfargier. It was made of hemp or lime fibres, and dates about 3900 to 3300 BC. The thread measures a total of about 10 m in length.

Photo: Laténium

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This one never gets old

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Yesterday, I had the chance to open a few boxes in our storage facilities 😀. Therefore, for #FindsFriday an early #medieval double-sided bone comb, found in a grave in Calw Stammheim (dating 7th c. AD). To protect the (once) delicate tines, the comb was kept in a case.

📷 me

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New discovery: Archaeologists have made a sensational discovery northwest of Hedensted, Denmark: a massive and exceptionally well-preserved weapon hoard consisting of more than a hundred lances, spears, and swords, as well as a very rare chainmail shirt.

https://www.vejlemuseerne.dk/udstillinger/digitale-udstillinger/vaabenofringen/the-weapon-sacrifice/

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For #ReliefWednesday a wonderful detailed scene that enrichs our knowledge of everyday life in the #Roman empire. It shows a #wine shop 🍷🍷: Funnels are built into the counter. The wine seller is pouring wine in one of them, the customer holds a jar under the funnel, little drip trays can be seen on the ground. Jars in different sizes are hanging over the counter.

From Til-Châtel, dating 3rd c. AD 

📷 https://lupa.at/25058

In 1976, more than 250 shoes were found in a
Roman well in Welzheim, southwest Germany. This is one of the largest finds of Roman footwear north of the alps. The shoes were discovered in a well in the eastern fort at Welzheim. After the fort was abandoned around 220 AD, the well was filled with rubbish. On display at our branch museum Limesmuseum Aalen.

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This copper alloy arm purse found in the #Roman settlement of Nida (Frankfurt-Heddernheim) was used as a secure method to carry coins. To spend the money, the purse had to be removed from the arm.

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On display at Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt

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One of my all time favourites

#FindsFriday! Glass beads were a luxury product in Bronze Age central Europe. These 3,000 year-old beads were found in the pile-dwelling settlements of Sipplingen and Hagnau-Burg at Lake Constance. They were probably made in the Alpine foothills from raw glass imported from Italy

📷 ALM Baden-Württemberg

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Sherds - #archaeologists' joy!

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For today's
#MosaicMonday
a representation of a fish-skeleton on a so-called asarotos oikos mosaic found in a private house in Aquileia, dating 1st c. BC. Asarotos oikos ("unswept room") mosaics decorated the floors of triclinia, dining rooms. The foor seems to be covered with the debris of a meal, which were usually swept away, e. g. bones, poultry claws, seashells, fruit stones, grape-stalks.

On display at the National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia.

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Good one

A stunning #IceAge masterpiece: a big cat (thought to be a snow leopard) carved in mammoth ivory more  some 40,000 years ago! Length 8.7 cm, found at the Vogelherd Cave on the Swabian Jura.

On display at Museum Universität Tübingen

📷 me

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New discovery: The discovery of a horse cemetery of the Roman cavalry fort in Bad Cannstatt has been made public. The horses were buried northeast of the fort.

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Photo: S. Roth/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg

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An almost 6,000 years old wooden cup, found in the Late #Neolithic pile dwelling settlement of Hornstaad-Hörnle at the Lake Constance. The waterlogged, anaerobic environment provided ideal conditions for the preservation of organic materials.

📷 Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

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A rare #Greek askos in the form of a lobster claw, dating around 450 BC. The vessel was used to hold oil.

📷 Antikensammlung Kassel

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It’s time for a timeline cleanse

A #Roman pot with ears and a funny little face (it looks like Shaun the Sheep).

Found in a burial in the necropolis of Giubiasco, Switzerland 2nd century AD.

Photo: Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum

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Roman mask (?), found in Xanten, 1st - 3rd century AD.

On display at Römermuseum Xanten