Archaeology of Westphalia
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Recent papers in Archaeology of Westphalia
M. Baales (2019): Archäologische Denkmalpflege im Kreis Olpe - oder: Wie funktioniert eigentlich präventive Archäologie? Südsauerland - Heimatstimmen aus dem Kreis Olpe 1/2019, 5-24. Description of the way of working of the... more
Thomas Poggel (2020): Die Ausgrabungen 1990/1991 in Witten-Annen, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis. Archäologische Untersuchung eines Außenlagers des KZ Buchenwald. Ausgrabungen und Funde in Westfalen-Lippe 15 (2020/21), 5-47. In 1990/91 for the... more
Völlig unverhofft konnte auch eine 11.000 Jahre alte Siedlungsstelle aus der Mittelsteinzeit mit einer Feuerstelle, Steingeräten und sogar Resten der damaligen Jagdbeute untersucht werden – letztere sind in ganz Nordrhein-Westfalen bisher... more
M. Baales (2016): Die ältesten Siedlungsspuren aus dem Siegerland – Eine Übersicht des aktuellen Forschungsstandes zur Steinzeit. Siegerland 93, 3-40. Overview on the (rare) Final Palaeolithic to Neolithic record of the Siegerland, the... more
M. Baales (2016): Die ältesten Siedlungsspuren aus dem Siegerland – Eine Übersicht des aktuellen Forschungsstandes zur Steinzeit. Siegerland 93, 3-40. - Current summary on the Final Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic record of the... more
R. Golze & M. Zeiler (2017): Der hochmittelalterliche Bergbau Mittlerer Sonnenberg in Hilchenbach. Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe 2016, 143-147. The Mittlerer Sonnenberg mine near Hilchenbach in the Siegerland region was archaeologically... more
Victoria mine at Kreuztal-Burgholdinghausen provides fresh insight into Late Medieval mining in the Siegerland -- The northern Siegerland district of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) contains polymetallic ore deposits that were first... more
M. Kötter 2017, Die frühmittelalterlichen Funde von Hagen-Herbeck. Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe 2016, 220-223. This is a summary of a Master Thesis from Ruhr-University Bochum concerning the early Medieval remains of a rescue... more
Archaeology of a modern mining area in the Siegerland
We analyzed soil properties at all known archaeological sites in the catchments of the rivers Vecht and Dinkel in the northern part of Westphalia, using a GIS-based approach and information derived from an official digital soil map. The... more
The northern Siegerland region between Hilchenbach-Müsen and Kreuztal-Ferndorf is well known for its iron ore deposits as well as copper, lead and silver. However, the origins of the mining industry are as yet relatively unknown. By... more
The Siegerland (North-Rhine Westphalia, FRG) is famous for its early mining industry and ore exploitation. The archaeological context of cremated burials as well as grave goods indicate parallels to today’s Wetterau (Hesse), suggesting... more
Radiocarbon Dating of a Final Neolithic antler mattock with preserved wooden shaft dreged out of the Lippe river 70 years ago.
More excavations on the LBK site at the Soester Strasse in Werl, Hellweg loess area, Soester Börde
Short overview about the Archaeological Record of a small community in southern Sauerland from the Mesolithic to the Early Medievial Period