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Les sites palafittques sur l'île du lac Nussbaum lors des travaux en 2017 © Amt für Archäologie Thurgau

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Description
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The small island in Lake Nussbaumersee consists of a series of pile-dwelling settlements, dating back to a period from the Pfyn Culture to the early Bronze Age. Towards the current borders of the island layer sequences of more than 2m in thickness have been preserved. Archeological research has been conducted on the layers via a series of cuts and drillings. The neighbouring peninsula Horn next to a pit house from the corded ware period also offers a large settlement from the latest Bronze Age (870-850 BC). It contained roughly 100 log houses. Parts of the area were used for a settlement in the early Iron Age again.

Neolitique / Age du Bronze

3840-3582 et 870-850 av. J.-C.

Lac de Nussbaumersee

435 m

Taille du site 3,66 ha / environ 5 terrains de foot

Taille du zone tampon 16,86 ha / environ 24 terrains de foot

Particularités & points forts
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Several crucibles and a copper axe in the material of the Pfyn period bear witness to early metalworking. The late Bronze Age settlement also provides a tableware ensemble with early painted pottery. The site is one of the few pile dwellings from the early Iron Age.

Recipients de l'âge de bronze recent, y compris ceux avec peinture © Amt für Archäologie Thurgau

Activités en cours
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The preservation of the sites is supervised by the office Amt für Archäologie. Drill cores taken in the Seebach valley are currently being analysed as part of the project " Klima und Umwelt im Thurgau“ (KUmiT).

Découvrir les palafittes
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The site is part of the Seebachtal history trail. A sign informs on site.
Selected finds are exhibited in the cantonal Museum of Archaeology.

Museum für Archäologie Frauenfeld
Freie Strasse 24
8510 Frauenfeld
+41 (0) 58 345 74 00
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Free entrance

Opening hours
Tue - Fri 14 – 17 Uhr
Sat & Sun 13 – 17 Uhr
closed on mondays