First-Ever Dwelling Mound Found In Germany

Spiegel ^ | 3-6-2007

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First-Ever Dwelling Mound Found in Germany

A 7,000-year-old dwelling mound has been found in Germany, causing a stir among archaeologists. It is the first find of its kind in Western Europe.

A room with a view has always been a coveted thing. Over the millennia, humans discovered that it could be achieved by simply staying put over generations and not picking up the garbage. By building and rebuilding on the rubble of their own architectural remains, sedentary humans managed to achieve an impressive height.

Photo Gallery: Prehistoric Dwelling Mound Discovered in Germany Click on a picture to launch the image gallery (5 Photos)

The result of this process, known to archaeologists as a dwelling mound, is most commonly associated with the Middle East; in Iraq, the structures reach a height of 40 meters. They are also known in the Balkans and South America, but not in Germany -- at least until now.

Hence the discovery of a dwelling mound near Oberröblingen in Saxony-Anhalt has caused something of a stir in the German archaeological establishment. Thought to be 7,000 years old, the oval-shaped mound, which is roughly 100 meters long, 60 meters wide and 1.8 meters high, consists of the clay remains of centuries of previous structures.

"This is a unique find in Germany," Robert Ganslmeier of the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle told the news agency DPA. "People have been living and building here since the early Stone Age."

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GGG Ping.

[atomicpossum]

Over the millennia, humans discovered that it could be achieved by simply staying put over generations and not picking up the garbage.

Wooo-hooo! I'm an anthropological phenomenon!

[dubie]

Was Jesus in there too I wonder?

[blam]

The discovery of a dwelling mound near Oberröblingen in Saxony-Anhalt is the first find of its type in Germany and has caused something of a stir in the archaeological establishment. Thought to be around 7,000 years old, the oval-shaped mound, which is roughly 100 meters long, 60 meters wide and 1.8 meters high, consists of the clay remains of centuries of previous structures.

[Jaxter]

" By building and rebuilding on the rubble of their own architectural remains, sedentary humans managed to achieve an impressive height."

This is certainly good news for New Orleans.

[bwteim]

LOL

[tarheelswamprat]

Over the millennia, humans discovered that it could be achieved by simply staying put over generations and not picking up the garbage.

And thus the couch potatoes shall inherit the Earth.

[bcsco]

Interesting, but what I found most fun (laughable) was the Reuters link to the right of the article labeled 'Our Warming World', where the accompanying text provides links titled: "Climate Change Is Happening: Try as the world might to reverse the trend, it may already be too late", and "Graphic Evidence: What climate change looks like".

No, I didn't go to either one. I didn't want to waste my time on junk science.

[Red Badger]

"People have been living and building here since the early
Stone Age."

....and still are in the Stone Age.........

[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

roughly 100 meters long, 60 meters wide Why, could it possibly be? They've discovered a football field!

[elli1]

The archaeologists believe that various rituals took place on the mound, including sacrifices. "We found two beheaded young people and next to them, the fragmented skeleton of a horse, minus skull and hind legs," explains Ganslmeier. Dog skulls and the remains of a calf were also found. One of the young people was wearing a bone bracelet, and the animal skeletons were surrounded by ceramic vessels. "Either these people were sacrificed or executed," says Ganslmeier.

[Grut]

Wooo-hooo! I'm an anthropological phenomenon!

Or a teenager.

[huckfillary]

This dwelling mound is better looking than any of the German apartments I had visited while in Berlin four years ago.

[lilylangtree]

"staying put over generations and not picking up the garbage"

The real culprit of "Global Warming".

[rogue yam]

Oh, it's a mound! And it's 1.8 meters high! Oooh!

These bozos should have seen the house I lived in junior year in college. Now that was a garbage mound worth talking about!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[rdl6989]

It will be interesting to see what is learned when they dig down through the layers.