05-09-2014, 07:52 PM
...so Dr. Walter from the Thuringian archeological Authority TLDA responded VERY quickly.
I did a "quick'n'dirrty" Translation of the "offischal" press-release:
----Roman troops in Thuringia
It's after many years of search that we have finally suceeded in proving the presence of roman troops in Middle Germany.
....... a roman marching-camp located near the village of Hachelbich (Kyffhäuser County) and dated to the first till the third century AD has been identified beyond doubt by the TDLA. (Thurigian Country Office for the preservation of Monuments).
It started off with excavations en suite a routine measure of preliminary surveillance before rebuilding a road.
Geophysical and Aerial Prospection of the area supplemented by surveillance by foot were employed for further research.
The installation (found) as it has been researched by now strictly follows suit to the schematics according to ancient literature as well as archeological finding from the provinces and frontarlier regions of the Roman Empire: A trench (i.e. fossa fastigata) on the southside has been detected running about 425m long.
After a rounded bend a piece of trench of nearly identical length is following up.
In the northeast geophysical prospection has yielded an entrance with a piece of trench in front of it . (Titulum)
Eight bread-ovens with a working pit add up to the structures already identified.
In case the installation should go on like that towards North and West , this should make for a irregular rectangle with an enclosed space of around 18 ha.
Among the not especially numerous finds from this place there are a couple of fittings from non-ferrous metals and four hobnails.
The low number of indicators up to now allow only a "wide" dating perspective from the first to the third century AD, thus not permitting the attributing it to certain campaigns known from ancient literature.
Marching camps of this kind were used to house troops in campaigns only for one to only a couple of nights.
They were constructed in just a couple of hours.
Movement of troops in ancinet times followed routes well-known, which can be reconstructed here for the first time more detailed.
In northern Thuringia the valley of river wipper between Hainleite and Windlaite forms a natural narrow "corridor" with an ancient long-distance route running over the Eichsfeld westward towards the valley of river Werra or river Weser. (Remark: => Hedemünden !!) Routes eastward run south of the Kyffhäuser mountains to the Thuringian Basin, the middle part of the valley of river Saale and the eastern Harz promontories.
The excavations and scientifical researchas planned for this year and the following years most likely will add up finds, lead to more precise dating and will be more indicating towards the appearnace of the installation.
Contact: Dr. Mario Küßner Phone: Germany (0)3643/818346; eMail: [email protected]
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Howzit ?? Finders weepers -- loosers keepers ?? :whistle:
Greez
Simplex
Mo' pics:
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/thueri...14376.html
I did a "quick'n'dirrty" Translation of the "offischal" press-release:
----Roman troops in Thuringia
It's after many years of search that we have finally suceeded in proving the presence of roman troops in Middle Germany.
....... a roman marching-camp located near the village of Hachelbich (Kyffhäuser County) and dated to the first till the third century AD has been identified beyond doubt by the TDLA. (Thurigian Country Office for the preservation of Monuments).
It started off with excavations en suite a routine measure of preliminary surveillance before rebuilding a road.
Geophysical and Aerial Prospection of the area supplemented by surveillance by foot were employed for further research.
The installation (found) as it has been researched by now strictly follows suit to the schematics according to ancient literature as well as archeological finding from the provinces and frontarlier regions of the Roman Empire: A trench (i.e. fossa fastigata) on the southside has been detected running about 425m long.
After a rounded bend a piece of trench of nearly identical length is following up.
In the northeast geophysical prospection has yielded an entrance with a piece of trench in front of it . (Titulum)
Eight bread-ovens with a working pit add up to the structures already identified.
In case the installation should go on like that towards North and West , this should make for a irregular rectangle with an enclosed space of around 18 ha.
Among the not especially numerous finds from this place there are a couple of fittings from non-ferrous metals and four hobnails.
The low number of indicators up to now allow only a "wide" dating perspective from the first to the third century AD, thus not permitting the attributing it to certain campaigns known from ancient literature.
Marching camps of this kind were used to house troops in campaigns only for one to only a couple of nights.
They were constructed in just a couple of hours.
Movement of troops in ancinet times followed routes well-known, which can be reconstructed here for the first time more detailed.
In northern Thuringia the valley of river wipper between Hainleite and Windlaite forms a natural narrow "corridor" with an ancient long-distance route running over the Eichsfeld westward towards the valley of river Werra or river Weser. (Remark: => Hedemünden !!) Routes eastward run south of the Kyffhäuser mountains to the Thuringian Basin, the middle part of the valley of river Saale and the eastern Harz promontories.
The excavations and scientifical researchas planned for this year and the following years most likely will add up finds, lead to more precise dating and will be more indicating towards the appearnace of the installation.
Contact: Dr. Mario Küßner Phone: Germany (0)3643/818346; eMail: [email protected]
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Howzit ?? Finders weepers -- loosers keepers ?? :whistle:
Greez
Simplex
Mo' pics:
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/thueri...14376.html
Siggi K.
