CH-SH-01
Thayngen, | Weier I-III
Short Description
Three settlement phases from the Pfyn Culture were identified at this site. The bog settlement consisted of c. 20 houses which were enclosed by a palisade and accommodated between 80 and 120 inhabitants. Most notably, the finds assemblage included particularly well-preserved ceramic vessels, worked wooden objects and a copper axe attesting to early metal working. The archaeological layers are regularly monitored for signs of desiccation in order to prevent destruction of the finds and architectural components made of organic materials that remain on site.
“Pile Dwellings in Switzerland” 2017 © GSK
Special Features & Highlights
Information panel and telescope with visualisation of a pile dwelling.
Pile Dwellings up close
You see nothing but a field. Individual tours around the clock. A reconstructed pile dwelling is located nearby.
A selection of finds is on display in the permanent exhibition of the Museum zu Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen.
Museum zu Allerheiligen
Klosterstrasse 16,
8200 Schaffhausen
+41 52 633 07 77
to the website
Neolithic
3822–3761 B.C. (Weier I), 3722–3715 B.C. (Weier II) and 3584 B.C.(Weier III).
North of the High Rhine in a valley basin
477 m.a.s.l.
Size of the site:
0,48 ha / approx. a half soccer pitch
Size of the bufferzone:
3,44 ha / approx. 5 soccer pitches
