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Introduction Houses and workshops Temples Baths |
Amphitheatre Villa or sanctuary Burials |
On the north side of Bern the meanders of the river Aare create two headlands that have been called a peninsula: the Engehalbinsel. Today the area is largely taken up by a forest.
The headlands seen from the north. Photo: Wikimedia, Ginkgo.Remains of Roman buildings were seen (and the material partly reused) already in the 17th and 18th century. The first excavations took place in the 19th century, initiated by Albert Jahn. Systematic excavations began in 1919, led by Otto Tschumi. More work was done by Hansjürgen Müller-Beck around 1960. Remains were found of a Celtic settlement from the last centuries BC (the Late Iron Age or Late La Tène period). On the north-western headland Roman buildings were found along a main north-south street, over a distance of 900 meters. The finds were taken to the Historisches Museum in Bern.
Plan of the headlands. Left: Celtic remains. Right: Roman remains. From the Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz.
Plan of the north-western headland. Drack-Fellmann 1988, Abb. 341.
Visible structures I: amphitheatre; II: baths.
Other structures 1: temples; 2: houses and workshops; 3: burials; 4: villa or sanctuary.
Introduction
Houses and workshops
Temples
BathsAmphitheatre
Villa or sanctuary
Burials
Literature
Jahn 1850, 180-234; Wiedmer 1909; Tschumi 1919-1931; Stähelin 1931, 566; Tschumi 1933-1937; Tschumi 1943; Von Gonzenbach 1953(1); Von Gonzenbach 1953(2); Müller-Beck 1956; Müller-Beck 1957; Müller-Beck 1960(1); Müller-Beck 1960(2); Müller-Beck 1962; Stampfli 1962; Müller-Beck 1964; Von Kaenel 1972; Grütter 1973; Herzig 1973(1); Herzig 1973(2); Ettlinger 1978; Roth-Rubi 1978; Von Kaenel 1978(1); Fellmann 1984; Drack-Fellmann 1988, 363-366; Bacher et al. 1989; Drack-Fellmann 1991, 77-78; Fellmann 1991; Stefani 1992; Fellmann 1999; Ebnöther-Wyss 2004; Horisberger 2005; Martin-Kilcher 2005; Lawrence 2010.
[26-Oct-2023]
