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Cities, villages, fortresses - Bern - Unterseen-Baumgarten

Unterseen is situated between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz. At the locality Baumgarten burials were excavated in 1922-1923 and 2013-2014. A total of 20 cremations and seven inhumations was found. They could be dated to the second and third century. So far a nearby settlement has not been found.

Plan of the area that was excavated in 1922-1923 and in 2013-2014. Bacher-Amstutz 2014, Abb. 2.

Some of the grave goods, from an inhumation. Bacher-Amstutz 2014, Abb. 4.


Literature

Tschumi 1923(2); Streit 1987; Bacher-Amstutz 2014; Bacher-Cueni-Kühn 2017.


[2-Nov-2023]