Manching (dpa / lby) – Archaeological investigations in Upper Bavaria show how people recycled more than 2000 years ago. “The excavation team came across broken clay vessels that were converted into hand tools and barrel walls that were secondarily used for well construction,” said Bavaria’s general conservator Mathias Pfeil on Tuesday. Wood and ceramics were probably reused back then to save resources.
The excavations have been taking place in the Oppidum Manching, an outstanding Celtic settlement, since early 2022. According to the State Office for Monument Preservation, around half of the current excavation area in the center of the oppidum has now been examined and documented. The most recent finds showed a detailed picture of the everyday life of the people who lived and worked there.
According to the state office, the Celtic settlement is one of the most important archaeological monuments north of the Alps. The investigations became necessary due to construction work on the federal highway 16. In 1999, during other excavation work in the Celtic town, the gold coins were found that had been stolen from the Celtic Roman Museum in Manching on the night of November 22 of this year.
