Untersuchungen zum ländlichen Raum der Wikingerzeit.

Ein neuer Fundplatz bei Bohnert (Gem. Kosel)

Resumé

Metal detector surveys by a member of
the ›Detektorgruppe Schleswig-Holstein‹
have recently revealed a new archaeological
site (LA 89) near Bohnert, in the
municipality of Kosel, district of Rendsburg-
Eckernförde. Due to the detector
finds, which among other objects yielded
an equal-armed brooch, dirhams, and
oblate spheroid weights, early medieval
activities became evident but cannot be
specified further. The topographical situation
of the site, at a hilltop and close
to the shore of the Schlei inlet, as well as
the proximity to other prominent Viking
Age sites near Kosel, made an investigation
promising. Subsequently, geoarchaeological
prospection surveys on
the farmlands revealed a prominent geological
structure and a concentration of
presumably anthropogenic structures,
which in combination with the metal
detector finds and the topographical as
well as archaeological context clearly
suggest Viking Age occupation activities.
Even if an exact interpretation of
the site must remain open for the time
being, the identification of a new site of
the Early Middle Ages can provide new
impulses for the archaeology of the Viking
Age Schlei.