The Neolithic settlement of Lake Pfäffikon - short documentary - Archaeology Switzerland

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Around Lake Pfäffikon there were once several multiple pile dwelling settlements. One of them was located at the Pfäffikon Burg site. A vast amount of finds were made during the excavations. In this video, archaeologist Adrian Huber presents several special finds and gives an insight into the life and work of the people at that time.
This video was produced in cooperation with the Cantonal Archaeology Zurich and Magic Motions Filmproductions.
Illustrations in the video: www.bunterhund.ch
Blog Cantonal Archaeology: www.zh.ch/de/s...
Website Magicmotions Filmproduktionen: www.magicmotio...
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5000 years ago, a Neolithic settlement arose in the shore fringe near Pfäffikon. A part of it was excavated by the cantonal archaeology in 1997. From it, as from many pile dwelling settlements, came a vast amount of finds made of organic material. That means: from wood, bones, antlers and others.
The people shaped a still largely natural environment with a rural way of life. At the beginning of pile-dwelling research in the 19th century, people imagined peasants as they were contemporary and considered them as ancestors of the population living at that time.
Today, this image has changed to the peasant economy of the pile dwellers.
The rather lightly built settlements, for example, indicate that the settlement sites were moved periodically.
The likely background is that natural resources such as soils or forests were abandoned when they threatened to run out, new areas were used, and the abandoned site was left to recover naturally, only to return to the same place in a decade, or perhaps a little later.
The settlement included about 10 to 15 houses built on the wet beach slab. As far as we know from the excavations, the place was used for about 100 years and then abandoned.
From the settlement, the fields in the surrounding area were cultivated. These were located on cleared moraines in the hinterland. Cattle was also kept in the settlement, which was probably fattened in the forest pastures. An important source of food was certainly the fish that could be caught in the lake.
The life, activity and work of the people in the village left a great wealth of finds, which archaeologists can recover today. From these findings, an attempt has been made to develop a picture of the village that existed 5000 years ago on Lake Pfäffikon.
Some of these finds, we will now show you.
If you hike from Wetzikon to Pfäffikon today, you probably won't get the idea that in prehistoric times, the red deer was a very frequently hunted animal in this area. The meat was consumed, of course. But perhaps even more important were the antlers, because they could only be obtained from this animal. Antler was a very important raw material in the Neolithic period.
This needle, for example, is made from it. The function of this needle was probably not in fine sewing, but rather in knotting, braiding and weaving. These techniques played a great role in those times.
The ornamentation that has been placed on this side testifies to the esteem in which it was held. The rough reverse side, on which the structure of the antlers can still be seen, helps in determining the material.
The next object is a very rare find. It consists of the section of a deer antler rod that has been hollowed out on the inside. It is a small box. The outside has been polished smooth and has a dot decoration and notches. Certainly, a small treasure was kept in this box. Unfortunately, we do not know what it was.
At the Pfäffikon Burg site, a large number of other finds were made. For example, knives, chisels, small hammers, bowls, Dishes, ladles, utensil handles of axes and the corresponding interlinings with stone axes.
These and other finds are on display at the Pfäffikon Local Museum. On the occasion of the 10-year anniversary "UNESCO Cultural Heritage Pile Dwellings around the Alps".
More information at www.die-pfahlbauer-in.ch
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[@fabianvonkaenel8954]

thank you Gregi!

[@HistoryTravelNature]

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[@youtubenutzer5482]

Danke für das interessante Video.

[@HistoryTravelNature]

Sehr gerne! Wir freuen uns, dass es dir gefallen hat. =) Zur Info: In Sachen Pfahlbauer bzw. Jungsteinzeit gibt es auf unserem Kanal noch "Die Schuhe der Pfahlbauer" (Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4fJi2elocdspMU ) und "SIEDLUNG aus der JUNGSTEINZEIT in Zürich entdeckt" (Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4bEq2Bmr9uYqKM ) zu sehen.

[@youtubenutzer5482]

@@HistoryTravelNature werde ich mir ansehen. Es kann sein, dass ich nächstes Jahr auch mal persönlich vorbei komme.

[@HistoryTravelNature]

Es handelte sich bei den Ausgrabungen am Pfäffikersee um Notgrabungen. Nachdem die Untersuchungen abgeschlossen und die Funde geborgen waren, wurde an jener Stelle gebaut. Oder meintest du mit persönlich vorbeikommen etwas anderes?

[@utereiseundgenuss9246]

Wow ist das Interessant 👍

[@HistoryTravelNature]

Herzlichen Dank für das Kompliment! Wir freuen uns, dass dir das Video gefallen hat. :) Den ersten Teil der Archäologie-Video-Serie hast du schon gesehen, oder? Das wäre "Die Schuhe der Pfahlbauer". ;)

[@dasgellendehorn1393]

Vielen Dank!

[@HistoryTravelNature]

Sehr gerne. Wir freuen uns, dass Dir das Video gefallen hat. :)

[@MarianaPz]

Fantastic!!! ❤

[@HistoryTravelNature]

We‘re glad you enjoyed the video.😃

[@trallalalundfalara]

👍

[@HistoryTravelNature]

Und vielen Dank zum Dritten. 😃 Im nicht weit entfernten Greifensee hat man übrigens "Die Schuhe der Pfahlbauer" gefunden: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4fJi2elocdspMU

[@trallalalundfalara]

@@HistoryTravelNature bin in Greifensee aufgewachsen 😅👌

[@HistoryTravelNature]

Ein schöner Ort. Das Schloss, der öffentliche Park am See...wir waren schon mehrmals dort. Allerdings ohne ein Video zu drehen. 😍

[@spatialdba]

Amazingly innovative our ancestor’s were.

[@HistoryTravelNature]

We can only agree. We are always amazed at the abilities people had thousands of years ago. :)

[@hzwanepol6947]

What culture would this site be classified with?

[@HistoryTravelNature]

We have received the following answer from the Cantonal Archaeology of Zurich: In the pile-dwelling settlement of Pfäffikon-Burg, finds of the Horgen style were found (named after the site of Horgen-Scheller on Lake Zurich). Since a culture is defined as an ethnic unit with its own language, customs, or the like, which cannot be proven with archaeological finds, we prefer to use the term "style".

[@hzwanepol6947]

@@HistoryTravelNature Thank you for the reply.

[@HistoryTravelNature]

You're welcome. :)

[@MauricioGaravito33]

Thanks a lot for share history with us!

[@HistoryTravelNature]

You're welcome. We're glad you enjoy our videos. :) With our content we would like to contribute that these places and finds are not forgotten and interested people have the opportunity to learn something about them. :)

[@wellbizcarol]

Leider sieht man vor allem den Sprecher. Passender und ansprechender für Schüler ist eine Doku, wo das Gesprochene Bilder, etc begleitet. Die Fotos und Zeichnungen sind das, was in Erinnerung bleibt, nicht das Gesprochene.

[@HistoryTravelNature]

Danke für dein Feedback. Wir haben alles Material abgefilmt / verwendet, was uns seitens der Kantonsarchäologie zur Verfügung gestellt werden konnte und sind auch vor Ort gewesen. Mehr als das können wir leider nicht bieten. Im Video gibt es Funde zu sehen, welche man sonst nicht zu Gesicht bekommt. Gerne wüden wir Dokus à la Terra X mache, doch da wir diese Videos nebenbei aus Freude in unserer Freizeit und ohne Budget (Terra X hat 300‘000 Euro pro Folge 😅) produzieren, liegen manche Dinge einfach nicht drin. Aber natürlich holen wir Projektbezogen immer alles raus, was möglich ist und versuchen immer besser zu werden.🙂

[@CasimirLeYeti]

Malgré la qualité du documentaire, je me permets de vous rappeler ceci : La Suisse comporte quatre régions culturelles et linguistiques et possède donc quatre langues nationales : l'allemand, le français, l'italien et le romanche. Celles-ci devraient être utilisées en PRIORITÉ avant l'anglais où seules celle-ci et l'allemand ont droit au chapitre sur votre site... Un ami DES langues et de la diversité culturelle

[@HistoryTravelNature]

Nous espérons que la vidéo t'a plu. :) Le support de différentes langues nous tient à cœur, c'est pourquoi nous créons depuis longtemps des sous-titres en français, italien, anglais, espagnol et portugais pour nos vidéos (les sous-titres allemands sont bien sûr également disponibles). :) A notre connaissance, il n'existe aucune chaîne KZbin qui supporte autant de langues ;) De plus, nous ne sommes que deux et faisons tout cela à côté de notre travail normal, pendant notre temps libre. Nous ne recevons pas de salaire pour ce travail qui nous prend beaucoup de temps. Et nous n'avons pas les moyens financiers de payer les autres. Toutes les deux semaines, il y a une nouvelle vidéo avec six pistes de sous-titres. Rien que cela nous pousse à la limite du possible. De plus, nous travaillons en arrière-plan à la préparation de plusieurs projets de films documentaires de longue durée. Pour la page d'accueil, nous ne pouvons pas offrir un support linguistique comme sur le canal KZbin. Ce n'est tout simplement pas possible en termes de temps. Au départ, le site ne devait être qu'en allemand. Mais comme nous souhaitons que le plus grand nombre possible de personnes comprennent le contenu, nous avons pris la peine de créer une version anglaise. Pour pouvoir en faire plus, il nous faudrait d'autres personnes prêtes à travailler régulièrement et gratuitement. Les bénévoles sont bien sûr les bienvenus. La fiabilité et la volonté de travailler à long terme sont toutefois indispensables. Pour le romanche, il faut ajouter que très peu de personnes parlent cette langue. Nous ne maîtrisons malheureusement pas cette langue. :(