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Ochsenfeld

See also: Tempelhof

Material name: chert
Synonyms: Hornstein, Knollen-Hornstein
Material (geologic): Jurassic eluvial Chert
Detail of flake
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001


Locality: Ochsenfeld, Eichstätt district, Franconian Alb, Bavaria, Germany
Synonyms: "Lindenbühel" (see map); Ochsenfeld, Gut "Tempelhof", mining site D 22; Ochsenfeld, Tempelhof, Adelschlag, mining site D 44. Numbering of mining sites according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999).
Geographical co-ordinates: Northern sampling area ("Lindenbühel")
Lat. 48° 50' 30" N
Long. 011° 09' 07" E

Southern sampling site ca.:
Lat. 48° 50' 15" N
Long. 011° 09' 00" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)

See also the detailed map and the page on nearby Tempelhof.



click here for a detailed topografical map (40 KBytes). or here for a map with further sites in the Eichstätt region.
Additional information: View from "Lindenbühel" to the south
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2000
  WhatYouSeeAbove
For a full-blown picture of this sample, click here (55KBytes). Flake of dark grey chert
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
Typical nodule from the southern sampling area
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
For a full-blown version of this picture, click here (73 KBytes).
For a full-blown version of this picture, click here (54 KBytes). Flake of coarse chert from the northern sampling area
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
Patinated prehistoric blade
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
For a full-blown picture of this sample, click here (33 KBytes).
Material and colour: N/A

  Farmer adding some "odeur locale" to the northern site
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2000
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Archaeological description: N/A
 

Last modified on:
February 6, 2001
Contents primarily by:
Rengert Elburg
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