Chance discovery in 1934! Workers installing a water pipe hit this burial at Bad Dürrenberg, and an archaeologist was called out on his Saturday off. They only excavated enough space for the pipe, preserving much of the site - allowing researchers in 2019 to return and complete the excavation properly.
Burial discovered in 1934 during water pipe installation
Site mentioned
📍 Bad Dürrenberg
Key facts
- Burial discovered in 1934 during water pipe installation
- Excavated in a single afternoon (some reports say just hours)
- Archaeologist was called out on his Saturday off work
- Workers only excavated enough space for the pipe, preserving much of the burial site
- This allowed modern researchers to return and excavate remaining areas in 2019
Sources
How Nazis whitewashed a prehistoric shaman's remains - DW.comdw.com
When the "Shaman of Bad Dürrenberg" was discovered in eastern Germany in 1934, the remains were assigned to a rich man, the "original Aryan".
9,000-year-old Shaman Burial in Germany - Cuyamungue Institutecuyamungueinstitute.com
The double burial of an adult woman and an infant, dating to about 7000–6800 BCE, discovered in 1934 during construction works at the spa gardens of Bad Dü ...
The 9000-Year-Old Bad Dürrenberg Shaman Reveals New Clues to ...arkeonews.net
The convergence of archaeology, microanalysis, and ethnological comparison has turned the Bad Dürrenberg burial into one of the best-studied ...
9,000-year-old Bad Dürrenberg woman shaman burial reveals a ...archaeologymag.com
... Bad Dürrenberg in Germany, who had long been thought to be a shaman. The grave was first exposed in 1934 during emergency construction work.
Human Succession - The ›shaman‹ from Bad Dürrenberglandesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de
The grave of the Bad Dürrenberg shaman is one of the oldest burials in central Germany. An infant was buried with her.
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