Horgen

The oldest vestiges discovered to date come from the coastal station of Horgen-Dampfschiffsteg/Bootshabe [1]. They were discovered during dredging of the channel in 1950, 1961 and 1973 [1]. These excavations identified four levels of occupation, separated by lacustrine chalk sediments [1]. The oldest level ends with a fire layer, while the next level contained a house dated by dendrochronology to 3713 BC [1]. The ceramics of the oldest layer belong typologically to the middle Pfyn culture, while those of the upper layers belong to the late Pfyn period [1]. Finds included clay crucibles for copper melting, weights, flint and stone tools, bone and antler tools, wooden objects, fragments of bark boxes, and red ochre [1].