Linear Pottery Well Altscherbitz

{{Short description|Archaeological site in Germany}}

The Linear Pottery Well of Altscherbitz is a well from the Neolithic Linear Pottery Culture discovered in 2005. Altscherbitz is a locality of the town Schkeuditz in the district of Nordsachsen in Saxony, Germany. The well supplied several Neolithic settlements in the Altscherbitz area with water more than 7,000 years ago.{{Cite web |title=Der bandkeramische Brunnen von Altscherbitz – Eine Kurzbiografie |url=https://www.academia.edu/1160464/Der_bandkeramische_Brunnen_von_Altscherbitz_Eine_Kurzbiografie |last=Elburg |first=Rengert |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=academia.edu |language=de}}

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It was located in soil {{convert|7|m|ft}} deep. The archaeological excavation took place in advance of the expansion of the Leipzig/Halle Airport. In order to enable a proper excavation, the well was recovered as a block about {{convert|4|m|ft}} tall and weighing about 70 tons using heavy machinery and brought to Dresden. There it was excavated under laboratory conditions in a hall of the State Office for Archaeology in Saxony from 2008 to 2010. Numerous unique finds are on display in the State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz which opened in 2014.{{Cite web |title=smac - Archaeological exhibition. Highlights |url=https://www.smac.sachsen.de/en/archaeological-exhibition-highlights.html |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=smac.sachsen.de |language=en}} Wooden nails were used to connect the planks. These could be dated dendrochronologically based on the annual rings.{{Cite web |title=Sachsen. Archäologen finden älteste Holznägel der Welt |url=https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/sachsen-archaeologen-finden-aelteste-holznaegel-der-welt-a-693600.html |date=2010-05-07 |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=spiegel.de |language=de}}

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