Bandkeramischer Fundplatz von Imbshausen und Eboldshausen, Neolithic archaeological site in Northeim, Germany.
This archaeological site between Imbshausen and Eboldshausen villages covers roughly one hectare of land. Excavations revealed more than 1100 artifacts, including grinding stones, tools, and pottery from the Neolithic period.
Discovery of the settlement happened during highway expansion works that led to systematic investigations from 2017 onwards. The excavations uncovered 16 longhouses dating to around 5200 to 5000 BCE during the Linear Pottery culture period.
The objects found here show how early farming communities lived and worked, using stone and flint tools for daily tasks. They reveal people who grew crops and built wooden houses over generations.
The excavated strips lie on both sides of the A7 between Imbshausen and Eboldshausen, on a flat crest at 202 m above sea level; the motorway now runs over the settlement. The trenches were backfilled after the 2017–2019 excavation, so there is no open site to visit. The finds are documented by the Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege and the Kreisarchäologie Northeim.
No single building could be traced along its full length, since the excavated strips were only about 20 metres wide; the houses were usually 20 to 40 metres long. The 16 floor plans, 8 to 11 metres wide, survived only as post holes in the loess.
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