Cemex displays Marburg finds

Finds from an archeological investigation at Cemex gravel quarry near Marburg in Germany have been put on display, revealing the history of the site. Sands and gravels from the Amöneburger basin had been quarried for around 40 years without any remarkable finds being record but in September 2008, Cemex started to unearth pieces of ceramics and wooden posts were also found.

March 30, 2012 Read time: 1 min

Finds from an archeological investigation at 643 Cemex gravel quarry near Marburg in Germany have been put on display, revealing the history of the site.

Sands and gravels from the Amöneburger basin had been quarried for around 40 years without any remarkable finds being record but in September 2008, Cemex started to unearth pieces of ceramics and wooden posts were also found.

Between April and August last year an in-depth archaeological investigation of the area was carried out and showed the timbers to be the sub-construction of a wooden bridge originally 4 to 5m in width and approximately 25m long. The bridge consisted of 100 to 200mm thick oak trunks with carefully adjusted points, which had been rammed deeply into the ground.

The good preservation of the stakes made it possible to date the timber with the help of the analysis by dendrochronology. This suggests that the bridge was built by Niederwald in the 211BC and repaired after approximately 19 years later.

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