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"Great is the power of memory that dwells in places." (from Cicero)

Fragments of the base and handle of a large ceramic bowl, 400 - 200 B.C.

Fragments of a large ceramic bowl

Crockery from a pre-Roman house

A large, shallow, pan-like bowl with two side handles was unearthed during excavation of a floor in a Rhaetian dwelling south of Col de Flam historical farm side. The excavation work was carried out druing the extension of the from from St. Ulrich to St. Jakob and provided the first certain proof of an Iron Age settlement at Col de Flam.

Main category:
Archaeology
Subcategory:
Household utensils
Epoch:Iron Age
Area(s):Ortisei
GPS coordinates:@11.67708,46.57575
Ceramics | Excavation site Col de Flam | Settlement

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Bronze and iron clasps

Image gallery

Hundred-year of Bera Sepl da Stufan (Josef Rifesser) with the archaeologist Reimo Lunz at the new wall on the road beneath Col de Flam farm; behind it the first Rhaetian house was excavated. 1977
In the foreground large stone blocks of Rhaetian house wall remnants from the mid Iron Age, behind it smaller stones from the plastered house entrance, excavated 1977 beneath Col de Flam farm.