{"id":834,"date":"2024-05-31T18:59:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T16:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/museum\/gallery\/the-mystery-of-the-pile-dwellers\/open-questions\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T11:54:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T09:54:15","slug":"open-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/museum\/gallery\/the-mystery-of-the-pile-dwellers\/open-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Open questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='vitrine'  class='avia-section av-lwhwhwpi-c5832ec490154b2dc6e1678d059436a7 alternate_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-834'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-bldmf-d22a094192a68a21ebc23d11319a597d\">\n#top .flex_column.av-bldmf-d22a094192a68a21ebc23d11319a597d{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-bldmf-d22a094192a68a21ebc23d11319a597d{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-bldmf-d22a094192a68a21ebc23d11319a597d av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lwhwb3tx-7e4fa31f1f3e571092a1c1781be8e765 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Showcase 16<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='a'  class='avia-section av-6boj-964839248dbaa131430c011e9e66912b main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_textblock  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-834'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-xke3-96c4b674a30a3471a9bbcaf7b1f7955b av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lw9ee3ch-0de446d815d111a0b86dd535b49a243c\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-0de446d815d111a0b86dd535b49a243c{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-0de446d815d111a0b86dd535b49a243c .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-0de446d815d111a0b86dd535b49a243c .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lw9ee3ch-0de446d815d111a0b86dd535b49a243c av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Open questions &#8211; What else is there to know?<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lw6p7skz-da037d8ac2f5c243e2f9b90a776444f2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In the course of 170 years of research, many questions about construction methods, everyday objects, nutritional basics and the cultural spread of the pile dwellers have been answered. Economic systems, environment and climate are now also understandable. However, some questions such as those about the pile dewellers origins, their appearance, social forms, religion and language as well as burial rites still pose a mystery. New forensic, chemical and geophysical methods such as earth resistance measurements, environmental DNA and lidar scanning can provide answers.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>What was there to eat?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><b>Where did the pile dwellers spend their childhood?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><b>How old did they grow?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><b>Where else did the pile dwellers leave their marks?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lwuv02rl-f1eece9ef17b73c6ac4adb93429df461 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>1<\/h6>\n<p><b>Human milk teeth | 3800 BC BC | Wangen-Hinterhorn | LAD <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Where did the pile dwellers spend their childhood? Were they on the move? Where did they come from?<\/p>\n<p>Bone finds from the oldest pile dwellings at Lake Constance as well as isotopes (distinct nuclear nuclides of the same chemical element) and proteins in teeth can answer these questions. Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<h6>2<\/h6>\n<p><b>Lumps of birch tar with teeth marks | 3900 B.C. BC | Horn-Hornstaad H\u00f6rnle | APM<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b> <\/b>Chewing gum from the Stone Age<\/p>\n<p>What colour did the pile dweller&#8217;s hair, skin and eyes have? What did they eat? DNA traces and saliva residues in a lump of birch tar provide clues. Further investigations are pending.<\/p>\n<h6>3<\/h6>\n<p><b>Human skull | ca. 852 BC | Bad Buchau-Wasserburg | APM<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Age at the time of death: approx. 50 years | Gender: female | Height: approx. 162 cm | Body weight: approx. 50 kg |Height: approx. 162 cm | Body weight: approx. 50 kg | Diseases: Slight tilting of the head head<\/p>\n<p>What did the woman look like? When did she live? How old was she? Was she healthy? How did she die?<\/p>\n<p>Forensics and anthropology provide answers.<\/p>\n<h6>4<\/h6>\n<p><b>Facial reconstruction of the \u201eLady of Buchau\u201c based on forensic<\/b><b>data<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b> <\/b>Model: Astrid Preuschhofft-G\u00fcttler, APM<\/p>\n<h6>5<\/h6>\n<p><b>Bottom of a pot with grain porridge residues | Pottery, grain | 1600 BC | Bodman- Schachen | APM<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The chemical analysis of food residues enables the detection of cereal porridge, fish soup, blue cheese, muesli, beer and much more \u2026<\/p>\n<h6>6<\/h6>\n<p><b>Wheel-shaped pendant| Bronze | ca. 1300-900 BC | Immenstaad-Kippenhorn | M\u00dcB<\/b><\/p>\n<p>How was this bronze wheel made? Where did the metal come from?<\/p>\n<p>Where was this bronze wheel made? Was it traded or bartered?<\/p>\n<p>How was it attached? Does it represent a certain culture?<\/p>\n<p>What is its symbolic meaning?<\/p>\n<p>Was it worn by women, men or children?<\/p>\n<p>Metal analysis, experimental archaeology, comparative archaeology, grave analysis and symbolic research can provide answers.<\/p>\n<h6>7<\/h6>\n<p><b>Lidar scanning <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Where else did the pile dwellers leave their mark &#8211; maybe on land? 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