Archaeology students are using drones to hunt for traces of a medieval city in the Prignitz, the Brandenburg state heritage office and archaeological museum announced. The aircraft can make even slight differences in terrain visible, pointing to previously unknown building remains.
Twenty excavation technology and field archaeology students from HTW Berlin opened two investigation areas at the former city of Freyenstein near Wittstock/Dosse. At the first, a plot of more than 50 square metres by the former castle, they examined the remains of a 13th-century stone cellar.
The second area gave the students their first look below the surface there, uncovering cobblestone paving and fired clay that the heritage office says could point to the base of a former cooking site.
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HTW Berlin
University of applied sciences
Berlin university of applied sciences whose excavation technology and field archaeology students used drones to survey the medieval site of Freyenstein.
Freyenstein
Medieval site in Prignitz
Former medieval city near Wittstock/Dosse in the Prignitz, where students opened two archaeological excavation areas.
