Das Narrativ von Bernstorf: Wissenschaftliches und Postfaktisches zu den Gold- und Bernsteinfunden

Abstract

The unusual finds of gold plates and decorated ambers, one of them an amber seal with Linear B script, from the huge Bronze Age fortification on the Bernstorfer mountain in Upper Bavaria (Germany) have, since 1998 and in particular since 2014, led to the accusation that the objects may have been falsified or deferred. The presentation of scientific data, 14C datings, gold analysis and inorganic data from different materials resulted in unusual forms of professional debate. Insinuations, distortions, disagreements and misrepresentations have led to narratives and counter narratives that have largely left the level of factual discussion and created alternative facts. It is the goal of the authors to resolve them.