century. These first, small excavations were reported by KarlAugustvonCohausen [de] in August 1852. Paul Clemen undertook further excavations in 1888/9
artefacts; incidental finds must be reported to the authorities. KarlAugustvonCohausen: Landwehren und alte Schanzen des Regierungsbezirks Wiesbaden in
during which Mommsen was accused of plagiarizing the ideas of KarlAugustvonCohausen and personally attacked. Rudolf Virchow defended Mommsen and eventually