Series: Groningen Archaeological Studies 14 |
ISBN-13: 9789077922842 |
Publication year: 2011 |
Publication type: Book |
Pages: V, 53 |
Cover: Softcover |
Format: 210 x 297 x 3 mm; 281 g; full colour ill. |
Price excl. VAT: €18.40 |
Price incl. VAT: €20.06 |
This monograph explores the biography of an enigmatic type of material culture: the perforated wedges from the Early Neolithic (c. 5000-4000 cal. BC) in northwestern Europe. These themes are explored in a multi-facetted approach which compares the finds from three regions: the so-called source societies in Germany where the wedges were produced and two areas in which these items are found as a result of exchange. It concerns southern Scandinavia (the Ertebølle culture) and the Netherlands (the Swifterbant culture). Daan Raemaekers is professor in the archaeology of prehistoric and protohistoric northwestern Europe at the University of Groningen. His research interests are Neolithic material culture and society and the archaeological heritage managements of the Stone Age. Extra information Browse this book with Google Books. More information about the Groningen Archaeological Studies. Contents Foreword 1 1 Typology and age 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Typology 3 1.2.1 Nomenclature 3 1.2.2 Dimensions 3 1.2.3 The perforated shoe-last adze 3 1.2.4 The perforated broad wedge 4 1.2.5 Comparing the two 4 1.3 Age 4 1.3.1 Introduction 4 1.3.2 Source societies 5 1.3.3 Other societies 7 1.4 Typochronology 7
2 Function 9
3 Meaning 12 3.1 Introduction 12 3.2 Source societies 12 3.2.1 Perforated wedges in graves 12 3.2.2 Perforated wedges in settlements 14 3.2.3 Perforated wedges in hoards 15 3.2.4 Conclusions 15 3.3 Exchange to hunter-gatherers in northwestern Europe: Ertebølle and Swifterban t 16 3.3.1 Perforated wedges in the Ertebølle culture 16 3.3.2 Perforated wedges in the Swifterbant culture 17 3.3.3 Conclusions 19 3.4 Find contexts in the Swifterbant area 21 3.5 Conclusions 23
4 Conclusions 25 References 28 Appendix 1. List of Dutch perforated wedges 31
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