The late mesolithic burial of Rathsdorf and her importance for the impact from the Ertebølle-Culture in Brandenburg

在整个欧洲，中石器时代的墓葬非常罕见。该项目致力于研究拉斯多夫（Märkisch-Oderland/Brandenburg）的中石器时代墓葬，它与erteb ølle文化的墓葬有相当大的相似之处。尤其是Skateholm I（瑞典/更古老的Ertebølle-Culture）的墓葬，揭示了一些与Rathsdorf墓葬惊人的相似之处。第一个放射性碳年代，公元前5207年至5364年，支持这一假设。一般来说，这个视界与从狩猎和采集到粮食生产经济（线性陶器文化）的过渡有关。但对于勃兰登堡地区来说，这表明当时除了早期定居的农业社区外，该地区仍在实践中石器时代的生活方式。然而，对勃兰登堡中石器时代晚期和新石器时代早期过渡的研究迄今为止明显是零星的。对拉斯多夫墓葬的进一步调查将允许使用3d - ct扫描和3d打印等现代方法以及稳定同位素和dna分析以及古寄生虫学等自然科学方法来分析最近出土的墓葬。该项目的目标是为公元前6世纪末至公元前5千年期间古代人类社会的传播机制和跨文化交流问题找到新的答案。此外，它将为未来德国东北部新石器时代和文化适应过程的研究提供重要的基础。除了对地区历史的兴趣之外，它还将为欧洲中石器时代的国际研究做出贡献。

Throughout Europe, Mesolithic burials are very rare. This project is dedicated to the Mesolithic burial of Rathsdorf (Märkisch-Oderland/Brandenburg), which shows considerable similarities with burials of the Ertebølle-Culture. Especially the burials of Skateholm I (Sweden/older Ertebølle-Culture) reveal some striking parallels to the Rathsdorf burial. A first radiocarbon date, 5207 to 5364 cal. BC, supports this assumption. Generally this horizon is associated with the transition from hunting and gathering to food-producing economies (Linear Pottery Culture). But for the area of Brandenburg it is suggested that Mesolithic lifeways were still practiced in the region beside early sedentary farming communities, at that time. Research into the transition of late Mesolithic and early Neolithic in Brandenburg, however, has so far been markedly sporadic. Further investigations of the Rathsdorf burial will allow to analyze a recently excavated burial with modern methods such as 3D-CT-Scan and 3D-print and natural scientific approaches as stable isotope and aDNA-analysis as well as palaeoparasitology. The objective of the proposed project is to find new answers to the question of spreading mechanisms and intercultural exchange of ancient human societies at the end of the 6th and during the 5th millenium BC. Furthermore it will provide an important foundation for the future research of the neolithisation and acculturation process in north-eastern Germany. Beyond its interest for the regional history it will contribute also to international research on the European Mesolithic.