At the edge of the sea - the prehistoric bank enclosures of Duhnen (city of Cuxhaven)

在大海的边缘 - Duhnen（库克斯港市）的史前银行围墙

• 批准号: 398053965
• 负责人: Dr. Moritz Mennenga
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Niedersächsisches Institut für historische Küstenforschung (NIhK)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/398053965?language=en
• 关键词: edge; sea; prehistoric; bank; enclosures

The district of Cuxhaven-Duhnen at tip of the Elbe-Weser triangle is characterized by a concentration of prehistoric relics which have only recently come into focus of research following the analysis of LIDAR data. At the center of interest are two enclosures, which are surrounded by several grave mounds. One of these enclosures with a diameter of approx. 45 m has previously been archaeologically surveyed and dates to the Bronze Age. The LIDAR data indicate that this enclosure cuts a second, curved enclosure that was partly destroyed by coastal erosion. Therefore an older date, at least Bronze Age or even Neolithic can be assumed. Given a symmetrical course, the curved wall encompassed an area of more than 10 ha. It has directly been positioned at the land-sea-transition and enabled the observation of sunrise and sunset at the sea horizon all year round. Geomagnetic prospections showed numerous small-scale anomalies in the inner area of the older enclosure. A sondage excavation of one anomaly revealed a cooking pit, which has been 14C-dated to the end of the Bronze Age or the beginning of the early Iron Age. The test excavation and the geophysical prospection suggest that additional cooking stone pits can be found in the enclosure. Concentrations of cooking pits are known from numerous places of the Northern Bronze Age and early Iron Age and are usually interpreted as indicators of cultic practices. In summary, the current knowledge suggests that the structures and findings discovered in Duhnen are the remains of a unique ritual landscape that played an important role in the (sun-) cult between the Neolithic, Bronze Age and the beginning of Iron Age times. Against this backdrop, this project aims to gain new information on the genesis, structure and dating of this unique site with the application of an interdisciplinary methodological approach of archaeological, pedological and botanical investigations. The methodological variety will provide a broad basis to validate the current interpretation of this ritual landscape and to assess the potential of the Duhnen area for future research on the reconstruction of social and cultural conditions, especially of the spiritual ideas in the North Sea coastal area between the end of the 3rd and the middle of the 1st century BC.

位于易北河-威悉河三角形顶端的Cuxhaven-Duhnen地区的特点是集中了史前遗迹，这些遗迹最近才成为LIDAR数据分析后的研究焦点。在兴趣的中心是两个围栏，这是由几个土丘包围。其中一个外壳的直径约。45米以前曾进行过考古调查，可追溯到青铜时代。激光雷达数据表明，这个外壳切割了第二个弯曲的外壳，部分被海岸侵蚀破坏。因此，一个更古老的日期，至少青铜时代，甚至新石器时代可以假设。如果是对称的路线，弧形墙的面积超过10公顷。它直接位于海陆过渡带，全年可在海平面上观测到日出和日落。地磁勘探显示，在旧外壳的内部区域有许多小规模的异常。对一个异常点的挖掘揭示了一个烹饪坑，该坑已被14 C确定为青铜时代结束或铁器时代早期开始。试掘和物探结果表明，在围隔内还可发现其他炊事石坑。在北方青铜时代和早期铁器时代的许多地方都有集中的烹饪坑，通常被解释为邪教习俗的标志。总之，目前的知识表明，在杜嫩发现的结构和发现是一个独特的仪式景观的遗迹，在新石器时代，青铜时代和铁器时代开始之间的（太阳）崇拜中发挥了重要作用。在此背景下，该项目旨在通过应用考古学、土壤学和植物学调查的跨学科方法，获得关于这一独特遗址的起源、结构和年代的新信息。方法论的多样性将提供广泛的基础，以验证当前对这一仪式景观的解释，并评估杜嫩地区未来研究重建社会和文化条件的潜力，特别是北海沿海地区的精神思想。公元前3世纪到公元前1世纪中期。