Mesolithic in Northwestern Germany: Investigations on landscape use and cultural interrelations

德国西北部的中石器时代：景观利用和文化相互关系的调查

• 批准号: 422135171
• 负责人: Dr. Svea Mahlstedt
• 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
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/422135171?language=en
• 关键词: Mesolithic; Northwestern; Germany; Investigations; landscape

The planned project is designed to investigate two newly recovered and very well preserved Mesolithic sites in Northwestern Germany.The Mesolithic is situated chronologically between the end of the glacial period and the introduction of farming at the beginning of the Neolithic. In the northern part of central Europe the current state of research on the Mesolithic is very unbalanced. The aim of the planned project is to improve the state of current research in Northwestern Germany significantly.Between 2019 and 2022 about 23 sites were tested for good preservation conditions of Mesolithic find layers during the DFG project “Mesolithic in Northwestern Germany. A survey for water-logged sites”. Out of ten sites, which showed a generally good potential, two revealed very well preserved waterlogged Mesolithic sediments: The site of Neuenwalde 135 is situated in the district of Cuxhaven between the rivers Weser and Elbe. The site has provided evidence of intense and enduring Mesolithic activities with a clear spatial and temporal distribution in the context of an excellent preservation of organic material. The activity phases date to the early Mesolithic between 7400 to 8500 cal BC as well as to the second half of the Mesolithic between 6000 and 4500 cal BC.The site of Osteel 2 in the western East Frisian district of Aurich has revealed several birch bark mats, which date to the 5th mill. cal BC. They were used as flooring on the edge of the wetter parts of the lowlands. Similar situations and finds are known from several Mesolithic sites in Northern Germany and Denmark. The planned project aims to investigate the Mesolithic landscape and its inhabitants in the areas of Neuenwalde and Osteel in terms of land use, material culture and chronological development. The comparative and complementary study of both regions will lead for the first time to a differentiated insight into the Mesolithic between the rivers Ems and Elbe.Therefore, further excavations of representative parts of the two areas are planned. The find material and landscape-archaeological results will provide together with a robust chronology based on radiocarbon dates the key for a structuring of the Mesolithic in that area.For a better understanding of activities, developments and decision processes during the Mesolithic occupation in Neuenwalde and Osteel ethnological analogies are taken into account.The improvement of survey strategies for the recognition of Stone Age sites in Northwestern Germany is an additional methodological aim of the project.

计划中的项目旨在调查德国西北部两个新发现的、保存完好的中石器时代遗址。中石器时代按时间顺序位于冰川期结束和新石器时代开始时引入农业之间。在中欧的北方地区，目前对中石器时代的研究是很不平衡的。该计划的目的是显着改善德国西北部目前的研究状况。在2019年至2022年期间，在DFG项目“德国西北部中石器时代”期间，对约23个地点进行了中石器时代发现层良好保存条件的测试。积水地区调查”。在10个遗址中，有两个遗址显示出良好的潜力，其中两个遗址保存完好：Neuenwalde 135遗址位于威悉河和易北河之间的Cuxhaven区。该遗址提供了强烈和持久的中石器时代活动的证据，在有机材料的良好保存的背景下，具有明确的空间和时间分布。活动阶段可追溯到公元前7400至8500大卡之间的中石器时代早期，以及公元前6000至4500大卡之间的中石器时代后半期。位于奥里奇西部东弗里斯兰区的Osteel 2遗址揭示了几个桦树皮垫，可追溯到第5个磨坊。卡尔BC。它们被用作低地潮湿部分边缘的地板。在北方德国和丹麦的几个中石器时代遗址中也发现了类似的情况和发现。计划中的项目旨在调查Neuenwalde和Osteel地区的中石器时代景观及其居民的土地使用，物质文化和时间发展。对这两个地区的比较和互补研究将首次导致对埃姆斯河和易北河之间的中石器时代的不同见解。因此，计划对这两个地区的代表性部分进行进一步挖掘。发现的材料和考古学的结果将提供一个强大的年表的基础上放射性碳年代的关键结构中石器时代在该地区。为了更好地了解活动，发展和决策过程中的中石器时代占领在Neuenwalde和Osteel民族学类比考虑。改进调查策略识别石器时代遗址在德国西北部是该项目的另一个方法目标。