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Rathsdorf（Märkisch-Oderland/勃兰登堡）的中石器时代墓葬，与Ertebølle文化的墓葬有相当大的相似之处。特别是斯卡特霍尔姆一世（瑞典/更古老的埃尔特博尔文化）的墓葬与拉斯多夫的墓葬有着惊人的相似之处。第一个放射性碳年代，公元前5207至5364年，支持这一假设。一般来说，这个地平线与从狩猎和采集到粮食生产经济的过渡（线性陶器文化）有关。但对于勃兰登堡地区来说，当时在早期定居的农业社区旁边的地区仍然实行中石器时代的生活方式。然而，到目前为止，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明显是零星的。对Rathsdorf墓葬的进一步调查将允许使用现代方法（如3D-CT扫描和3D打印）和自然科学方法（如稳定同位素和aDNA分析以及古寄生虫学）分析最近挖掘的墓葬。该项目的目标是为公元前6世纪末和公元前5世纪期间古代人类社会的传播机制和文化间交流问题找到新的答案。此外，它将提供一个重要的基础，为未来的研究新的文化和涵化过程中，在德国东北部。除了对区域历史的兴趣之外，它还将有助于欧洲中石器时代的国际研究。

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.