Prehistoric settlements and development of the regional economic area

考古分项目的目的是了解古代人类社会在多大程度上对气候变化、地质因素造成的沿海衰落以及因其经济制度、社会结构或通信网络的变化而引起的自然环境的其他变化作出反应。研究区域包括西部的梅克伦堡海湾的维斯马尔湾和东部的吕根岛沿海水域。公元前6000年至公元前2000年之间的时期特别有趣，因为在此期间海平面迅速上升，导致了巨大的环境变化，显然肯定影响了人类文化的行为。最近在这两个研究领域都发现了几个保存完好的沿海居民点，需要进行调查和评估，以便为研究单位的其他次级项目提供必要的替代数据。此外，有必要对边界地区的中石器时代晚期和新石器时代早期遗址进行本地化和调查，以澄清是否有可能推广预期结果。计划在项目第二阶段对这些地点进行详细检查。此外，与海岸有关的个别聚落遗址可以追溯到勃朗和铁器时代，也可以追溯到中世纪早期和鼎盛时期，时间跨度从公元前2000年到公元2000年。值得一提的是，位于我们关注重点地区的两个重要地点--维斯马尔比特和吕根岛：中世纪早期的沿海贸易中心格罗斯·斯特伦肯多夫和拉尔斯威克。两者都提供了关于海平面变化和受影响居民通过密集勘探作出反应的全面信息。他们将被加入调查。

The aim of the archaeological sub-project is to receive answers about the extent to which the ancient human societies have reacted on coastal decline caused by climate changes, geological factors and to other changes of their natural environment by changes of their economic system, their social structures or their communication nets. The areas of research are the Wismar Bight as part of the Mecklenburgian Bight in the west and the coastal waters of the Isle of Rügen in the east. The period between 6000 and 2000 BC is of particular interest, since the rapid rise of the sea level during that period, that has caused great environmental changes, obviously must have affected the behaviour of human cultures. Several well preserved coastal settlement sites have recently been discovered in both areas of research, that need investigation and evaluation to produce the necessary proxy-data for other sub-projects of the research unit. Moreover, the localization and survey on late mesolithic and early neolithic sites in the bordering areas is necessary to clarify if it is possible to generalize the expected results. A detailed examination of those sites is planned for the phase 2 of the project. In addition individual coast-related settlement sites are known from the bronce and iron age as well as sites from the early and high Middle Ages, which cover the time span from 2000 BC to 2000 AD. Two important sites situated in the areas of our focus of attention, the Wismar Bight and Island of Rügen, have to be mentioned: the early-medieval coastal trade centres Gross Strömkendorf and Ralswiek. Both have produced comprehensive information about the changes of the sea level and the reactions of the affected inhabitants by intensive exploration. They shall be added to the investigation.