Lietuvos istorijos institutas logo


  • List of journals
  • Browse subjects
  • About Publisher
  • Sitemap
  • Authors
Login Register

  1. Home
  2. Journals
  3. LA
  4. Issues
  5. Volume 46 (2020): Lietuvos archeologija
  6. The Mesolithic cemetery of Groß Fredenwa ...

Lietuvos archeologija

Information LT
  • Article info
  • Cited by
  • More
    Article info Cited by

The Mesolithic cemetery of Groß Fredenwalde (north-eastern Germany) and its cultural affiliations
Crossmark link logo suggesting to check for updates
Volume 46 (2020): Lietuvos archeologija, pp. 65–84
Andreas Kotula   Henny Piezonka   Thomas Terberger  

Authors

 
Placeholder
https://doi.org/10.33918/25386514-046002
Type: Article      Open accessOpen Access

Received
25 September 2020
Accepted
20 October 2020
Pub. online
18 December 2020
Pub. print
18 December 2020

Abstract

The site of Groß Fredenwalde was discovered in 1962 and has been known as a Mesolithic multiple burial since 14C-dates verified an early Atlantic age in the early 1990s. New research since 2012 reconstructed the situation of the poorly documented rescue excavation in 1962 and identified six individuals from at least two separate burials. The new excavations uncovered more burials and Groß Fredenwalde stands out as the largest Mesolithic cemetery in North Central Europe and the oldest cemetery in Germany. In this paper the known burial evidence from this site is presented and the location of the cemetery, mortuary practices, and grave goods are discussed in a broader European context. Northern and Eastern connections appear especially tangible in Groß Fredenwalde and it is suggested that the community associated with the Groß Fredenwalde Mesolithic cemetery was integrated into wider cultural networks connected to the North and East.

Cited by PDF XML
Cited by PDF XML

Copyright
No copyright data available.

Keywords
Mesolithic burials Mesolithic networks East-West contacts mortuary practices grave goods

Metrics
since September 2022
165

Article info
views

0

Full article
views

43

PDF
downloads

30

XML
downloads

Export citation

Copy and paste formatted citation
Placeholder

Download citation in file


Share


RSS

Lithuanian Institute of History,

Tilto g. 17, LT-01101 Vilnius, Lithuania.

Email: istorija@istorija.lt

Powered by PubliMill  •  Privacy policy