Making a Neolithic non-megalithic monument - Catalogue

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-94-6426-069-4
Verlag: Sidestone Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 1276 g

In 2015 at Dalfsen (the Netherlands) archaeologists made an amazing discovery. They found a burial ground dating from the TRB-period (3000-2750 BC) comprising 141 burial pits. The TRB is dated in the last phase of the Middle Neolithic period and is well known for its megalithic monuments which are widespread through large parts of northern Europe.

Until recently few non-megalithic burial grounds were known and the find of the Dalfsen burials created new opportunities to study the mortuary ritual in more detail. It sheds light on the social organisation of local TRB communities in this part of the world. The results not only provide evidence for the existence of large multi-person burial mounds during the TRB-period, but also provide intriguing evidence of continuity from this period to the period of the Corded Ware culture – a transition now often interpreted in terms of migration.

This volume is a full catalogue of the site. It contains a detailed description of the graves and finds. A volume containing the interpretation of the burial ground is available separately.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Velde, Henk M. van der

van der Velde, H.M.

Bouma, Niels

Bouma, N.

Raemaekers, Daan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte Europäische Regional- & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

This volume contains the catalogue of the site. It contains a detailed description of the graves and finds, with over 250 colour images.

A volume containing the interpretation of the burial ground is available separately.

Über Autor(innen)

H.M. van der Velde:

Henk van der Velde is head of Archaeology of ADC ArcheoProjecten, adutch archaeological firm. He is also director of the ADC-Stichting RoelBrandt and affiliated to several universities in the Netherlands and Belgium. He obtained his