Cutting a long story short? The process of neolithization in the Dutch delta re-examined

Raemaekers, D.C.M.

doi:10.1017/s0003598x00061688

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“…In the planes, Gleyic Podzols developed, while in the valleys, Histic Podzols and Histosols formed. Humans occupied the Dutch landscape in the Mesolithic and Neolithic archaeological periods and eventually introduced the transition of hunter gathering societies to sedentary agricultural practices (Raemaekers, 2003;Rindos, 1984).…”

Section: Soils and Soil Degradationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mass migration through soil exhaustion: Transformation of habitation patterns in the southern Netherlands (1000 BC–500AD)

Kluiving¹,

Bekkema²,

Roymans³

2015

CATENA

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Section: Soils and Soil Degradationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mass migration through soil exhaustion: Transformation of habitation patterns in the southern Netherlands (1000 BC–500AD)

Kluiving¹,

Bekkema²,

Roymans³

2015

CATENA

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“…Animal remains are central to the study of Mesolithic-Neolithic transitions. This is also the case for the Netherlands and for north-western Europe in general (Raemaekers 2003; Rowley-Conwy 2014). Although there is clear consensus that ceramics arrived in the Netherlands before plant and animal husbandry, the mechanisms, sequence and timing of the adoption of plant and animal husbandry are still under investigation (Cappers & Raemaekers 2008; Rowley-Conwy 2011; Rowley-Conwy 2014).…”

Section: The Mesolithic-neolithic Transitionmentioning

confidence: 80%

Animals and People in the Netherlands’ Past: >50 Years of Archaeozoology in the Netherlands

Çakırlar¹,

Hurk²,

Jagt³

et al. 2019

Open Quaternary

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More than fifty years ago, Anneke T. Clason published the first English-language archaeozoological study on Dutch faunal assemblages. Inspired by the anniversary of this landmark publication, this paper presents a status overview of Dutch archaeozoology organized in twelve themes (e.g. rituals, Mesolithic-Neolithic transition, medieval period). The paper also discusses the common methods applied in Dutch archaeozoology, and includes extensive supplementary material that summarizes data from gray literature in Dutch. Our aim is to provide a guide to archaeozoological questions pertaining to the Netherlands and open a window for researchers working outside the Netherlands to the highly active world of Dutch archaeozoology.

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“…5000 cal BC, but domesticated animals, particularly domesticated cattle, and cereals do not appear in the sequence until ca. 4700 and 4300 cal BC, respectively (Raemaekers 1999(Raemaekers , 2003Louwe Kooijmans 2003). These groups are commonly termed the 'Swifterbant culture' due to their distinctive material culture, with sites often located in wetlands, between the Scheldt valley (Belgium) and Lake Dümmer (Lower Saxony, Germany) (Raemaekers 1999;Amkreutz 2013).…”

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First lipid residue analysis of Early Neolithic pottery from Swifterbant (the Netherlands, ca. 4300–4000 BC)

Demirci

Lucquin

Craig

et al. 2020

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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This paper focuses on the functional analysis of Swifterbant pottery from Northwestern Europe (ca. 4300-4000 BC) through lipid residue analysis. The main aim is to understand the role of pottery in terms of its relation to hunter-fisher-gatherer lifestyle, and the change in available food resources brought about by the arrival of domesticated animal and plant products. We conducted lipid residue analysis of 62 samples from three Swifterbant sites S2, S3 and S4. A combined approach using both GC-MS and GC-C-IRMS of residues absorbed into the ceramic was employed to identify their context. Our results demonstrate that Swifterbant ceramics were used exclusively for processing aquatic resources. We also found no evidence of inter-site variation in the use of pottery or variation based on both typological and technological features of the pottery. We found no evidence for any domesticated resources despite their presence in the faunal and botanical assemblages.

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Cutting a long story short? The process of neolithization in the Dutch delta re-examined

Abstract: Traditionally, the process of neolithization in the Dutch delta has been considered to have been slow, spanning some 1500 years. Re-examination of the available evidence makes clear that a 'short transition model' fits the available data equally well.

Cited by 19 publications

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Mass migration through soil exhaustion: Transformation of habitation patterns in the southern Netherlands (1000 BC–500AD)

Mass migration through soil exhaustion: Transformation of habitation patterns in the southern Netherlands (1000 BC–500AD)

Animals and People in the Netherlands’ Past: >50 Years of Archaeozoology in the Netherlands

First lipid residue analysis of Early Neolithic pottery from Swifterbant (the Netherlands, ca. 4300–4000 BC)

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