Nordic Visits to Hohen Viecheln, Mecklenburg

Abstract

This volume of the series 'Untersuchungen und Materialien zur Steinzeit in Schleswig-Holstein und im Ostseeraum' represents the proceedings of a workshop held at the Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology (ZBSA) in Schleswig in March 2016. It is a part of the editors' project 'Neubewertung von Chronologie und Stratigraphie des frühholozänen Fundplatzes Hohen Viecheln (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der diagnostischen Knochenartefakte' , funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) under the project number 271652103. While the project was dealing with the re-evaluation of the site Hohen Viecheln 1 for chronological and stratigraphical aspects, this volume does not only cover its final publication but comprises additional modern studies about the site by different scholars. These are furthermore embedded into the international research landscape by adjacent studies covering an area from modern day Britain in the west to the Urals in the east. All contributions are representing the authors' point of view and respective terminologies. Therefore differences in the vocabulary may appear to the careful reader. While a homogenisation of terms and data recording is relevant for comparative studies, it was beyond the scope and means of this project. As a consequence, terminologies may differ between the contributions, as exemplified by the terms 'uniserial' and 'uni-lateral' bone points: both are characterised by barbs or notches on one lateral side. At the British site Star Carr those have ever since been named uni-serial, whereas unilateral is a more common term in other parts of Europe. We, as editors, would like to thank all contributors for being part of this volume and their interesting and high-quality articles; also we are grateful for the voluntary support of all anonymous peerreviewers and their help in improving the articles. Furthermore, we thank the German Research Foundation (DFG) for funding our research and the workshop as well as the Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology represented by its director, Claus von Carnap-Bornheim, and the head-of-research, Berit Valentin Eriksen, for support of the project and its presentation in the current form. A tremendous help in the course of making this book was Gundula Lidke who was responsible for text editing, proofreading, and correspondence with the authors and publishers. Thank you very much! Further editorial support was provided by Jana Elisa Freigang, Jorna Titel, Matthias Bolte, Isabel Sonnenschein and Jürgen Schüller. The latter is also responsible for the cover drawing. Much help and support was provided by Peter Teichert-Köster with respect to handling the finds and accessing them in the depot of the Landesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; Landesarchäologie in Schwerin. Close collaboration with Mathieu Boudin of the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Brussels, improved our radiocarbon measurements and the analysis of the consolidant. We thank all people, mentioned and unmentioned here, ...