DOI Kapitel:
Grenzgänger, traders and the last hunter-gatherers of the North European Plain
DOI Kapitel:Cziesla, Erwin: Some remarks on the origin of Mesolithic pottery in northwestern Europe
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.66745#0018
Erwin Cziesla
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Fig. 8 Distribution of the arrowheads with dorsoventral retouched base in the Early and Middle Mesolithic (c. 9,000-6,500 calBC;
data after Cziesla 2015b, figs.14; 22; 46). The sites show the distribution of the ‘Se-Sa-Rhe-Traditions-Region’.
er distributed in the centre and in the east, while the
arrowheads of the ‘Rhein-Maas-Schelde’ culture tend
to appear more to the northwest to the English Chan-
nel. The exchange within the ‘Se-Sa-Rhe-Traditions-
Region’ was apparently intense. It is important to note,
that in the west, during the Late Mesolithic, other
arrowhead types with dorsoventral base reduction
appeared that eventually even reached the Atlantic
coast. These include ‘Pointes de Sonchamps’, ‘Pointes
de Falaise’, and, finally, ‘Armatures a eperon’ of the
‘Retzien-Culture’ (Thevenin 1991, fig. 44; Cziesla
2015b, fig. 203; Schauer in press; see Fig. 10). Such
Late Mesolithic arrowheads have been dated to 5,600
to 5,200 calBC (Marchand 2014; Seara / Lajoux
2019, fig. 6). As the tradition of base formation of
arrowheads in the ‘Se-Sa-Rhe-Traditions-Region’ has
its origins around 9,000 calBC (or several centuries
earlier) in central Europe, it is beyond doubt that this
arrowhead tradition extends in a western direction to
the Atlantic (Cziesla 2015b, fig. 245). This direction
of distribution is important for the evaluation of the
ceramic types of Limbourg and La Hoguette.
New finds of the ceramic type
La Hoguette
I have discerned in an extensive study that the dor-
soventral retouched bases of arrowheads arose in
central Europe and spread to the Atlantic during the
Late Mesolithic and, subsequently, continued along
the coast to the south (Cziesla 2015b, 162 fig. 109;
Fig. 11). The dorsoventral base retouched arrowheads
can be linked with the ceramic types Limbourg and
La Hoguette (Figs. 5-7) and have an identical dis-
tribution area (compare Figs. 2; 10). Now a newly
discovered find verifies this theory. In 1999, 2007
and 2009 (published in 2015: Rousseau et al. 2015)
the remains of a vessel were found in Guibrelow I,
near Machecoul, only a few kilometers distant from
the Loire estuary (Fig. 2). The similarity of this pot
- ovoid, roughly 56 cm high, with a body circumfer-
ence of 45 cm - with a vessel from Alzey-Dautenheim
is so striking that researchers think it possible that,
even with a geographical distance of c. 800 km, the
same potter could have been responsible (Rousseau
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Fig. 8 Distribution of the arrowheads with dorsoventral retouched base in the Early and Middle Mesolithic (c. 9,000-6,500 calBC;
data after Cziesla 2015b, figs.14; 22; 46). The sites show the distribution of the ‘Se-Sa-Rhe-Traditions-Region’.
er distributed in the centre and in the east, while the
arrowheads of the ‘Rhein-Maas-Schelde’ culture tend
to appear more to the northwest to the English Chan-
nel. The exchange within the ‘Se-Sa-Rhe-Traditions-
Region’ was apparently intense. It is important to note,
that in the west, during the Late Mesolithic, other
arrowhead types with dorsoventral base reduction
appeared that eventually even reached the Atlantic
coast. These include ‘Pointes de Sonchamps’, ‘Pointes
de Falaise’, and, finally, ‘Armatures a eperon’ of the
‘Retzien-Culture’ (Thevenin 1991, fig. 44; Cziesla
2015b, fig. 203; Schauer in press; see Fig. 10). Such
Late Mesolithic arrowheads have been dated to 5,600
to 5,200 calBC (Marchand 2014; Seara / Lajoux
2019, fig. 6). As the tradition of base formation of
arrowheads in the ‘Se-Sa-Rhe-Traditions-Region’ has
its origins around 9,000 calBC (or several centuries
earlier) in central Europe, it is beyond doubt that this
arrowhead tradition extends in a western direction to
the Atlantic (Cziesla 2015b, fig. 245). This direction
of distribution is important for the evaluation of the
ceramic types of Limbourg and La Hoguette.
New finds of the ceramic type
La Hoguette
I have discerned in an extensive study that the dor-
soventral retouched bases of arrowheads arose in
central Europe and spread to the Atlantic during the
Late Mesolithic and, subsequently, continued along
the coast to the south (Cziesla 2015b, 162 fig. 109;
Fig. 11). The dorsoventral base retouched arrowheads
can be linked with the ceramic types Limbourg and
La Hoguette (Figs. 5-7) and have an identical dis-
tribution area (compare Figs. 2; 10). Now a newly
discovered find verifies this theory. In 1999, 2007
and 2009 (published in 2015: Rousseau et al. 2015)
the remains of a vessel were found in Guibrelow I,
near Machecoul, only a few kilometers distant from
the Loire estuary (Fig. 2). The similarity of this pot
- ovoid, roughly 56 cm high, with a body circumfer-
ence of 45 cm - with a vessel from Alzey-Dautenheim
is so striking that researchers think it possible that,
even with a geographical distance of c. 800 km, the
same potter could have been responsible (Rousseau