DOI chapter:
Grenzgänger, traders and the last hunter-gatherers of the North European Plain
DOI chapter:Gerken, Klaus; Kotula, Andreas; Ludwig, Clemens; Nelson, Hildegard; Philippi, Alexandra: Niedernstöcken – a settlement of the Linear Pottery culture beyond the loess border in the land of hunters and gatherers
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Klaus Gerken, Andreas Kotula, Clemens Ludwig, Hildegard Nelson and Alexandra Philippi
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Fig. 6 Niedernstocken FStNr. 21. Flint artefacts with sickle gloss and traces of use (photos: K. Gerken).
according to Strien 2010). The band of vessel unit
9 is provided with alternating three or four parallel
band-parallel incisions, followed by an undecorated
zone. Narrow linear bands occur in five cases, filled
with more or less paired triangular or roundish punc-
tures over a longer distance (vessel units 17, 20, 23,
31, 34); these pattern corresponds to band filling 10
according to Strien 2010. Finally, two sherds of a
vessel are present, with the band (?) filled with dis-
orderly small punctures (vessel unit 6). According to
Moos (1996, 132) this corresponds to band type 52,
which he considers typical for the younger Flomborn
phase. A vessel fragment from Esbeck also bears a
similar pattern (Richter / Schwarz-Mackensen 2015,
plate 25,11). There is a comparable piece from Itzum
available for vessel unit 26 (Wendland 2012, plate
11: vessel unit 141). For vessel unit 4 with line bands
starting from a knob there is an equivalent item from
Esbeck (Richter / Schwarz-Mackensen 2015, plate
13.10). The rim sherd of vessel unit 10 has an analogy
in a find from Diemarden (Moos 1996, plate 15.1). The
pottery finds also include a complete double conical
spindle whorl (Fig. 4).
The coarse ware is mostly yellowish grey and
reddish grey on the outside, but predominantly grey
on the inside and in the fracture. The old surface is
often eroded. It is exclusively tempered with inor-
ganic material. The main material used was iron and
manganese, and to a lesser extent quartz. The coarse
ware often shows handles and knobs, but rarely other
decorative elements.
The other artefacts also correspond to the usual
find assemblage of LBK settlements (Gerken / Nelson
2016, 47-58). Burnt clay was recovered from several
post pits, partly with impressions of wattle, and a small
number of burnt bones is present as well. The rock
artefacts include three adzes and one adze fragment.
Among the other artefacts, grindstone fragments of
reddish-grey red sandstone are predominant (Fig. 5).
In addition, there are fragments of a grindstone and a
grinding ball fragment. The axes are made most likely
of actinolite-hornblende slate, for which the Jizera
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Fig. 6 Niedernstocken FStNr. 21. Flint artefacts with sickle gloss and traces of use (photos: K. Gerken).
according to Strien 2010). The band of vessel unit
9 is provided with alternating three or four parallel
band-parallel incisions, followed by an undecorated
zone. Narrow linear bands occur in five cases, filled
with more or less paired triangular or roundish punc-
tures over a longer distance (vessel units 17, 20, 23,
31, 34); these pattern corresponds to band filling 10
according to Strien 2010. Finally, two sherds of a
vessel are present, with the band (?) filled with dis-
orderly small punctures (vessel unit 6). According to
Moos (1996, 132) this corresponds to band type 52,
which he considers typical for the younger Flomborn
phase. A vessel fragment from Esbeck also bears a
similar pattern (Richter / Schwarz-Mackensen 2015,
plate 25,11). There is a comparable piece from Itzum
available for vessel unit 26 (Wendland 2012, plate
11: vessel unit 141). For vessel unit 4 with line bands
starting from a knob there is an equivalent item from
Esbeck (Richter / Schwarz-Mackensen 2015, plate
13.10). The rim sherd of vessel unit 10 has an analogy
in a find from Diemarden (Moos 1996, plate 15.1). The
pottery finds also include a complete double conical
spindle whorl (Fig. 4).
The coarse ware is mostly yellowish grey and
reddish grey on the outside, but predominantly grey
on the inside and in the fracture. The old surface is
often eroded. It is exclusively tempered with inor-
ganic material. The main material used was iron and
manganese, and to a lesser extent quartz. The coarse
ware often shows handles and knobs, but rarely other
decorative elements.
The other artefacts also correspond to the usual
find assemblage of LBK settlements (Gerken / Nelson
2016, 47-58). Burnt clay was recovered from several
post pits, partly with impressions of wattle, and a small
number of burnt bones is present as well. The rock
artefacts include three adzes and one adze fragment.
Among the other artefacts, grindstone fragments of
reddish-grey red sandstone are predominant (Fig. 5).
In addition, there are fragments of a grindstone and a
grinding ball fragment. The axes are made most likely
of actinolite-hornblende slate, for which the Jizera