DOI Kapitel:
Grenzgänger, traders and the last hunter-gatherers of the North European Plain
DOI Kapitel: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
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.66745#0109
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Niedernstocken - a settlement of the Linear Pottery culture beyond the loess border in the land of hunters and gatherers
Niedernstocken. However, since the Briindeln site also
contains material from the younger LBK, including
surface finds or material from undocumented pits,
this comparison does not provide any reliable clues
for dating the Niedernstocken ware.
In comparing the Niedernstocken pottery with
the material from Esbeck (district of Helmstedt), the
best analogies are found in ceramic phase 2 (Richter/
Schwarz-Mackensen 2015, 132-133). A characteris-
tic feature, among others, is band type Bf 46. However,
according to Schwarz-Mackensen 2015, band type
Bf 10, which is relatively common in Niedernstocken,
is said to occur as late as pottery phase 4. Moos (1996,
111), however, lists band type Bf 10, which he sub-
sumes into his band type *52, together with *35, as
characteristic of his phase 3, which he parallels with
the younger Flomborn phase.
Band type Bf 46 or 68 (a), which dominates in Nie-
dernstocken, is also frequently represented in Thuringia.
According to Einicke (2014, 234 fig. 103), this band
filling has its maximum occurrence in the early middle
LBK there (stage III a). Occasionally, however, band
type Bf 68 also occurs in the Thuringian phase II. A
complete synchronisation of the chronology applicable
to eastern Thuringia with that for the regions west of the
Harz mountains has not yet been conclusively achieved.
All in all, the majority of the Niedernstocken pot-
tery material can be assigned to the younger Flomborn
phase (phase II according to Meier-Arendt 1966, i.e.
style phase 3 according to Moos 1996). A transition
into phase III according to Meier-Arendt, i. e. into
the middle LBK according to Hessian terminology, is
possible due to some long-lived band types like 68 and
79 according to Moos (1996, fig. 38). The Flomborn
phase in the Rhineland stage is dated to the period
between 5,300 to 5,150/5,125 calBC (Luning 2005);
Saile (2009, 43) postulates such a chronological ap-
proach for the area between Weser and Harz as well.
Four AMS dates were measured on charcoal sam-
ples from site 21 (Table 1). The sample from feature 39
(Poz-78700) is clearly older than expected, while the
date from feature 33 (Poz-82655) is younger than would
have been expected from the typological analyses. The
other two samples are within the expected dating range.
Fig. 8 Niedernstocken FStNr. 21 and 24: Geomagnetic surveys 2015 and 2018 and location of excavation sections 2015 and 2019 according to
Gerken/Nelson 2016 and Ludwig / Philippi 2019 (graphics: A. Kotula).
Niedernstocken - a settlement of the Linear Pottery culture beyond the loess border in the land of hunters and gatherers
Niedernstocken. However, since the Briindeln site also
contains material from the younger LBK, including
surface finds or material from undocumented pits,
this comparison does not provide any reliable clues
for dating the Niedernstocken ware.
In comparing the Niedernstocken pottery with
the material from Esbeck (district of Helmstedt), the
best analogies are found in ceramic phase 2 (Richter/
Schwarz-Mackensen 2015, 132-133). A characteris-
tic feature, among others, is band type Bf 46. However,
according to Schwarz-Mackensen 2015, band type
Bf 10, which is relatively common in Niedernstocken,
is said to occur as late as pottery phase 4. Moos (1996,
111), however, lists band type Bf 10, which he sub-
sumes into his band type *52, together with *35, as
characteristic of his phase 3, which he parallels with
the younger Flomborn phase.
Band type Bf 46 or 68 (a), which dominates in Nie-
dernstocken, is also frequently represented in Thuringia.
According to Einicke (2014, 234 fig. 103), this band
filling has its maximum occurrence in the early middle
LBK there (stage III a). Occasionally, however, band
type Bf 68 also occurs in the Thuringian phase II. A
complete synchronisation of the chronology applicable
to eastern Thuringia with that for the regions west of the
Harz mountains has not yet been conclusively achieved.
All in all, the majority of the Niedernstocken pot-
tery material can be assigned to the younger Flomborn
phase (phase II according to Meier-Arendt 1966, i.e.
style phase 3 according to Moos 1996). A transition
into phase III according to Meier-Arendt, i. e. into
the middle LBK according to Hessian terminology, is
possible due to some long-lived band types like 68 and
79 according to Moos (1996, fig. 38). The Flomborn
phase in the Rhineland stage is dated to the period
between 5,300 to 5,150/5,125 calBC (Luning 2005);
Saile (2009, 43) postulates such a chronological ap-
proach for the area between Weser and Harz as well.
Four AMS dates were measured on charcoal sam-
ples from site 21 (Table 1). The sample from feature 39
(Poz-78700) is clearly older than expected, while the
date from feature 33 (Poz-82655) is younger than would
have been expected from the typological analyses. The
other two samples are within the expected dating range.
Fig. 8 Niedernstocken FStNr. 21 and 24: Geomagnetic surveys 2015 and 2018 and location of excavation sections 2015 and 2019 according to
Gerken/Nelson 2016 and Ludwig / Philippi 2019 (graphics: A. Kotula).