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
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.66745#0110
Klaus Gerken, Andreas Kotula, Clemens Ludwig, Hildegard Nelson and Alexandra Philippi
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Sample
number
Feature
BP
calBC
Poz-78700
pit feature 39
6,940 +/- 40 BP
5,966-5,730 calBC 2a
Poz-82654
post feature 21
6,070 +/- 40 BP
5,202-4,844 calBC 2a
Poz-82655
post feature 33
6,020 +/- 40 BP
5,011-4,799 calBC 2a
Poz-82656
post feature 34
6,160 +/-40 BP
5,217-5,000 calBC 2a
Table 1 14C-data of site Niedernstocken (FStNr. 21; 24). Calibration
of data: OxCal v4.2.4 (Bronk Ramsey 2013; Reimer et al. 2013).
LBK north of the loess areas
The Niedernstocken site lies clearly north of the south-
ern Hanoverian loess area. The nearest LBK settlement
sites at Sarstedt (FStNr. 7 and 35; Heege 1989, cat. no.
139; Weller 2002) and Briindeln (FStNr. 2; Heege
1989, 85-102, cat. no. 228) are about 50 km away as
the crow flies, and are all located east of the river Leine
in the loess distribution area. In addition, Heege (1989,
cat. no. 352, plate 57,1) lists a site near Pattensen (gravel
pit, now Rethen FStNr. 6, Hanover region), which, how-
ever, only yielded a characteristic sherd with a knobbe,
the assignment of which to the LBK is not entirely
certain. However, about 40 unperforated adzes have
been documented as single finds in the area between
Niedernstocken and the Hildesheim Borde (Fig. 9 and
Table 2), which, according to Merkel (1999,223-238),
are essentially restricted to the LBK, in contrast to the
perforated ones. The interpretation of these finds as
indications of further LBK settlements, as objects left
behind on LBK exploratory expeditions, or as imple-
ments used in a Mesolithic context is controversially
discussed (cf. e.g. Steinmetz 1985,317-320; in contrast,
among others, Cziesla 2008, esp. 430-431).
Saile (2007, 45) assumes that the reason for the
lack of settlements between the LBK density centres in
Fig. 9 Distribution of LBK pottery and unperforated adzes outside the LBK’s core area; cf. Table 2 (map basis SRTM 3, graphics:
A. Niemuth).
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Sample
number
Feature
BP
calBC
Poz-78700
pit feature 39
6,940 +/- 40 BP
5,966-5,730 calBC 2a
Poz-82654
post feature 21
6,070 +/- 40 BP
5,202-4,844 calBC 2a
Poz-82655
post feature 33
6,020 +/- 40 BP
5,011-4,799 calBC 2a
Poz-82656
post feature 34
6,160 +/-40 BP
5,217-5,000 calBC 2a
Table 1 14C-data of site Niedernstocken (FStNr. 21; 24). Calibration
of data: OxCal v4.2.4 (Bronk Ramsey 2013; Reimer et al. 2013).
LBK north of the loess areas
The Niedernstocken site lies clearly north of the south-
ern Hanoverian loess area. The nearest LBK settlement
sites at Sarstedt (FStNr. 7 and 35; Heege 1989, cat. no.
139; Weller 2002) and Briindeln (FStNr. 2; Heege
1989, 85-102, cat. no. 228) are about 50 km away as
the crow flies, and are all located east of the river Leine
in the loess distribution area. In addition, Heege (1989,
cat. no. 352, plate 57,1) lists a site near Pattensen (gravel
pit, now Rethen FStNr. 6, Hanover region), which, how-
ever, only yielded a characteristic sherd with a knobbe,
the assignment of which to the LBK is not entirely
certain. However, about 40 unperforated adzes have
been documented as single finds in the area between
Niedernstocken and the Hildesheim Borde (Fig. 9 and
Table 2), which, according to Merkel (1999,223-238),
are essentially restricted to the LBK, in contrast to the
perforated ones. The interpretation of these finds as
indications of further LBK settlements, as objects left
behind on LBK exploratory expeditions, or as imple-
ments used in a Mesolithic context is controversially
discussed (cf. e.g. Steinmetz 1985,317-320; in contrast,
among others, Cziesla 2008, esp. 430-431).
Saile (2007, 45) assumes that the reason for the
lack of settlements between the LBK density centres in
Fig. 9 Distribution of LBK pottery and unperforated adzes outside the LBK’s core area; cf. Table 2 (map basis SRTM 3, graphics:
A. Niemuth).