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Unexpected dimensions of a Swifterbant settlement at Medel-De Roeskamp (the Netherlands)
Medel-De Roeskamp sheds new light on the neo-
lithisation of the western part of the North European
Plain, with site permanency in SW2 being arguably
the final outcome of the neolithisation process. Medel-
De Roeskamp is a clear example of a settlement fully
adapted to a sedentary Neolithic way of life in the
western parts of the North European Plain, where fish-
ing, hunting and gathering continued to play a role in
daily life well into the Bronze Age. In the Dutch river
area, the neolithisation process had thus reached a
mature stage already in the period 4,300-4,000 calBC.
Acknowledgements
We are much obliged to the Industrieschap Medel for
financing the archaeological investigations at Medel-
De Roeskamp and in particular to Use Schuuring
(Municipality of Tiel) who with great tenacity put
the archaeology of Medel on the map. We thank the
organisation board of the workshop ‘Stone Age bor-
derland experience - Neolithic and Mesolithic parallel
societies in the North European Plain’ (20 to 22 May
2019, Landesmuseum Hannover) for the opportunity
to attend and to present our paper. Many thanks to
Erik Drenth for his critical remarks on the text.
REFERENCES
Amkreutz 2013: L. W. S. W. Amkreutz, Persistent traditions.
A long-term perspective on communities in the process
of Neolithisation in the Lower Rhine Area (5500-2500
cal BC). PhD thesis, University of Leiden (Leiden 2013).
Ten Anscher 2012: T. J. ten Anscher, Leven met de Vecht.
Schokland-P14 en de Noordoostpolder in het Neolithi-
cum en de Bronstijd. PhD thesis, University of Amster-
dam (Zutphen 2012).
Ten Anscher 2015: T. J. ten Anscher, Under the radar: Swift-
erbant and the origins of the Funnel Beaker culture.
In: J. Kabacinski / S. Hartz / D. C. M. Raemaekers /
T. Terberger (eds.), The D^bki Site in Pomerania and
the Neolithisation of the Northern European Lowlands
(c. 5000-3000 calBC). Archaologie und Geschichte im
Ostseeraum 8 (Rahden/Westf. 2015) 335-357.
Arora 2000: S.-K. Arora, Juchen, Kreis Neuss. Die ersten
GroRbauten der Bischheimer Kultur bei Garzweiler
entdeckt. Archaologie im Rheinland 2000, 35-37.
Arora 2001: S.-K. Arora, Jiichen-Garzweiler, Kreis Neuss.
Ein weiterer Bischheimer Grossbau bei Garzweiler ent-
deckt. Archaologie im Rheinland 2001, 31-33.
Arora 2004: S.-K. Arora, Juchen, Rhein-Kreis Neuss. Hof-
platze der Bischheimer Kultur im Tagebau Garzweiler.
Archaologie im Rheinland 2004, 45-47.
Arora / Zerl 2003: S.-K. Arora / T. Zerl, Juchen, Rhein-
Kreis Neuss. Bischheimer Siedlungen - archaobotani-
sche Ergebnisse und ein fraglicher Perlenfund. Archao-
logie im Rheinland 2003, 48-50.
Arora / Zerl 2004: S.-K. Arora / T. Zerl, Juchen, Rhein-
Kreis Neuss. Modell eines Bischheimer Hofplatzes.
Archaologie im Rheinland 2004, 47-49.
Bernardini et al. 2012: F. Bernardini / A. de Min / D.
Lenaz / P. Sida / C. Tuniz / E. Montagnari Kokelj,
Shaft-hole axes from Caput Adriae made from amphi-
bole-rich metabasites: evidence of connections between
northeastern Italy and central Europe during fifth mil-
lennium BC. Archaeometry 54, 2012, 427-441.
Bersu 1936: G. Bersu, Rossener Wohnhauser vom Goldberg,
O. A. Neresheim, Wurttemberg, Germania 20, 1936,
229-243.
Boshoven 2012: E. H. Boshoven, Plangebied Medel 2 te Ech-
teld; gemeente Neder-Betuwe; archeologisch vooronder-
zoek: een inventariserend veldonderzoek (verkennend
en karterend booronderzoek). RAAP-rapport 2551
(Weesp 2012).
Cappers / Raemaekers 2008: R. T. J. Cappers / D. C. M.
Raemaekers, Cereal cultivation at Swifterbant? Neo-
lithic Wetland Farming on the North European Plain.
Current Anthropology 49(3), 2008, 385-402.
Christensen et al. 2006: A. M. Christensen / P. M. Holm
/ U. Schuessler / J. Petrasch, Indications of a major
Neolithic trade route - anarchaeometric geochemical
and Sr, Pb isotope study on amphibolitic raw material
from present day Europe. Applied Geochemistry 21,
2006, 1635-55.
Crombe et al. 2011: P. Crombe / M. Boudin / M. van Stry-
donck, Swifterbant pottery in the Scheldt Basin and the
emergence of the earliest indigenous pottery in the sandy
lowlands of Belgium. In: S. Hartz / F.Liith / T. Terberger
(eds.), Early Pottery in the Baltic - Dating, Origin and
Social Context. International Workshop at Schleswig
from 20th to 21th October 2006. Bericht der Rbmisch-
Germanischen Kommision 89, 2008 (2011), 467-483.
Devriendt 2014: I. Devriendt, Swifterbant Stones, The
Neolithic stone and flint industry at Swifterbant (the
Netherlands. Groningen Archaeological Studies 25.
PhD thesis, University of Groningen (Groningen 2014).
Dohrn-Ihmig 1983: M. Dohrn-Ihmig, Neolithische Sied-
lungen der Rossener Kultur in der Niederrheinischen
Bucht. Materialien zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden
Archaologie 21 (Miinchen 1983).
Drenth et al. 2014: E. Drenth / T. J. ten Anscher / J. C. G.
van Kampen / G. R. Nobles / P. J. A. Stokkel, Huis-
plattegronden uit het Laat- en Midden-Neolithicum in
Nederland. In: A. G. Lange / E. M. Theunissen / J. H.
C. Deeben / J. van Doesburg / J. Bouwmeester / T. de
Unexpected dimensions of a Swifterbant settlement at Medel-De Roeskamp (the Netherlands)
Medel-De Roeskamp sheds new light on the neo-
lithisation of the western part of the North European
Plain, with site permanency in SW2 being arguably
the final outcome of the neolithisation process. Medel-
De Roeskamp is a clear example of a settlement fully
adapted to a sedentary Neolithic way of life in the
western parts of the North European Plain, where fish-
ing, hunting and gathering continued to play a role in
daily life well into the Bronze Age. In the Dutch river
area, the neolithisation process had thus reached a
mature stage already in the period 4,300-4,000 calBC.
Acknowledgements
We are much obliged to the Industrieschap Medel for
financing the archaeological investigations at Medel-
De Roeskamp and in particular to Use Schuuring
(Municipality of Tiel) who with great tenacity put
the archaeology of Medel on the map. We thank the
organisation board of the workshop ‘Stone Age bor-
derland experience - Neolithic and Mesolithic parallel
societies in the North European Plain’ (20 to 22 May
2019, Landesmuseum Hannover) for the opportunity
to attend and to present our paper. Many thanks to
Erik Drenth for his critical remarks on the text.
REFERENCES
Amkreutz 2013: L. W. S. W. Amkreutz, Persistent traditions.
A long-term perspective on communities in the process
of Neolithisation in the Lower Rhine Area (5500-2500
cal BC). PhD thesis, University of Leiden (Leiden 2013).
Ten Anscher 2012: T. J. ten Anscher, Leven met de Vecht.
Schokland-P14 en de Noordoostpolder in het Neolithi-
cum en de Bronstijd. PhD thesis, University of Amster-
dam (Zutphen 2012).
Ten Anscher 2015: T. J. ten Anscher, Under the radar: Swift-
erbant and the origins of the Funnel Beaker culture.
In: J. Kabacinski / S. Hartz / D. C. M. Raemaekers /
T. Terberger (eds.), The D^bki Site in Pomerania and
the Neolithisation of the Northern European Lowlands
(c. 5000-3000 calBC). Archaologie und Geschichte im
Ostseeraum 8 (Rahden/Westf. 2015) 335-357.
Arora 2000: S.-K. Arora, Juchen, Kreis Neuss. Die ersten
GroRbauten der Bischheimer Kultur bei Garzweiler
entdeckt. Archaologie im Rheinland 2000, 35-37.
Arora 2001: S.-K. Arora, Jiichen-Garzweiler, Kreis Neuss.
Ein weiterer Bischheimer Grossbau bei Garzweiler ent-
deckt. Archaologie im Rheinland 2001, 31-33.
Arora 2004: S.-K. Arora, Juchen, Rhein-Kreis Neuss. Hof-
platze der Bischheimer Kultur im Tagebau Garzweiler.
Archaologie im Rheinland 2004, 45-47.
Arora / Zerl 2003: S.-K. Arora / T. Zerl, Juchen, Rhein-
Kreis Neuss. Bischheimer Siedlungen - archaobotani-
sche Ergebnisse und ein fraglicher Perlenfund. Archao-
logie im Rheinland 2003, 48-50.
Arora / Zerl 2004: S.-K. Arora / T. Zerl, Juchen, Rhein-
Kreis Neuss. Modell eines Bischheimer Hofplatzes.
Archaologie im Rheinland 2004, 47-49.
Bernardini et al. 2012: F. Bernardini / A. de Min / D.
Lenaz / P. Sida / C. Tuniz / E. Montagnari Kokelj,
Shaft-hole axes from Caput Adriae made from amphi-
bole-rich metabasites: evidence of connections between
northeastern Italy and central Europe during fifth mil-
lennium BC. Archaeometry 54, 2012, 427-441.
Bersu 1936: G. Bersu, Rossener Wohnhauser vom Goldberg,
O. A. Neresheim, Wurttemberg, Germania 20, 1936,
229-243.
Boshoven 2012: E. H. Boshoven, Plangebied Medel 2 te Ech-
teld; gemeente Neder-Betuwe; archeologisch vooronder-
zoek: een inventariserend veldonderzoek (verkennend
en karterend booronderzoek). RAAP-rapport 2551
(Weesp 2012).
Cappers / Raemaekers 2008: R. T. J. Cappers / D. C. M.
Raemaekers, Cereal cultivation at Swifterbant? Neo-
lithic Wetland Farming on the North European Plain.
Current Anthropology 49(3), 2008, 385-402.
Christensen et al. 2006: A. M. Christensen / P. M. Holm
/ U. Schuessler / J. Petrasch, Indications of a major
Neolithic trade route - anarchaeometric geochemical
and Sr, Pb isotope study on amphibolitic raw material
from present day Europe. Applied Geochemistry 21,
2006, 1635-55.
Crombe et al. 2011: P. Crombe / M. Boudin / M. van Stry-
donck, Swifterbant pottery in the Scheldt Basin and the
emergence of the earliest indigenous pottery in the sandy
lowlands of Belgium. In: S. Hartz / F.Liith / T. Terberger
(eds.), Early Pottery in the Baltic - Dating, Origin and
Social Context. International Workshop at Schleswig
from 20th to 21th October 2006. Bericht der Rbmisch-
Germanischen Kommision 89, 2008 (2011), 467-483.
Devriendt 2014: I. Devriendt, Swifterbant Stones, The
Neolithic stone and flint industry at Swifterbant (the
Netherlands. Groningen Archaeological Studies 25.
PhD thesis, University of Groningen (Groningen 2014).
Dohrn-Ihmig 1983: M. Dohrn-Ihmig, Neolithische Sied-
lungen der Rossener Kultur in der Niederrheinischen
Bucht. Materialien zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden
Archaologie 21 (Miinchen 1983).
Drenth et al. 2014: E. Drenth / T. J. ten Anscher / J. C. G.
van Kampen / G. R. Nobles / P. J. A. Stokkel, Huis-
plattegronden uit het Laat- en Midden-Neolithicum in
Nederland. In: A. G. Lange / E. M. Theunissen / J. H.
C. Deeben / J. van Doesburg / J. Bouwmeester / T. de