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Grenzgänger, traders and the last hunter-gatherers of the North European Plain
DOI Kapitel:Stapel, Bernhard: Swifterbant and the Late Mesolithic in Westphalia
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Swifterbant and the Late Mesolithic in Westphalia
Fig. 6 Rosendahl-Osterwick. Sherds with cord impressions (photo: S. Brentfuhrer).
In the assemblage of Hude I there are pottery
vessels with a decoration on the inside and outside
of the rim (Kampffmeyer 1991, Taf. 7,691; 22,3810;
36,9114; 57,27238; 64,30147). Position and technique
of the decoration vary, so that these are similar, but
not identically decorated potsherds. Nevertheless,
it seems possible to connect the Greven rim sherd
with this material.
On the sites Swifterbant S3 and S61 (De Roever
2004, 90 fig. 19a; 95 fig. 24i) as well as Schokland-
P14 (Ten Anscher 2012, 71 fig. 5.1,149) we can see
pottery similar to the Westphalian ceramic fragment.
Decoration on the interior of the rim is certainly
to be noted for the Swifterbant culture. Not least
because of the radiometric dating an assignment to
the Swifterbant culture seems plausible.
However, it should not be concealed that decora-
tion of the outer and inner rim also occurs at Rossen
sites, such as Soest-Deiringsen/Ruploh (Kreis Soest;
Gunther 1976, Taf. 11,19).
A second site with affinities to population
groups in the north European plain has certainly
been known for quite some time: Rosendahl-Oster-
wick (Kreis Coesfeld). Rescue excavations were car-
ried out there from 1968 to 1972. During this time
remains of a Michelsberg III phase settlement site
were documented. Christoph Willms published the
material (Willms 1982). However, a small number
of ceramics present at this site did not fit into the Mi-
chelsberg III spectrum due to their texture; these he
assigned to the Early Funnel Beaker culture (Willms
1982, 21).
Concerning our question, the important part
of the assemblage is a number of sherds with cord
impressions, which were recovered as stray finds
(Fig. 6). This material has been discussed earlier, e.g.
by Daan Raemaekers in his analysis of the late Swift-
erbant remains of Wetsingermaar (Raemaekers et al.
2011/2012, 9-10 fig. 8) or by Theo ten Anscher (Ten
Anscher 2012, 123) for Schokland-P14. Of course,
some examples from Hude I (Kampffmeyer 1991,
Taf. 58,27412) and Schokland-P14 (Ten Anscher
2012, 117 fig. 5.19,2-4) show a great similarity to
the Osterwick pottery.
For his publication of the causewayed camps
of Soest and Nottuln, Benedikt Knoche prepared
a map showing the distribution of this pottery with
cord impressions (Knoche 2008,148-149 Abb. 5.20).
He discussed this material in the wider frame of the
Early Neolithic of the north European plain.
However, I consider it justified to assign it to
the late Swifterbant culture or, according to the ter-
minology for Schokland-P14 by Theo ten Anscher,
the Pre-Drouwen phase (Ten Anscher 2012, 121).
Thus, at a second site, indications of contact with
groups from the northwestern lowlands, or perhaps
even the presence of such groups in the Miinsterland,
might be suggested.
Moreover, in Osterwick relationships are also
visible that point further northeast. One such item is
a vessel that Willms (1982, 10-11 Taf. 18 F.253) as-
signed to the Michelsberg settlement. Klassen (2004,
186-187 Abb. 119 A) interprets it as a funnel necked
beaker of his Siggeneben Siid/Stengade II group.
This would suggest connections to the Early Funnel
Beaker culture in Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark.
Klassen proposed a similar interpretation for a frag-
ment from a sandpit in Petershagen-Havern (Kreis
Minden-Lubbecke), near the River Weser (Klassen
2004, 186-187 Abb. 119D).
If one maps the few hints for contact with the
Swifterbant culture in northern Westphalia together
Swifterbant and the Late Mesolithic in Westphalia
Fig. 6 Rosendahl-Osterwick. Sherds with cord impressions (photo: S. Brentfuhrer).
In the assemblage of Hude I there are pottery
vessels with a decoration on the inside and outside
of the rim (Kampffmeyer 1991, Taf. 7,691; 22,3810;
36,9114; 57,27238; 64,30147). Position and technique
of the decoration vary, so that these are similar, but
not identically decorated potsherds. Nevertheless,
it seems possible to connect the Greven rim sherd
with this material.
On the sites Swifterbant S3 and S61 (De Roever
2004, 90 fig. 19a; 95 fig. 24i) as well as Schokland-
P14 (Ten Anscher 2012, 71 fig. 5.1,149) we can see
pottery similar to the Westphalian ceramic fragment.
Decoration on the interior of the rim is certainly
to be noted for the Swifterbant culture. Not least
because of the radiometric dating an assignment to
the Swifterbant culture seems plausible.
However, it should not be concealed that decora-
tion of the outer and inner rim also occurs at Rossen
sites, such as Soest-Deiringsen/Ruploh (Kreis Soest;
Gunther 1976, Taf. 11,19).
A second site with affinities to population
groups in the north European plain has certainly
been known for quite some time: Rosendahl-Oster-
wick (Kreis Coesfeld). Rescue excavations were car-
ried out there from 1968 to 1972. During this time
remains of a Michelsberg III phase settlement site
were documented. Christoph Willms published the
material (Willms 1982). However, a small number
of ceramics present at this site did not fit into the Mi-
chelsberg III spectrum due to their texture; these he
assigned to the Early Funnel Beaker culture (Willms
1982, 21).
Concerning our question, the important part
of the assemblage is a number of sherds with cord
impressions, which were recovered as stray finds
(Fig. 6). This material has been discussed earlier, e.g.
by Daan Raemaekers in his analysis of the late Swift-
erbant remains of Wetsingermaar (Raemaekers et al.
2011/2012, 9-10 fig. 8) or by Theo ten Anscher (Ten
Anscher 2012, 123) for Schokland-P14. Of course,
some examples from Hude I (Kampffmeyer 1991,
Taf. 58,27412) and Schokland-P14 (Ten Anscher
2012, 117 fig. 5.19,2-4) show a great similarity to
the Osterwick pottery.
For his publication of the causewayed camps
of Soest and Nottuln, Benedikt Knoche prepared
a map showing the distribution of this pottery with
cord impressions (Knoche 2008,148-149 Abb. 5.20).
He discussed this material in the wider frame of the
Early Neolithic of the north European plain.
However, I consider it justified to assign it to
the late Swifterbant culture or, according to the ter-
minology for Schokland-P14 by Theo ten Anscher,
the Pre-Drouwen phase (Ten Anscher 2012, 121).
Thus, at a second site, indications of contact with
groups from the northwestern lowlands, or perhaps
even the presence of such groups in the Miinsterland,
might be suggested.
Moreover, in Osterwick relationships are also
visible that point further northeast. One such item is
a vessel that Willms (1982, 10-11 Taf. 18 F.253) as-
signed to the Michelsberg settlement. Klassen (2004,
186-187 Abb. 119 A) interprets it as a funnel necked
beaker of his Siggeneben Siid/Stengade II group.
This would suggest connections to the Early Funnel
Beaker culture in Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark.
Klassen proposed a similar interpretation for a frag-
ment from a sandpit in Petershagen-Havern (Kreis
Minden-Lubbecke), near the River Weser (Klassen
2004, 186-187 Abb. 119D).
If one maps the few hints for contact with the
Swifterbant culture in northern Westphalia together