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A view from Doggerland - interpreting the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the wetlands of the Rhine-Meuse delta
the background of the process of neolithisation, then
the other way around. Furthermore this enables us
to look at neolithisation from the perspective of the
communities and processes involved whereby new
elements are attuned to existing rhythms and practices,
and where there is room for flexibility, change and
dynamic interaction. It is less the question of when,
where and why we became Neolithic and more of
how communities negotiated the process we define
as neolithisation while (also) remaining themselves.
REFERENCES
Amkreutz 2013a: L. W. S. W. Amkreutz, Persistent tradi-
tions: a long-term perspective on communities in the
process of Neolithisation in the Lower Rhine Area
(5500-2500 cal BC) (Leiden 2013).
Amkreutz 2013b: L. W. S. W. Amkreutz, Home is when you
build it. Characteristics of building and occupation in
the Lower Rhine Area wetlands (5500-2500 cal BC).
In: D. Hofmann / J. Smyth (eds.), Tracking the Neolithic
house in Europe. Sedentism, architecture and practice
(New York 2013) 229-260.
Amkreutz 2013c: L. W. S. W. Amkreutz, Memorious monu-
ments. Place persistency, mortuary practice and mem-
ory in the Lower Rhine Area wetlands (5500-2500 cal
BC). In: D. Fontijn / A. Louwen / S. van der Vaart /
K. Wentink (eds.), Beyond barrows. Current research
on the structuration and perception of the prehistoric
landscape through monuments (Leiden 2013) 43-80.
Amkreutz / Spithoven 2019: L. W. S. W. Amkreutz / M.
Spithoven, Hunting beneath the waves. Bone and antler
points from the North sea Doggerland off the Dutch
coast. In: D. GroE / H. Liibke / J. Meadows / D. Jantzen
(eds.), Working at the sharp end: from bone and antler to
Early Mesolithic life in Northern Europe. Untersuchun-
gen und Materialien zur Steinzeit in Schleswig-Holstein
und im Ostseeraum 10 (Kiel/ Hamburg 2019) 383-404.
Amkreutz / Van der Vaart-Verschoof 2021: L. Amkreutz /
S. Van der Vaart-Verschoof (eds.), Doggerland. Verd-
wenen wereldin de Noordzee. (Leiden 2021).
Amkreutz et al. 2017: L. W. S. W. Amkreutz / M. Niekus /
D. Schiltmans / B. Smit, Meer dan bijvangst! De prehis-
torische archeologie van de Noordzee. Cranium 34(1),
2017, 34-47.
Bakels 1986: C. C. Bakels, Akkerbouw in het moeras? In:
M. C. van Trierum / H. E. Henkes (eds.), Rotterdam
Papers V, a contribution to prehistoric, Roman and me-
dieval archaeology (Rotterdam 1986) 1-6.
Balee 1998: W. Balee, Historical ecology: premises and
postulates. In: W. Balee (ed.), Advances in historical
ecology (New York 1998) 13-29.
Barlow 2006: K. R. Barlow, A formal model for predicting
agriculture among the Fremont. In: D. J. Kennett / B.
Winterhalder (eds.), Behavioral ecology and the transi-
tion to agriculture (Los Angeles 2006) 87-102.
Barrett 2000: J.C. Barrett, A thesis on agency. In: M. A.
Dobres / J. E. Robb (eds.), Agency in archaeology (Lon-
don 2000) 61-68.
Bird-David 1992a: N. Bird-David, Beyond ‘the original
affluent society’: a culturalist reformulation. Current
Anthropology 33(1), 1992, 25-47.
Bird-David 1992b: N. Bird-David, Beyond ‘the hunting and
gathering mode of subsistence’: culturesensitive observa-
tions on the Nayaka and other modern hunter-gatherers.
Man 27, 1992, 19-44.
Bocherens et al. 2007: H. Bocherens / C. Polet/ M. Toussaint,
Palaeodiet of Mesolithic and Neolithic populations of
Meuse basin (Belgium): evidence from stable isotopes.
Journal of Archaeological Science 34(1), 2007, 10-27.
Bradley 2004: R. Bradley, Domestication, sedentism,
property and time: materiality and the beginnings of
agriculture in Northern Europe. In: E. Demarrais / C.
Gosden / C. Renfrew (eds.), Rethinking materiality. The
engagement of mind with the material world (Cambridge
2004) 107-115.
Qakirlar et al. 2020: C. Qakirlar / R. Breider / F. Kools-
tra / K. Cohen / D. Raemaekers, Dealing with domes-
tic animals in the fifth millennium cal BC Dutch wet-
lands: new insights from old Swifterbant assemblages.
In: K. J. Gron / L. Sorensen / P. Rowley-Conwy (eds.),
Farmers at the frontier. A pan-European Perspective on
Neolithisation (Oxford 2020) 264-287.
Callon 1986: M. Callon, Some elements of a sociology of
translation: domestication of the scallops and the fisher-
men of St Brieuc Bay. In: J. Law (ed.), Power, action and
belief: a new sociology of knowledge? (London 1986)
196-223.
Coles 1998: B. Coles, Doggerland: a speculative survey.
Proc. Prehist. Soc. 64, 1998, 45-81.
Crombe etal. 2020: P. Crombe / K. Aluwe / M. Boudin /
C. Snoeck / L. Messiaen / D. Teeteart, New evidence
on the earliest domesticated animals and possible small-
scale husbandry in Atlantic NW Europe. Scientific
Reports 10,2020: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-
77002-4.
Czerniak 1998: L. Czerniak, The Neolithic - what’s that?
In: M. Zvelebil / R. Dennell / L. Domariska (eds.),
Harvesting the sea, farming the forest: the emergence
of Neolithic societies in the Baltic region (Sheffield
1998) 29-31.
De Coppet 1985: D. De Coppet, Land owns people. In: R. H.
Barnes / D. de Coppet / R. J. Parkin (eds.), In contexts
and levels: anthropological essays on hierarchy (Oxford
1985) 78-90.
A view from Doggerland - interpreting the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the wetlands of the Rhine-Meuse delta
the background of the process of neolithisation, then
the other way around. Furthermore this enables us
to look at neolithisation from the perspective of the
communities and processes involved whereby new
elements are attuned to existing rhythms and practices,
and where there is room for flexibility, change and
dynamic interaction. It is less the question of when,
where and why we became Neolithic and more of
how communities negotiated the process we define
as neolithisation while (also) remaining themselves.
REFERENCES
Amkreutz 2013a: L. W. S. W. Amkreutz, Persistent tradi-
tions: a long-term perspective on communities in the
process of Neolithisation in the Lower Rhine Area
(5500-2500 cal BC) (Leiden 2013).
Amkreutz 2013b: L. W. S. W. Amkreutz, Home is when you
build it. Characteristics of building and occupation in
the Lower Rhine Area wetlands (5500-2500 cal BC).
In: D. Hofmann / J. Smyth (eds.), Tracking the Neolithic
house in Europe. Sedentism, architecture and practice
(New York 2013) 229-260.
Amkreutz 2013c: L. W. S. W. Amkreutz, Memorious monu-
ments. Place persistency, mortuary practice and mem-
ory in the Lower Rhine Area wetlands (5500-2500 cal
BC). In: D. Fontijn / A. Louwen / S. van der Vaart /
K. Wentink (eds.), Beyond barrows. Current research
on the structuration and perception of the prehistoric
landscape through monuments (Leiden 2013) 43-80.
Amkreutz / Spithoven 2019: L. W. S. W. Amkreutz / M.
Spithoven, Hunting beneath the waves. Bone and antler
points from the North sea Doggerland off the Dutch
coast. In: D. GroE / H. Liibke / J. Meadows / D. Jantzen
(eds.), Working at the sharp end: from bone and antler to
Early Mesolithic life in Northern Europe. Untersuchun-
gen und Materialien zur Steinzeit in Schleswig-Holstein
und im Ostseeraum 10 (Kiel/ Hamburg 2019) 383-404.
Amkreutz / Van der Vaart-Verschoof 2021: L. Amkreutz /
S. Van der Vaart-Verschoof (eds.), Doggerland. Verd-
wenen wereldin de Noordzee. (Leiden 2021).
Amkreutz et al. 2017: L. W. S. W. Amkreutz / M. Niekus /
D. Schiltmans / B. Smit, Meer dan bijvangst! De prehis-
torische archeologie van de Noordzee. Cranium 34(1),
2017, 34-47.
Bakels 1986: C. C. Bakels, Akkerbouw in het moeras? In:
M. C. van Trierum / H. E. Henkes (eds.), Rotterdam
Papers V, a contribution to prehistoric, Roman and me-
dieval archaeology (Rotterdam 1986) 1-6.
Balee 1998: W. Balee, Historical ecology: premises and
postulates. In: W. Balee (ed.), Advances in historical
ecology (New York 1998) 13-29.
Barlow 2006: K. R. Barlow, A formal model for predicting
agriculture among the Fremont. In: D. J. Kennett / B.
Winterhalder (eds.), Behavioral ecology and the transi-
tion to agriculture (Los Angeles 2006) 87-102.
Barrett 2000: J.C. Barrett, A thesis on agency. In: M. A.
Dobres / J. E. Robb (eds.), Agency in archaeology (Lon-
don 2000) 61-68.
Bird-David 1992a: N. Bird-David, Beyond ‘the original
affluent society’: a culturalist reformulation. Current
Anthropology 33(1), 1992, 25-47.
Bird-David 1992b: N. Bird-David, Beyond ‘the hunting and
gathering mode of subsistence’: culturesensitive observa-
tions on the Nayaka and other modern hunter-gatherers.
Man 27, 1992, 19-44.
Bocherens et al. 2007: H. Bocherens / C. Polet/ M. Toussaint,
Palaeodiet of Mesolithic and Neolithic populations of
Meuse basin (Belgium): evidence from stable isotopes.
Journal of Archaeological Science 34(1), 2007, 10-27.
Bradley 2004: R. Bradley, Domestication, sedentism,
property and time: materiality and the beginnings of
agriculture in Northern Europe. In: E. Demarrais / C.
Gosden / C. Renfrew (eds.), Rethinking materiality. The
engagement of mind with the material world (Cambridge
2004) 107-115.
Qakirlar et al. 2020: C. Qakirlar / R. Breider / F. Kools-
tra / K. Cohen / D. Raemaekers, Dealing with domes-
tic animals in the fifth millennium cal BC Dutch wet-
lands: new insights from old Swifterbant assemblages.
In: K. J. Gron / L. Sorensen / P. Rowley-Conwy (eds.),
Farmers at the frontier. A pan-European Perspective on
Neolithisation (Oxford 2020) 264-287.
Callon 1986: M. Callon, Some elements of a sociology of
translation: domestication of the scallops and the fisher-
men of St Brieuc Bay. In: J. Law (ed.), Power, action and
belief: a new sociology of knowledge? (London 1986)
196-223.
Coles 1998: B. Coles, Doggerland: a speculative survey.
Proc. Prehist. Soc. 64, 1998, 45-81.
Crombe etal. 2020: P. Crombe / K. Aluwe / M. Boudin /
C. Snoeck / L. Messiaen / D. Teeteart, New evidence
on the earliest domesticated animals and possible small-
scale husbandry in Atlantic NW Europe. Scientific
Reports 10,2020: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-
77002-4.
Czerniak 1998: L. Czerniak, The Neolithic - what’s that?
In: M. Zvelebil / R. Dennell / L. Domariska (eds.),
Harvesting the sea, farming the forest: the emergence
of Neolithic societies in the Baltic region (Sheffield
1998) 29-31.
De Coppet 1985: D. De Coppet, Land owns people. In: R. H.
Barnes / D. de Coppet / R. J. Parkin (eds.), In contexts
and levels: anthropological essays on hierarchy (Oxford
1985) 78-90.