Trade in Danubian Shaft-Hole Axes and the Introduction of Neolithic Economy in Denmark

Trade in Danubian Shaft-Hole Axes and the Introduction of Neolithic Economy in Denmark

The Fensmark settlement and the almost invisible Late Palaeolithic in Danish field archaeology

Traces of Late Palaeolithic activity in the North European landscape are practically invisible to modern field archaeology. The result is an almost complete loss of information about the presumably numerous activity sites from this period which each year are either damaged or destroyed by agriculture and development. This article addresses the root causes of this situation and outlines the possibilities for its mitigation. The difficulties involved in demonstrating the existence of Lateglacial settlements are illustrated via the investigation history of the Fensmark site on the margin of the bog, Holmegård Mose. This is a typical settlement of the Bromme culture, dated to 10,810 ± 120 radiocarbon years BP. The site’s considerable unexploited research potential has been secured for the future by a landscape scheduling which protects a wide range of archaeological remains hidden beneath the soil

A Late Palaeolithic Flint Workshop at Egtved, East Jutland: A Glimpse of the Federmesser Culture in Denmark

A Late Palaeolithic Flint Workshop at Egtved, East Jutland - A Glimpse of the Federmesser Culture in Denmar

New C-14 Datings of Late Palaeolithic Cultures from Northwestern Europe

New C-14 Datings of Late Palaeolithic Cultures from Northwestern Europ

The Chronology of Danish Dolmens. Results from 14C Dates on Human Bones

The thousands of dolmens and long barrows spread across the Danish landscape are the earliest long-lasting expressions of architectural monumentality in Scandinavia. A series of new AMS dates on human skeletal material from several of them leads to a clarification of the generations-long debate on the relative chronology and typological evolution of this group of monuments. Earthen long barrows were raised from ca. 3700 cal BC. That is at least two centuries later than the arrival of such elements of the Neolithic world as funnel beaker pottery and domestic cattle to the region. The practice of using large stones (megaliths) for burial chambers was present by 3600 BC. Classical Urdolmen were built alongside various types of more complex dolmen chambers during the period ca. 3600–3400 BC, after which passage grave were erected

Macro and Micro Wear Traces on Lithic Projectile Points

Macro and Micro Wear Traces on Lithic Projectile Point

Recent Excavations and Discoveries

Recent Excavations and Discoverie

Recent Excavations and Discoveries

Recent Excavations and Discoverie