Eriksen, Berit Valentin

Grimm, Sonja B.

Krüger, Sascha

Reuter, Tobias

Weber, Mara-Julia

Wild, Markus

This contribution presents the status quo of research on the Final Palaeolithic occupation of Schleswig-Holstein. Overthe last two decades new insights became possible based on isotopic, genetic, biostratigraphic, tephrochronologic, andarchaeological analyses. Some of these projects and studies are still on-going. The material on which these analyseswere performed was mainly uncovered during the 20th century. We particularly focus on the chronology and the differentchallenges associated with the Late Glacial record. To do so, we review the radiocarbon dating record of Schleswig-Holstein and adjacent areas, especially Denmark, including 11 new radiocarbon dates from the sites of Stellmoor andMeiendorf. At present, in particular, the period of the Federmessergruppen (i. e., curve-backed point industries) appearspoorly represented in this record. This shortage is due to preservational conditions on the one hand, as well as theoften uncertain attribution of osseous single finds to archaeological entities on the other. Hence, a synoptic analysis ofosseous remains of Late Glacial northern Germany and southern Scandinavia is desirable.The recently introduced partially laminated biostratigraphic lake sequence from Nahe LA 11 contains three cryptictephra layers including the first geochemically identified evidence of the Laacher See Tephra in Schleswig-Holstein. Thepalynological analysis of this archive interlinks palaeoenvironmental with archaeological research questions. Amongstother implications, the data provided here suggest a continuity of human and reindeer presence in the area until theearly Holocene. This result lines up with observations of shifting ecological zones throughout the Weichselian LateGlacial in Schleswig-Holstein

Late Glacial Occupation of Northern Germany and Adjacent Areas. Revisiting the Archives.

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