Different types of economies within the LBK settlement Erkelenz-Kückhoven

In: Posluschny, A. ; Lambers, K. ; Herzog, I. (Hrsgg.): Layers of Perception. Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Berlin, 2.-6. April, 2007 (Koll. Vor- u. Frühgesch. 10). Bonn 2008 373 (Abstract)

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Abstract

Around 5300 BC the first farmers (Linear Pottery Culture) reached the Rhineland. In the region of the Aldenhovener Platte, Rhineland, a complex system of raw material exchange was proposed by A. Zimmermann (1995) in which main settlements (distributors) passed on cores, blades and final products to secondary and single farmstead settlements (receivers). With reference to the Early Neolithic settlement Erkelenz-Kückhoven, this paper sets out to demonstrate that similar processes, resembling a “receiver/distributor- settlement”-pattern, actually occurred within individual settlements. It is likely that these resulted from different social units within the settlement. The results were obtained in the course of a MA-thesis at the University of Cologne in 2005.