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Chriazomenou, Elini (2010)

Farmers in the West: The Introduction of Agriculture in the Hezerwater and The Netherlands. Use-wear analysis of the flint assemblage of three LBK sites of Lanakerveld

Master thesis | Archaeology (MA/MSc)

The plan area of Lanakerveld is located in South-Limburg, Maastricht. Three LBK sites, belonging to the Hezerwater cluster of settlements, have been excavated and use-wear analysis was performed on a selected sample of the flint assemblage. Based on the latest advances of research concerning the LBK as well as the relationship between the first farmers and the neighboring native communities in The Netherlands, the results of the functional analysis are used in combination with two previous studies from LBK sites. The fact that during these early stages of the “Neolithization” of the area the native groups remained separated for a long period is supported by making an effort to understand the circumstances and reasons of this long lasting “availability stage”. Also, it is argued that eventually the indigenous hunter gatherers adopted the “Neolithic package”, but piecemeal through a long process of adaptation. The first core argument is based on the novelty and originality of the LBK...Show moreThe plan area of Lanakerveld is located in South-Limburg, Maastricht. Three LBK sites, belonging to the Hezerwater cluster of settlements, have been excavated and use-wear analysis was performed on a selected sample of the flint assemblage. Based on the latest advances of research concerning the LBK as well as the relationship between the first farmers and the neighboring native communities in The Netherlands, the results of the functional analysis are used in combination with two previous studies from LBK sites. The fact that during these early stages of the “Neolithization” of the area the native groups remained separated for a long period is supported by making an effort to understand the circumstances and reasons of this long lasting “availability stage”. Also, it is argued that eventually the indigenous hunter gatherers adopted the “Neolithic package”, but piecemeal through a long process of adaptation. The first core argument is based on the novelty and originality of the LBK expressed in the use of flint tools in order to support the theory of a migration wave in this area. Second, an effort is made to examine and view the lifestyle, economy and culture of the incoming communities from the perspective of the indigenous groups in order to decompose the idea of the “superior farmers” versus the “favored hunter-gatherers.Show less

Author

Chriazomenou, Elini

Faculty

Faculty of Archaeology

Supervisors

Gijn, A.L. van

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en