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Freiburger archäologische Studien [ISSN 1437-3327] Edited by Heiko Steuer and Christian Strahm Information: This series with its subtitle "Forschungen aus dem Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte der Universität Freiburg im Breisgau" was founded by Prof. Dr. Christian Strahm. Its main purpose was to provide a platform for the Freiburg Institute;s own masters and doctoral theses to be published. The first volume appeared in 1993. In this dissertation, the author Claus Wolf deals with "The lake-side settlement at Yverdon, Avenue des Sports (canton Waadt). A cultural-historical and chronological study of Western Switzerland and its adjacent regions in the Final Neolithic Period." In 1995 the volume "The Bell-beaker phenomenon - a seminar", edited by Marion Benz and Anja Stadelbacher was published as volume 2, so far the last volume of the series. In September 1998 it was decided to continue the series with Prof. Dr. Heiko Steuer as co-editor. Publication and marketing now lies with VML Verlag.

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The Beaker-Cultures in Hesse.

Bell-Beaker-Group - Corded-Wear-Group - Storage-Beaker-Group.

Roland R. Wiermann

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A catalogue of 1,016 finds and features was compiled for the 3rd millennium in Hesse and Baden north of the river Neckar. The analysis of pottery, rock, bone, and copper objects from burials, settlements, hoards, and single finds aimed at an absolute dating of the material and explanation for the parallel existence of the three cultures. While a seriation of pottery decoration remained fruitless, radiocarbon dates and typological comparisons with dated finds from neighbouring regions provided absolute dates [Corded Ware 29th century – 2100 / 2000, Bell Beakers 2800-2000, Giant Beakers 2300-2000, EBA from 2200 onwards]. Maps revealed a preference for fertile soils, with the areas of Bell Beakers and Corded Ware largely overlapping and Giant Beakers deviating from this pattern. The transition from the Late Neolithic Wartberg Culture to the Corded Ware is described as the adoption of an ideology, which shortly after was confronted with the ideology of the Bell Beaker Culture, which for its part became established in the population from “top to bottom“. At the end of the 3rd millennium the Corded Ware Culture and the Bell Beaker Culture merged into the Early Bronze Age Adlerberg Culture under the influence of the Unetice Culture. The simultaneous appearance and the identical distribution of both cultures are interpreted as a social division into two opposing parts [moieties].

Content:	339 pages, 10 illustrations, 9 tables, 19 maps, 47 plates		Cover:	Hardcover
Text:	German		Size:	21,0 x 29,7 cm / DIN A4
Abstracts in other languages:	English, French		weight:	1.570 g
Keywords:	Bell Beaker Culture, Corded Ware, Giant Beaker, ideology, import		Series:	Freiburger archäologische Studien
			ISSN:	1437-3327
Ph D thesis	Universität Freiburg/Breisgau 2003		ISBN-13:	978-3-89646-792-8
			ISBN-10:	3-89646-792-1
			Place of Publication:	Rahden/Westf.
Price:	74,80 € (fPr)		Date of Publication:	2004