The ring sanctuary of Pömmelte, Germany: a monumental, multi-layered metaphor of the late third millennium BC

Spatzier, André; Bertemes, François

doi:10.15184/aqy.2018.92

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“…: HA-13 MN 3.4 mg g -1 ; PO-17 BBC 1.2 mg g -1 ; KL-7 CWC 3.6 mg g -1 ), 62% of them were Corded Ware vessels (OE-6, PR-5, PR-9, PR-10, PR-14, PR-16, PR-17, PR18, WE-2, WE-3), ranging from 1.2 to 9.4 mg g -1 of recovered lipids. Conversely, while most sites exhibited preservation rates of 100% or close to it, the multi-period site at the ring sanctuary of Pömmelte [ 57 , 77 , 78 ] produced lipid extracts above 5 μg g -1 in only 57% of cases (16 out of 28 samples).…”

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“…In the first half of the 4 th millennium BCE, a demographic shift was brought about by the Middle Neolithic Funnel Beaker cultures, represented in this study by the Baalberge Culture (BAC). Samples from 26 vessels were analysed, of which 11 correspond to the ditched enclosure of Belleben (BE) [ 55 ], while another 15 come from four graves inside a typical trapezoidal ditch at Queis (QU) [ 56 ] and different funerary contexts at Pömmelte (PO) [ 57 ]. At the beginning of the Late Neolithic (early 3 rd millennium), the arrival of populations from the eastern steppes configured the Corded Ware Culture (CWC).…”

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Pottery spilled the beans: Patterns in the processing and consumption of dietary lipids in Central Germany from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age

Breu,

Risch,

Molina

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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The need to better understand economic change and the social uses of long-ago established pottery types to prepare and consume food has led to the study of 124 distinct ceramic vessels from 17 settlement and funerary sites in Central Germany (present day Saxony-Anhalt). These, dated from the Early Neolithic (from 5450 cal. BCE onwards) to the Late Bronze Age (1300–750 cal. BCE; youngest sample ca. 1000 BCE), include vessels from the Linear Pottery (LBK), Schiepzig/Schöningen groups (SCHIP), Baalberge (BAC), Corded Ware (CWC), Bell Beaker (BBC), and Únětice (UC) archaeological cultures. Organic residue analyses performed on this assemblage determined the presence of vessel contents surviving as lipid residues in 109 cases. These were studied in relation to the changing use of settlement and funerary pottery types and, in the case of burials, to the funerary contexts in which the vessels had been placed. The obtained results confirmed a marked increase in the consumption of dairy products linked to innovations in pottery types (e.g., small cups) during the Funnel Beaker related Baalberge Culture of the 4th millennium BCE. Although the intensive use of dairy products may have continued into the 3rd millennium BCE, especially amongst Bell Beaker populations, Corded Ware vessels found in funerary contexts suggest an increase in the importance of non-ruminant products, which may be linked to the production of specific vessel shapes and decoration. In the Early Bronze Age circum-Harz Únětice group (ca. 2200–1550 BCE), which saw the emergence of a highly hierarchical society, a greater variety of animal and plant derived products was detected in a much more standardised but, surprisingly, more multifunctional pottery assemblage. This long-term study of lipid residues from a concise region in Central Europe thus reveals the complex relationships that prehistoric populations established between food resources and the main means to prepare, store, and consume them.

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Pottery spilled the beans: Patterns in the processing and consumption of dietary lipids in Central Germany from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age

Breu,

Risch,

Molina

et al. 2024

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“…Monumentality remains a rare feature in the central European Bell Beaker landscape, aside from a handful of examples. In this context the recent discovery of a monumental complex at Pömmelte is as stunning as it is exceptional (Spatzier & Bertemes 2018). Located in Saxony-Anhalt, this circular enclosure of c.100 m diameter combines several concentric ditches and posts circles.…”

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The Bell Beaker Phenomenon in Europe

Vander Linden

2024

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Covering vast swathes of Europe, the Bell Beaker Phenomenon has enjoyed a privileged status in the history of archaeology and is often referred to as a key period in the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age partly due to the emergence of social élites. After a brief presentation of the historiography of the Bell Beaker phenomenon, this Element offers a synthetic account of the available evidence structured on a regional basis. Following the renewed interest in human mobility generated by stable isotopes and ancient DNA studies, the central thesis developed here is that the Bell Beaker Phenomenon can adequately be described as a metapopulation, a concept borrowed from population ecology. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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“…The combination of palisades with rings of posts is also frequent. A good example is the so called "Ring Sanctuary" of Pömmelte (Spatzier and Bertemes, 2018), where they are also coupled with ring ditches. Although these buildings are larger, frequently enclosed by earthworks and usually have a wider free internal area than the one at Perdigões, this combination of concentric rows of palisades, post rings and ditches brings them close to this Portuguese case.…”

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Monumentalidad en madera: una aproximación preliminar a los círculos de madera de la Prehistoria Tardía en el Sur de Portugal

Valera¹

2023

CuPAUAM

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En la arquitectura monumental y ceremonial de la Prehistoria Reciente peninsular, la madera ha sido considerada fundamentalmente como una materia prima accesoria para la construcción. Este texto presenta dos contextos (Outeiro Alto 2 y Perdigões, sur de Portugal) que, por primera vez, muestran la presencia de monumentos de madera. Se trata de círculos concéntricos de postes y empalizadas de madera, exclusivos en la Península, y que encuentran los paralelos más estrechos en el norte y centro de Europa. Se presentan los datos contextuales y las cronologías disponibles, desarrollando un primer conjunto de consideraciones sobre la importancia que este tipo de arquitectura monumental pudo haber tenido en el contexto de las trayectorias de complejidad social en la segunda mitad del IV y III milenio antes de Cristo.

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The ring sanctuary of Pömmelte, Germany: a monumental, multi-layered metaphor of the late third millennium BC

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

Pottery spilled the beans: Patterns in the processing and consumption of dietary lipids in Central Germany from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age

Pottery spilled the beans: Patterns in the processing and consumption of dietary lipids in Central Germany from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age

The Bell Beaker Phenomenon in Europe

Monumentalidad en madera: una aproximación preliminar a los círculos de madera de la Prehistoria Tardía en el Sur de Portugal

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