65 years later... a re-evaluation of the Store Valby phase (MN V) of the late Funnel Beaker North Group
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65 years later... a re-evaluation of the Store Valby phase (MN V) of the late Funnel Beaker North Group . / Iversen, Rune.
In: Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, Vol. 22, 23.11.2020, p. 119-136.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - 65 years later...
AU - Iversen, Rune
PY - 2020/11/23
Y1 - 2020/11/23
N2 - In 1955, C. J. Becker published the excavations at Store Valby, western Zealand, Denmark, in the journal “Aarbøger for nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie”. Except for an Early Neolithic phase, the site showed Middle Neolithic occupation. Even if the flint inventory from the latter phase resembled that of the late Funnel Beaker Culture, the associated pottery had a simpler and coarser character compared to the known Middle Neolithic Funnel Beaker pottery styles. On this basis, Becker defined a new final phase of the northern Funnel Beaker Culture named the Store Valby phase or MN V. However, new archaeological features, such as palisaded enclosures, have turned up since Becker’s initial discoveries and new cultural insights into the contemporary Pitted Ware and early Single Grave Cultures have significantly increased the cultural complexity of the earliest part of the 3rd millennium BC.This paper sums up the recent developments and, on this basis, discusses whether MN V should still be considered the final Funnel Beaker phase or rather a transformative stage characterised by a mixture of different cultural features.
AB - In 1955, C. J. Becker published the excavations at Store Valby, western Zealand, Denmark, in the journal “Aarbøger for nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie”. Except for an Early Neolithic phase, the site showed Middle Neolithic occupation. Even if the flint inventory from the latter phase resembled that of the late Funnel Beaker Culture, the associated pottery had a simpler and coarser character compared to the known Middle Neolithic Funnel Beaker pottery styles. On this basis, Becker defined a new final phase of the northern Funnel Beaker Culture named the Store Valby phase or MN V. However, new archaeological features, such as palisaded enclosures, have turned up since Becker’s initial discoveries and new cultural insights into the contemporary Pitted Ware and early Single Grave Cultures have significantly increased the cultural complexity of the earliest part of the 3rd millennium BC.This paper sums up the recent developments and, on this basis, discusses whether MN V should still be considered the final Funnel Beaker phase or rather a transformative stage characterised by a mixture of different cultural features.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Funnel Beaker Culture
KW - MN V
KW - Store Valby phase
KW - ‘bucket-shaped vessel complex’
KW - TRB North Group
KW - southern Scandinavia
KW - 3rd millennium BC
UR - http://www.jungsteinsite.de/
U2 - 10.12766/jna.2020.4
DO - 10.12766/jna.2020.4
M3 - Journal article
VL - 22
SP - 119
EP - 136
JO - Journal of Neolithic Archaeology
JF - Journal of Neolithic Archaeology
SN - 1868-3088
Y2 - 27 February 2019 through 28 February 2019
ER -
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