Ahrensburg Culture

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Ahrensburg culture

The Ahrensburg cultureor Ahrensburgian(11th to 10th millennia BCE) was a late

Upper Paleolithicnomadichunterculture(or technocomplex) in north-central Europeduring

theYounger r!as" the last spell o# cold at the end o# the $eichsel glaciationresulting in

de#orestation and the #ormation o# a tundrawith %ush! arctic white %irchand rowan& The most

important pre! was the wildreindeer& The earliest de#inite #inds o# arrow and %ow date to this

culture" though these weapons might ha'e %een in'ented earlier& The hrens%urgian was

preceded %! the am%urgand *edermessercultures and superseded %!mesolithiccultures

(+aglemosian)& hrens%urgian #inds were made in southern and western ,candina'ia" the

orth .erman plainand western Poland& The hrens%urgian area also included 'ast stretches

o# land now at the %ottom o# theorthandBaltic ,ea" since during the Younger r!as the

coastline too/ a much more northern course than toda!&

The culture is named a#ter a tunnel 'alle!near the 'illage o# hrens%urg" /m (12 mi)

northeast o# am%urgin the .erman state o#,chleswig-olstein" where hrens%urg #ind

la!ers were exca'ated in +eiendor#" ,tellmoorandBornec/& $hile these as well as the

ma3orit! o# other #ind sites date to the Young r!as" the hrens%urgian #ind la!er in lt

u'enstedthas %een dated to the 'er! late ller4d" thus possi%l! representing an earl! stageo# hrens%urgian which might ha'e corresponded to the Bromme culturein the north&

rte#acts with tanged points are #ound associated with %oth the Bromme and the hrens%urg

cultures&

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,tellmoor

6 ,candina'ia" ens%ac/a group

7 ,ee also

8e#erences

Origin
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n hrens%urg arrowhead&

hrens%urg culture %elongs to a 9ate Paleolithicand earl!+esolithic(or Epipaleolithic)

cultural complex that started with the glacial recession and the su%se:uent disintegration o#

9ate Palaeolithic cultures %etween 1"000 and 10"000 calBC& The extinction o# mammoth and

other mega#auna pro'ided #or an incenti'e to exploit other #orms o# su%sistence that included

maritime resources& orthward migrations coincided with the warm B4llingand ller4d

e'ents" %ut much o# northern Eurasia remained inha%ited during the Younger r!as& uringtheholocene climatic optimum" the increased %iomass led to a mar/ed intensi#ication in

#oraging %! all groups" the de'elopment o# inter-group contacts" and ultimatel!" the initiation

o# agriculture&;1nterstadial %etween $eichsel and the r!as >glaciation" at the %eginning o# the

+eiendor# >nterstadial around 1&?00 calBC& Pal!nological results demonstrate a close

connection %etween the prominent temperature rise at the %eginning o# the >nterstadial and the

expansion o# the hunter-gatherers into the northern 9owlands& The existence o# a primar!

@pioneer phaseA in the re-colonisation is contradicted %! proo# o# e&g& an earl! CentralEuropean +agdalenian in Poland& Toda! it is commonl! accepted that the am%urgian"

#eatured %! "Shouldered Point"lithics" is a techno-complex closel! related to the Creswellian

and rooted in the +agdalenian& $ithin the am%urgian techno-complex" a !ounger dating is

#ound #or the a'elte phase" sometimes interpreted as a northwestern phenomenon" perhaps

oriented towards the #ormer coastline& Theam%urgian cultureexisted during the warm

B4llingperiod" the %rie# r!as >>glaciation (lasting 600 !ears) and in the earl! warmer

ller4d period&

owe'er" the distri%ution o# the am%urgian east o# the 5der 8i'er has %een con#irmed and

am%urgian culture can also %e distinguished in 9ithuania& *inds in utland indicates the

expansion o# earl! am%urgian hunters and gatherers reached #urther north than pre'iousl!expected& The am%urgian sites with shouldered point lithics reach as #ar north as the
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Pomeranian ice margin& The !ounger a'elte phase has %een pro'en #or the area %e!ond the

Pomeranian ice margin and on the anish >slesa#ter circa 1&600 calBC&

The Bac/ed Point lithics o# *edermesser cultureare usuall! dated in the ller4d

>nterstadial& Earl! *edermesser #inds #ollows shortl! or are contemporar! to a'elte& The

culture lasted approximatel! 100 !ears #rom 11&D00 to 10&?00 calBC&" and is located inorthern .erman! and Poland to south 9ithuania& *ish-hoo/s were disco'ered in ller4d

la!ers and emphasi=e the importance o# #ishing in the 9ate Palaeolithic& certain sur'i'al o#

late Upper Palaeolithic traditions similar to contemporar! =ilian(*rance" ,pain) %ecomes

apparent" such as the am%er el/ #rom $eitsche that can %e considered as a lin/ to the

+esolithic" am%er animal sculptures&

Bromme culture sites are #ound in the entire southern and southeastern Baltic" and are dated to

the second hal# o#ller4dand the earl! cold r!as >>> period& The classical Brommian

complexis t!pi#ied %! simple and #ast" %ut uneconomical" #lint processing using unipolair

cores& new de'elopment noticed in 9ithuania introduced %oth massi'e and smaller "Tanged

Points"& >n Bromme culture this technolog! is proposed to %e an inno'ation deri'ed #romtanged a'elte groups& s such" deri'ation o# Bromme culture and e'en migration o# its

representati'es #rom the territories o# enmar/ and northern .erman! ha'e %een proposed" ;


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Stellmoor

,tellmoorwas a seasonal settlement inha%ited primaril! during 5cto%er" and %ones #rom 20

reindeer ha'e %een #ound there& The hunting tool was%owand arrow& *rom ,tellmoor there

are also well-preser'ed arrow sha#ts o#pineintended #or the cultureFs characteristicskaftunge

arrowheads o# #lint& num%er o# intact reindeer s/eletons" with arrowheads in the chest" has

%een #ound" and the! were pro%a%l! sacri#ices to higher powers& t the settlements"

archaeologists ha'e #ound circles o# stone" which pro%a%l! were the #oundations o# hide

teepees&

Scandinavia, Hensbacka group

The earliest relia%le traces o# ha%itation in the northern territories o# orwa! and western

,weden date to the transition period #rom the Younger r!as to the Pre%oreal& +ore

#a'oura%le li'ing conditions" and past experience gained through seasonal rounds" prompted

increased maritime resource exploitation in the northern territories& The ens%ac/a grouponthe west coast o# ,weden exempli#ies the cultural #ragmentation process that too/ place

within the Continental hrens%urgian&;G

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