The domestic sphere of the Corded Ware Culture: a functional analysis of the domestic implements of three Dutch settlements

García Diaz, V. (2017)

Doctoral Thesis

The European Corded Ware Culture, and the Single Grave Culture, are mostly known by the funerary architecture and the depositions of goods. The Netherlands is no exception. Archaeological excavations of domestic settlements are a recent phenomenon, and the number of excavated sites is still low. Although large-scale excavations of Single Grave Culture settlements took place in the Netherlands in the second half of the 20th century, few results have been published. The project aim to study three of these excavated sites: Keinsmerbrug, Mienakker and Zeewijk. This is the first time that three settlements were studied in its totality by a multidisciplinary team.
My PhD research combines technological and functional analysis of Single Grave artefacts (lithic material, the bone and amber implements) from the three selected sites. Tools are understood as the material reflection of the technological development of the prehistoric communities, as well as the carriers of social knowledge and practices. Through the application of these methods it was possible to reconstruct economic practices at the sites and reconstruct subsistence strategies; understand the role played by tools and by sites, and improve the knowledge of the Late Neolithic in Noord-Holland and Europe.

• Corded Ware Culture
• The Netherlands
• Domestic implements
• Chaîne opératoire
• Use-wear analysis

• All authors: García Diaz, V.
• Supervisor: Gijn, A.L. van
• Co-supervisor: Tsoraki, C.
• Committee: Fokkens, H.; Beyries, S.; Raemaekers, D.C.M.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Material Culture Studies, Archaeology, Leiden University
• Date: 2017-02-23