Vængesø and Holmegård : ertebølle fishers and hunters on Djursland / Søren H. Andersen.

Includes bibliographical references.

Front page; Title page; Colophon; Contents; Preface; 1 Vængesø: Geology, topography and research history; 1.1 Geology and topography; 1.2 Research history; 2 Vængesø I "Svendhøj"; 2.1 Stratigraphy; 2.2 Settlement structures; 2.2.1 Terrace; 2.2.2 Hearths; 2.2.3 Shell concentrations; 2.2.4 Pits/postholes; 2.2.5 Summary; 2.3 The finds; 2.3.1 Flint; 2.3.1.1 Debitage, technique and primary flint-working; 2.3.1.2 Artefacts from secondary working; 2.3.2 Greenstone; 2.3.3 Pottery; 2.3.4 Antler; 2.4 Dating; 2.5 Faunal remains and seasonality; 2.6 Settlement type; 3 Vængesø II "Egehøj."

3.1 Stratigraphy3.2 The kitchen midden; 3.3 Settlement features and structures; 3.3.1 Stone layers; 3.3.2 Terrace; 3.3.3 Pit; 3.3.4 Hearths?; 3.4 Inhumation graves; 3.5 Finds from the Ertebølle culture; 3.5.1 Flint; 3.5.1.1 Debitage, technique and primary working; 3.5.1.2 Artefacts from secondary working; 3.5.2 Stone; 3.5.3 Antler and bone; 3.5.4 Ertebølle pottery; 3.5.5 Conclusion: Finds from the Ertebølle culture; 3.6 Finds from the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age; 3.6.1 Flint; 3.6.2 Neolithic pottery; 3.7 Dating; 3.8 Subsistence economy; 3.9 Settlement type; 3.10 Conclusion

4 Vængesø III "Ishuset"4.1 Stratigraphy; 4.2 Settlement features and structures; 4.2.1 Terraces; 4.2.2 Hearths; 4.2.2.1 Stone-built hearths; 4.2.2.2 Ash hearths; 4.2.2.3 Discussion; 4.2.3 Large stones; 4.2.4 Postholes; 4.2.5 Patches of subsoil; 4.2.6 Concentrations of fishbones; 4.2.7 Slaughtering and butchering/skinning sites; 4.2.8 Cooking stones; 4.2.9 Pits; 4.2.10 Flint­knapping sites; 4.2.11 Analyses of charcoal and oyster shells; 4.2.12 Conclusion; 4.3 The finds; 4.3.1 Flint; 4.3.1.1 Raw material, debitage, technique and primary working; 4.3.1.2 Artefacts from secondary flint-working

4.3.2 Greenstone/diabase4.3.3 Pottery; 4.3.4 Bone and antler; 4.3.5 Other materials; 4.4 Dating; 4.5 Subsistence economy; 4.6 Settlement type; 4.7 Grave; 4.8 Conclusion; 5 Vængesø IV "Tronhøjen"; 5.1 Stratigraphy; 5.2 Finds; 5.3 Dating; 5.4 Conclusions; 5.5 Whale skull; 6 Other Ertebølle settlements on and around Vængesø; 7 Holmegaard; 7.1 Stratigraphy; 7.2 Settlement features; 7.2.1 Large stones; 7.2.2 Layers of fishbones; 7.2.3 Hearths; 7.2.4 A possible dwelling floor?; 7.2.5 Flint­working site; 7.2.6 Red colouration of the shell mass; 7.2.7 Cooking stones; 7.2.8 Other features

7.3 A grave and other human bones/ remains7.4 The finds; 7.4.1 Flint; 7.4.1.1 Debitage, technique and primary working; 7.4.1.2 Artefacts from secondary working; 7.4.2 Greenstone/diabase; 7.4.3 Antler and bone; 7.4.4 Other; 7.4.5 Artefacts from various periods of the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age; 7.5 Faunal remains and seasonality; 7.6 Dating; 7.7 Other nearby settlements; 7.8 Summary; 8 Summary and concluding remarks: Ertebølle sites at Vængesø and Holmegaard; Vængesø; Holmegaard; Conclusion; 9 References; 10 Tables

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