The best of both worlds: Human impact and plant subsistence at the Middle and Late Neolithic semi-agricultural site of Hekelingen III (2900-2500 BC)

摘要

Archaeological sites of the Dutch Neolithic Vlaardingen group (ca. 3400-2500 BC) are known from a large variety of environments with both dryland and wetland settings and display a variety of site functions. However, large and interdisciplinary archaeobotanical data sets are still scarce, which restricts the understanding of the subsistence of this cultural group. This paper presents a reconstruction of the vegetation, an analysis of human impact and a reconstruction of plant exploitation at the Vlaardingen site of Hekelingen III (2900-2500 BC). The analysis is based on an unusually large data set of four pollen sequences and more than 100 macroremain samples, supported by wood and charcoal data.