A Revision of Corded Ware Settlement Pattern —New Results from the Central European Low Mountain Range

摘要

The excavation of the Wattendorf-Motzenstein Corded Ware settlement in Franconia (Germany) has yieldednew information with regard to the architecture, economy, and ritual activities, as well as the socialorganisation of Final Neolithic groups in Central Europe. The settlement is dated to 2660-2470 cal BC and wasan agrarian community. Detailed analyses of the material culture combined with biological and pedologicalparameters allowed new interpretations regarding Corded Ware economies as well as domestic and ritualspheres. The settlement contained about 35 individuals at most, who were organised in fewer than eighthouseholds. The exceptional results obtained call for further research strategies to be developed.