Lasse van den Dikkenberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 5154757 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lasse van den Dikkenberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lasse van den |
| FAMILY NAME | Dikkenberg |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DEN DIKKENBERG L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1576-1577 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Learning Across the Divide
Vlaardingen (VL) communities on the Dutch West coast (3400–2200 bce ) are part of a unique, long‐term continuity in the European Neolithic. Despite large‐scale changes in European populations during the Neolithic, the genomic diversity and cultural practices of VL communities can be retraced to the Mesolithic. The resilience of VL communities is attributed to their settlement system: a hypothesised network connecting diverse VL settlements and en…
Brokering time and place
Material ontological approaches have the potential to expand the understanding of precolonial stone monuments. Grooved boulders (known locally as p iedras rayadas ) seem to be a monumental form unique to El Tigre Island, Honduras. This article focuses on the 30 piedras rayadas documented at the archaeological site of La Tigüilotada in the context of lithic ontologies. By examining their spatial relationships and their material biographies, we she…
Skaill knives from the Ness of Brodgar
This paper presents the results of a pilot study exploring the biographies of Skaill knives from the Neolithic site of Ness of Brodgar (UK). Skaill knives are large sandstone flakes made from beach cobbles. We present an experimental study in which we replicated and used Skaill knives. A selection of ten archaeological Skaill knives was subjected to a detailed technological and functional analysis. Functional analysis of the experimental and arch…
Using Text Mining to Search for Neolithic Vlaardingen Culture Sites in the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt Delta
This paper presents a study on Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BCE) sites in the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta using AGNES, an intelligent search engine for Dutch and Flemish archaeological grey literature. The aims of this paper are twofold: 1) to provide an up-to-date overview of Vlaardingen Culture sites; 2) to evaluate the performance of AGNES in searching for period specific sites. Vlaardingen Culture (VLC) sites usually consist of artefact scatt…
How to finish your Neolithic axe? Experimental archaeology and optical microscopy, a study of grinding and polishing traces on flint axes from Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BCE) settlements
The ubiquitous flint axes of the Dutch Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BCE) were not locally produced, but imported from flint mining areas in Belgium and Dutch Limburg. At present a systematic study of grinding and polishing traces on these axes is lacking. This study presents a series of experiments which created a suitable reference collection for studying grinding and polishing traces on these flint axes. Four archaeological case studies from …
Recycling Neolithic Axes
In the western Netherlands Neolithic axes are hardly ever found in a complete state. Flint is scarce in this area and when these axes were exhausted, or when they broke during use, they were often re-used as flake cores. Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BC) sites often yield large quantities of flakes and retouched tools made on polished axe fragments. Using an experimental approach, we tried to better understand the importance of recycling of thes…
Deer ghosts
Toolkits for metapodium technique identified. • Bone-working techniques depended on available species. • Metapodium technique only applied where deer were hunted − Preference for deer bone determined technological choices. This paper explores the application of use-wear analysis on flint tools for the reconstruction of bone-working toolkits. Lithics from three Neolithic Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BCE) sites were analysed. We successfully iden…
How to finish your Neolithic axe? Experimental archaeology and optical microscopy, a study of grinding and polishing traces on flint axes from Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BCE) settlements
The ubiquitous flint axes of the Dutch Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BCE) were not locally produced, but imported from flint mining areas in Belgium and Dutch Limburg. At present a systematic study of grinding and polishing traces on these axes is lacking. This study presents a series of experiments which created a suitable reference collection for studying grinding and polishing traces on these flint axes. Four archaeological case studies from …
Recycling Neolithic Axes
In the western Netherlands Neolithic axes are hardly ever found in a complete state. Flint is scarce in this area and when these axes were exhausted, or when they broke during use, they were often re-used as flake cores. Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BC) sites often yield large quantities of flakes and retouched tools made on polished axe fragments. Using an experimental approach, we tried to better understand the importance of recycling of thes…
Deer ghosts
Toolkits for metapodium technique identified. • Bone-working techniques depended on available species. • Metapodium technique only applied where deer were hunted − Preference for deer bone determined technological choices. This paper explores the application of use-wear analysis on flint tools for the reconstruction of bone-working toolkits. Lithics from three Neolithic Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BCE) sites were analysed. We successfully iden…
How to finish your Neolithic axe? Experimental archaeology and optical microscopy, a study of grinding and polishing traces on flint axes from Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BCE) settlements
The ubiquitous flint axes of the Dutch Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BCE) were not locally produced, but imported from flint mining areas in Belgium and Dutch Limburg. At present a systematic study of grinding and polishing traces on these axes is lacking. This study presents a series of experiments which created a suitable reference collection for studying grinding and polishing traces on these flint axes. Four archaeological case studies from …
Recycling Neolithic Axes
In the western Netherlands Neolithic axes are hardly ever found in a complete state. Flint is scarce in this area and when these axes were exhausted, or when they broke during use, they were often re-used as flake cores. Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BC) sites often yield large quantities of flakes and retouched tools made on polished axe fragments. Using an experimental approach, we tried to better understand the importance of recycling of thes…
Deer ghosts
Toolkits for metapodium technique identified. • Bone-working techniques depended on available species. • Metapodium technique only applied where deer were hunted − Preference for deer bone determined technological choices. This paper explores the application of use-wear analysis on flint tools for the reconstruction of bone-working toolkits. Lithics from three Neolithic Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BCE) sites were analysed. We successfully iden…
Skaill knives from the Ness of Brodgar
This paper presents the results of a pilot study exploring the biographies of Skaill knives from the Neolithic site of Ness of Brodgar (UK). Skaill knives are large sandstone flakes made from beach cobbles. We present an experimental study in which we replicated and used Skaill knives. A selection of ten archaeological Skaill knives was subjected to a detailed technological and functional analysis. Functional analysis of the experimental and arch…
Using Text Mining to Search for Neolithic Vlaardingen Culture Sites in the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt Delta
This paper presents a study on Vlaardingen Culture (3400–2500 BCE) sites in the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta using AGNES, an intelligent search engine for Dutch and Flemish archaeological grey literature. The aims of this paper are twofold: 1) to provide an up-to-date overview of Vlaardingen Culture sites; 2) to evaluate the performance of AGNES in searching for period specific sites. Vlaardingen Culture (VLC) sites usually consist of artefact scatt…
Learning Across the Divide
Vlaardingen (VL) communities on the Dutch West coast (3400–2200 bce ) are part of a unique, long‐term continuity in the European Neolithic. Despite large‐scale changes in European populations during the Neolithic, the genomic diversity and cultural practices of VL communities can be retraced to the Mesolithic. The resilience of VL communities is attributed to their settlement system: a hypothesised network connecting diverse VL settlements and en…
Brokering time and place
Material ontological approaches have the potential to expand the understanding of precolonial stone monuments. Grooved boulders (known locally as p iedras rayadas ) seem to be a monumental form unique to El Tigre Island, Honduras. This article focuses on the 30 piedras rayadas documented at the archaeological site of La Tigüilotada in the context of lithic ontologies. By examining their spatial relationships and their material biographies, we she…
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Debitage (2 works) · Geology (2 works) · Human settlement (2 works) · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction (2 works) · Materials Science (2 works) · Mineralogy and Gemology Studies (2 works)