A later fifth-millennium cal BC tumulus at Hofheim-Kapellenberg, Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3596379 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Gronenborn (0000-0002-6467-5643, LEIZA - Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie, corresponding author), Heinrich Thiemeyer (0000-0002-5096-2975, Goethe University Frankfurt), Anja Cramer (0000-0002-5232-1944, LEIZA - Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie), Nicolas Antunes (0000-0002-8894-2283, LEIZA - Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie), Dieter Neubauer (LEIZA - Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie), Pierre Pétrequin (0009-0005-9758-5168, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 375 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2020.79 |
| OpenAlex | W3032768300 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
In the nineteenth century, two Neolithic axe-heads were reported from the Michelsberg enclosure system at Kapellenberg. The recent identification of an unusually large tumulus, from which the axe-heads were almost certainly once recovered, reveals that socio-political hierarchisation, linked to the emergence of high-ranking elites in Brittany and the Paris Basin during the fifth millennium cal BC, may have extended into Central Europe
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Humanities · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic and Genetic Research · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |