The interaction of distant technologies

Bridging Central Europe using a techno-typological comparison of spindle whorls

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ID7657349
AuthorsAna Grabundžija (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale, corresponding author), Helmut Schlichtherle (Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart), Urs Leuzinger (0009-0007-6403-062X, Amt für Archäologie), Wolfram Schier (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale), Sabine Karg (0000-0002-1011-4859, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale)
Year2021
Volume95
Issue381
Pages627-647
Publication date2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2021.6
OpenAlexW3129516915
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

The study of prehistoric textile production requires the excavation of sites with exceptional organic preservation. Here, the authors focus on thread production using evidence from two fourth-millennium BC pre-Alpine wetland sites: Arbon-Bleiche 3 in Switzerland and Bad Buchau-Torwiesen II in southern Germany. A comparison of the spindle whorls from these two settlements with a contemporaneous East-Central European dataset suggests that multiple culture-historical groups with distinct technological signatures inhabited Neolithic Central Europe. Furthermore, the spatial distribution of conical spindle whorls within the pre-Alpine settlements suggests the immigration of both people and technology from the east, thereby illuminating the wider themes of mobility and innovation in prehistoric Europe

Archaeology · Economic geography · Geography · Human settlement · Immigration · Prehistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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