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STONE-PAVED CELLARS IN THE STONE AGE? ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR A NEOLITHIC SUBTERRANEAN CONSTRUCTION FROM NYGÅRDSVEJ 3, FALSTER, DENMARK

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Marie Brinch Open the ORCID record for Marie Brinch [Opens in a new window] ,
Bente Philippsen Open the ORCID record for Bente Philippsen [Opens in a new window] ,
Daniel Groß Open the ORCID record for Daniel Groß [Opens in a new window]  and
Marie Kanstrup
Marie Brinch*
Affiliation:
Museum Lolland-Falster, Frisegade 40 Nykøbing, Nykobing Falster 4800, Denmark
Bente Philippsen
Affiliation:
Museum Lolland-Falster, Frisegade 40 Nykøbing, Nykobing Falster 4800, Denmark NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet - Nasjonallaboratoriene for datering, Trondheim, Norway
Daniel Groß
Affiliation:
Museum Lolland-Falster, Frisegade 40 Nykøbing, Nykobing Falster 4800, Denmark
Marie Kanstrup
Affiliation:
Aarhus University – Aarhus AMS Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus, Denmark
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*Corresponding author. Email: mb@museumlollandfalster.dk
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Abstract

We present the excavation results from a Middle Neolithic site associated with the Funnel Beaker Culture. Within two overlying house phases, a recessed area was recorded, which had been constructed using different sized pebbles. The arrangement and form of the feature clearly indicated anthropogenic origin and is understood as belonging to one of the house phases. Consequently, it is interpreted as a cellar. Several pits and post holes are additional features that were recorded at the site and indicate the presence of a fence structure with up to seven parallel courses. In this paper, we present radiocarbon dates from the features and an age model for the construction and use of the cellar as well as the fences. Moreover, the site Nygårdsvej 3 will be placed in its regional archaeological landscape.

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excavationfeaturesFunnel Beaker Cultureradiocarbon datingsettlement archaeology

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Radiocarbon , Volume 66 , Issue 6: 24th Radiocarbon and 10th 14C & Archaeology, Zurich, Sept. 11–16, 2022 Proceedings Part 2 of 2 , December 2024 , pp. 1518 - 1542
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Selected Papers from the 24th Radiocarbon and 10th Radiocarbon & Archaeology International Conferences, Zurich, Switzerland, 11–16 Sept. 2022

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