530 likes | 702 Views
Enkhuizen-Kadijken A Middle Bronze Age settlement at a mudflat in West Frisia. Wouter Roessingh April 7th-9th 2011. Structure lecture. Bronze Age settlements in West Frisia - Archaeological research Enkhuizen-Kadijken Research results Conclusion. Bronze Age settlements in West Frisia.
E N D
Enkhuizen-KadijkenA Middle Bronze Age settlement at a mudflat in West Frisia Wouter Roessingh April 7th-9th 2011
Structure lecture • Bronze Age settlements in West Frisia • - Archaeological research Enkhuizen-Kadijken • Research results • Conclusion
Bronze Age settlements in West Frisia Oostwoud 1956 Hoogkarspel 1958
Bronze Age settlements in West Frisia Hoogkarspel-Watertoren 1972-1975
Bronze Age settlements in West Frisia Andijk – Oost 1973 Andijk – West 1973
Bronze Age settlements in West Frisia Bovenkarspel-Het Valkje 1974-1978
Bronze Age settlements in West Frisia Medemblik – Schepenwijk II 2007 (ACVU-HBS)
Bronze Age settlements in West Frisia Zwaagdijk - Oost 2009 (ARC)
Bronze Age settlements in West Frisia • Hoogkarspel-Watertoren • Andijk-West • Andijk-Oost • Bovenkarspel-Het Valkje • Medemblik-Schepenwijk II • Zwaagdijk-Oost • Enkhuizen-Kadijken 5 2 3 4 7 6 1
Enkhuizen-Kadijken location Kadijken 5A
Enkhuizen-Kadijken Kadijken-5A
Enkhuizen-Kadijken Kadijken-5B
Enkhuizen-Kadijken 1 barrow 12 house plans 255 circular structures 87 wells Numerous ditches
Enkhuizen-Kadijken barrow Secondary interment Male 20–25 years old
Enkhuizen-Kadijken house plans • Description • Three aisled with ditch around the house • Entrance in the short sides • 16–22 m long and 6-7 m wide • Chronology house ditch • Oldest houses with ‘round’ ditch around house plan • Houses with straight ditches around or alongside house plan • Houses with wide and deep ditches, further away from house plan • Youngest houses on terps, only deep ditches remain
Enkhuizen-Kadijken house plans Round ditch around house plan Straight ditch around house plan
Enkhuizen-Kadijken house plans Wide and deep ditch further away from house plan
Enkhuizen-Kadijken circular structures 255 circular structures Pit circles and round ditches Distribution everywhere Probably grain stooks
Enkhuizen-Kadijken wells 87 wells Located in ditches No wooden construction Few finds
Enkhuizen-Kadijken ditches Numerous ditches Separate individual and groups of farmsteads Drainage
Enkhuizen-Kadijken finds Pottery (3.000) Animal bone (10.000) Stone (500) Flint (150) Wood (20)
Enkhuizen-Kadijken pottery Hoogkarspel-oud pottery (1500 – 1200 BC) Hoogkarspel-jong pottery (1100 – 800 BC)
Enkhuizen-Kadijken animal bone Cattle 94% Pig 2% Sheep/goat 1% Horse1% Dog 1% Brown bear! Moose Red deer Beaver Fish: Bream, carp, catfish, pike, perch & eel.
Enkhuizen-Kadijken stone artefacts • Cooking stones • Grinding stones (also tephrite) • Whetstones • Hammer stones • Flint / fragments of sickle
Enkhuizen-Kadijkenphasing Different orientation Late Bronze Age pottery
Enkhuizen-KadijkenPhasing Phase 1 1600 – 1400 BC
Enkhuizen-KadijkenPhasing Phase 2 1500 – 1200 BC
Enkhuizen-KadijkenPhasing Phase 3 1200 – 800 BC