• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: The site of Edewecht 82-East, district of Ammerland, and the role of Red Heligoland flint in the Late Glacial
  • Contributor: Terberger, Thomas; Schneider, Jürgen; Fries, Jana Esther
  • imprint: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2020
  • Published in: Praehistorische Zeitschrift
  • Language: Not determined
  • DOI: 10.1515/pz-2020-0006
  • ISSN: 1613-0804; 0079-4848
  • Keywords: Archeology ; Archeology
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Until today there is limited evidence for Late Glacial sites in the Northwest of lower Saxony. Here we present the Ahrensburgian site of Edewecht 82-East, which was excavated by two amateurs in 1973/74. Unfortunately the quality of the excavation was limited, but the distribution of artefacts indicates a single find concentration. Small tanged points and a long blade fragment probably assign the assemblage to the late Ahrensburgian (c. 10.000–9.600 calBC). Special attention deserves a blade fragment made of Red Heligoland flint. The find provides the opportunity to discuss the role of this flint source during the Late Glacial in the lowlands. There is evidence that this exotic flint type was of more relevance during the Allerød Interstadial and especially during the transitional phase from the Younger Dryas to the Preboreal.</jats:p>