Køkkenmødding from Ertebølle

Excavation of Køkkenmødding , which gave the Ertebølle culture its name (1890s).

The midden of Ertebølle is one of the largest prehistoric midden in northern Europe. It is located in West Himmerland on the coast of the Limfjord in Denmark . The place Ertebølle was named for the Mesolithic Ertebølle culture (5100 BC and 4100 BC).

The Køkkenmødding was originally 140 m long, 20 m wide and up to 2 m thick. The rubbish heap consists of clam shells, mostly oysters , mixed with snail shells and some broken tools. Burials and fire pits have also been found in Kökkenmödding, but it is unclear whether the bearers of the hunter-gatherer culture also lived on the hill. The place was on 4900-3900 BC. And dated from 1893 to 1897 and from 1979 to 1984.

Next to the hill is the Stone Age Center Ertebølle ( Danish Stenaldercenter Ertebølle) with a reconstructed settlement. It has been part of the Vesthimmerlands Museum since 2013.

See also

• Køkkenmødding from Åmølle
• Køkkenmødding Marcilleborg
• Køkkenmødding at Mejlgård

literature

• SH Andersen: Kökkenmöddinger (Shell Middens) in Denmark: a survey . Proc. Prehist. Soc. 66, 2000, pp. 361-384
• Geoffrey Bibby hand ax and bronze sword. Research into the early days of the European north , Rowohlt- Sachbuch, Hamburg, 1972
• Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 pp. 74ff.
• Elisabeth Noll: Ethnoarchaeological studies on clam heaps . Tübingen 2002 ISBN 3830912102

Web links

• Description (Danish)
• Description, location, find history (Danish)
• Stenaldercenter Ertebølle
• Image of the settlement

Coordinates: 56 ° 48 ′ 1.9 ″  N , 9 ° 10 ′ 52.1 ″  E