Bromme culture

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The late Paleolithic Bromme culture is named after the Bromme site near Sorø on the Danish island of Zealand . In Germany it is also called Lyngby culture after the place where it was found in Nørre Lyngby in Jutland . It lasted from about 11,400 to 10,500 BC. And was discovered in 1944 by the Danish archaeologist Erik Westerby (1901–1981). There are mainly scattered individual finds, including stem tips such as the Lyngby tip and axes made from reindeer antler such as the Lyngby ax.

It is particularly common in Denmark , Skåne and Northern Germany during the Allerød Interstadial . The economy was based on hunting elk and giant deer . Compared to the previous Hamburg culture , the importance of reindeer hunting decreased.

Material culture

Drawing a tip of the Bromme culture.

The Silexverarbeitung shows similarities for simultaneous penknife culture . Blades were made from cylindrical cores by direct hard impact. The face was renewed with partial core discs.

Living spaces

From Langå one's living space with central hearth known. A stone concentration of 3 to 4 m in diameter could indicate the location of a tent . In Stoksbjerg Vest the hearths were 58 cm tall, slightly deepened and contained a lot of thermally damaged flint . A rectangular area of ​​4.5 by 5 m might indicate the location of a tent.

References

  • Ommelshoved, Ærø
  • Hollendskjær, Jutland Vendsyssel
  • Langå, Jutland
  • Løvenholm, Jutland Djursland
  • Nørre Lyngby, Jutland:
    • The prehistoric freshwater deposits at Nørre Lyngby on Jammer Bay in north-west Denmark are now on the border between sea and land.
    • In 1889 reindeer antlers were first found under a cliff
    • In 1913, a systematic geological survey found a flint projectile point. At that time people often spoke of a so-called "Lyngby culture". Today, however, one generally speaks of the "Bromme culture."
    • In 1993, during a Quaternary, paleontological research excavation, a reindeer rib with traces of processing appeared
  • Ramsgård, Jutland
  • Æskebjerg, Zealand
  • Bromme, Zealand
  • Holmegårds mose, Zealand
  • Højgård, Zealand
  • Knudshoved Odde , Zealand
  • Stoksbjerg, Zealand
  • Trollesgave, Zealand
  • Bro, Funen
  • Segebro, Skåne , Sweden (oldest place to live)

literature

  • Lars Larsson: New Finds of the Late Ice Age in Southern Sweden . In: Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt Volume 23, Issue 3, 1993, ISSN  0342-734X .
  • Lars Larsson, Johannes Lepiksaar: Segebro. En tidigatlantisk boplats vid Sege Ås mynning . Malmo. Malmöfynd, 4 1982

Individual evidence

  1. Anders Fischer: Late Palaeolithic Nørre Lyngby - a northern outpost close to the west coast of Europe. (PDF) 2013, accessed on July 24, 2017 (English, German).