Tardenoisie

Tardenois culture

Age : Late Mesolithic Absolutely : 6000-5000 BC Chr.
expansion
North: Belgium West: Northern France East: Northern Bavaria
Leitforms
geometric microliths

The Tardenoisie is an archaeological culture of the Late Mesolithic in Europe from approx. 6000-5000 BC. The term was introduced by Gabriel de Mortillet in 1885 , after the Tardenois countryside in the north of France in the Aisne department (France). In addition to the Tardenois landscape, the culture was also widespread in Belgium to the northeast . While the Tardenoisie was originally used as a synonym for the younger Mesolithic for all of Central Europe, today this is only the case regionally. The term is still used more recently in the prehistory of Bavaria . It can be roughly paralleled with the late Mesolithic in Central Europe ( Beuronia in southern Germany), with a continuation until the early Neolithic .

Material culture

The Tardenoisia is characterized by geometric microliths , initially simple tips with a base retouching ("Tardenois tips"), and triangular microliths . In the later section, trapezoidal tips and harpoons made from deer antlers are common.

literature

Lothar F. Zotz : Cultural groups of the Tardenoisia in Central Europe. In: Praehistorische Zeitschrift , Volume 23, No. 1–2, 1932, pp. 19–44.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Carl Gumpert: Franconian Mesolithic. The Stone Age settlement of the Franconian Rezat and Upper Altmühl in the Tardenoisia. Mannus Library 40, Leipzig 1927.
2. ↑ W. Schönweiß: Wachendorf-Süd, an outdoor station of the Tardenoisien in the district of Fürth. In: Bayer Vorbl. 30, 1965, pp. 25-55.