Winding cord ceramics
The early Bronze Age (1875 to 1575 BC) winding cord ceramics (sometimes also called barbed wire ceramics) is the key fossil of this period in Westphalia and the Netherlands .
The winding cord stamp decoration of clay pots is made by pressing a thread wound around a flexible (rope, branch) or rigid ( flint blade , piece of wood or bone) axis on the ceramic. The imprints of the stamps in the unfired clays are easy to identify. Depending on how deep they are, you can see the traces of the threads or additionally those of the axis.
In 1982, Niels Bantelmann confirmed the importance of the winding cord decoration for North Rhine-Westphalia and expanded the scope of the typical phenomena to include the so-called feather pattern in the decor.
As a basis for the investigation of the Early Bronze Age in Westphalia, 250 sites are to be enumerated, which occupy the Munster Bay, North and East Westphalia and in the south extend to Warburg - Brilon - Arnsberg - Lüdenscheid . The south of Westphalia remains deserted.
For 113 sites, the association with the Early Bronze Age is based on winding cord ceramics. In addition, there are 50 places where giant cups were found ( Borken- Südwest). The single grave under a burial mound is typical of what was found with a winding cord . Finds from the Early Bronze Age (shards with a winding cord or pinnate pattern, remains of giant cups and certain associated flint daggers) are known from 21 graves, if one looks at the giant cup and winding cord shards from the large stone graves of Lichtenau-Henglarn ( Paderborn district ) and Lengerich-Wechte ( Steinfurt district ) is regarded as evidence of subsequent burials .
literature
- Elisabeth Dickmann: Wrapping cord ceramics from Borken - New Becherzeit finds in western Münsterland. In: North Rhine-Westphalia site, millions of years of history. Writings on the preservation of soil monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume 5, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-8053-2672-6 , pp. 243-244.