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A Late Mesolithic kill site of aurochs at Jardinga, Netherlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Wietske Prummel ,
Marcel J.L. Th. Niekus ,
Annelou L. van Gijn  and
René T.J. Cappers
Wietske Prummel
Affiliation:
Groningen Institute of Archaeology, Poststraat 6, 9712 ER Groningen, Netherlands. w.prummel@let.rug.nl
Marcel J.L. Th. Niekus
Affiliation:
Archaeological Research & Consultancy BV, PO Box 41018, 9701 CA Groningen, Netherlands
Annelou L. van Gijn
Affiliation:
Archaeological Centre, PO Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
René T.J. Cappers
Affiliation:
Groningen Institute of Archaeology, Poststraat 6, 9712 ER Groningen, Netherlands. w.prummel@let.rug.nl
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A site beside the river Tjonger near Jardinga in the northern Netherlands is shown to be a rare Late Mesolithic kill and primary butchering site. Finds consist mainly of bones from aurochs and red deer, with a few flint artefacts. Radiocarbon evidence shows that there must have been two phases of use: the first around 5400 cal BC; the second, main phase around 5250–5050 cal BC.

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Late Mesolithicaurochsred deerkill siteprimary butcheringJardinga
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Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 292 , June 2002 , pp. 413 - 424
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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