The Blatterhohle in Hagen (Westphalia): preliminary report on the first archaeological investigations

Joerg Orschiedt; Jan F Kegler; Birgit  Gehlen; Werner Schoen; Flora Gröning

The Blatterhohle in Hagen (Westphalia): preliminary report on the first archaeological investigations

Joerg Orschiedt, Jan F Kegler, Birgit Gehlen, Werner Schoen, Flora Gröning

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The site Blätterhöhle in Hagen was discovered during a spelaeological exploration in 2004. The cave itself was almost completely filled with sediments. The excavations brought human skeletons of at least seven individuals, animal bones and stone tools to light. A trial trench next to the entrance resulted in the discovery of a find layer dating to the Mesolithic with a fireplace under the rubble. First radiocarbon dating and the typological distinction of the stone artefacts indicate that the cave and the space in front of it were used towards the end of the Late Palaeolithic, in the early Mesolithic and the early Neolithic. During the last two periods the cave functioned as a cemetery. M. S.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13-32
Number of pages	21
Journal	Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt
Volume	38
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

Westfalen
Hagen
cave
Early Stone Age
Early Neolithic
remains of man

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Orschiedt, J., Kegler, J. F., Gehlen, B., Schoen, W., & Gröning, F. (2008). The Blatterhohle in Hagen (Westphalia): preliminary report on the first archaeological investigations. Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt, 38(1), 13-32. https://web.rgzm.de/publikationen/verlagsprogramm/zeitschriften/archaeologisches-korrespondenzblatt/pm/article/die-blaetterhoehle-in-hagen-westfalen-vorbericht-der-ersten-archaeologischen-untersuchungen/

Orschiedt, J, Kegler, JF, Gehlen, B, Schoen, W & Gröning, F 2008, 'The Blatterhohle in Hagen (Westphalia): preliminary report on the first archaeological investigations', Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 13-32. <https://web.rgzm.de/publikationen/verlagsprogramm/zeitschriften/archaeologisches-korrespondenzblatt/pm/article/die-blaetterhoehle-in-hagen-westfalen-vorbericht-der-ersten-archaeologischen-untersuchungen/>

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The Blatterhohle in Hagen (Westphalia): preliminary report on the first archaeological investigations

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