A later fifth-millennium cal BC tumulus at Hofheim-Kapellenberg, Germany

In the nineteenth century, two Neolithic axe-heads were reported from the Michelsberg enclosure system at Kapellenberg. The recent identification of an unusually large tumulus, from which the axe-heads were almost certainly once recovered, reveals that socio-political hierarchisation, linked to the...

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Published in:	Antiquity Vol. 94; no. 375
Main Authors:	Gronenborn, Detlef, Thiemeyer, Heinrich, Cramer, Anja, Antunes, Nicolas, Neubauer, Dieter, Pétrequin, Pierre
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01-06-2020 Antiquity Publications/Cambridge University Press
Subjects:	19th century Archaeology Cemeteries Elites Excavation Funerals Humanities and Social Sciences Millennium Neolithic Politics Ratings & rankings Weapons Rhine Valley Germany jade axe-head Brittany burial Germany Michelsberg Neolithic
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Summary:	In the nineteenth century, two Neolithic axe-heads were reported from the Michelsberg enclosure system at Kapellenberg. The recent identification of an unusually large tumulus, from which the axe-heads were almost certainly once recovered, reveals that socio-political hierarchisation, linked to the emergence of high-ranking elites in Brittany and the Paris Basin during the fifth millennium cal BC, may have extended into Central Europe.
ISSN:	0003-598X 1745-1744
DOI:	10.15184/aqy.2020.79