
Detlef JantzenLandesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | LAKD · Landesarchäologie
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During the first half of the thirteenth century BCE the Tollense Valley in Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania, in the Baltic region of north-east Germany (see Jantzen and Lidke in this volume), became an arena of warlike hostilities that many predominantly young adult men fell victim to. Since 2007, extensive archaeological research has revealed thousan...
The chapter discusses the evidence for a major violent conflict in the Bronze Age in northeast Germany (c. 1300 BCE) from another angle.
The volume "The Baltic in the Bronze Age. Regional patterns, interactions and boundaries" can be viewed here:
https://www.sidestone.com/books/the-baltic-in-the-bronze-age
Lactase persistence (LP), the continued expression of lactase into adulthood, is the most strongly selected single gene trait over the last 10,000 years in multiple human populations. It has been posited that the primary allele causing LP among Eurasians, rs4988235-A [1], only rose to appreciable frequencies during the Bronze and Iron Ages [2, 3],...
Based on an internal workshop: ZBSA Schleswig March 14th–16th 2016, concerning the project: »Neubewertung von Chronologie und Stratigraphie des frühholozänen Fundplatzes Hohen Viecheln (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der diagnostischen Knochenartefakte« (»Re-evaluation of the chronology and stratigraphy of the early Holoc...
Finds from Ewald Schuldt’s 1952–54 excavations at Hohen Viecheln, on the shore of Lake Schwerin, form one of the most important assemblages of Mesolithic bone/antler tools in Germany, including over 300 projectile points. Re-evaluation of Schuldt’s excavation records has created doubts about the published stratigraphic sequence. For reliable chrono...
Hohen Viecheln is one of the key sites for Early Mesolithic research in Northern Europe. Due to a large number of osseous tools the site became a reference site already shortly after excavation. However, because of a difficult stratigraphy the chronological depths of the site and its inventory have been discussed ever since. Due to the importance o...
A decade ago, archaeologists discovered the site of a Bronze Age battlefield in the Tollense Valley in north-eastern Germany. Dated to the early thirteenth century BC, the remains of over 140 individuals have been documented, along with many associated bronze objects. Here, the authors present a new assemblage of 31 objects from the site, including...
Although the Bronze Age is best known for its remarkable metal weapons, there is little evidence of conflict. Traumatic wounds in human skeletal remains are rare, and there have been few recognized scenes of warfare such as those known from later periods. Recent discoveries, however, have revealed evidence of a major battle in a small valley in the...
In den 1990er Jahren wurden am Ufer der Tollense in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wiederholt Menschenreste entdeckt. Eine erste Sondierung ergab 1996 eine flächig erhaltene Fundschicht mit Menschenresten und wenigen Pferdeknochen (Fundplatz Weltzin 20) aus der Zeit um 1300 v. Chr. Ein Schädel mit Impression verstärkte den Verdacht auf einen Gewaltkonflikt...
Warfare in Bronze Age Society takes a fresh look at warfare and its role in reshaping Bronze Age society. The Bronze Age represents the global emergence of a militarized society with a martial culture, materialized in a package of new efficient weapons that remained in use for millennia to come. Warfare became institutionalized and professionalized...
The Tollense Valley extended site (northeast Germany) is the only known battlefield from the European Bronze Age. It has yielded a large number of human remains showing traces of violence, along with animal remains and weapons. The chapter discusses the results of new, interdisciplinary research focusing in particular on the penetrating injuries, w...
Warfare in Bronze Age Society takes a fresh look at warfare and its role in reshaping Bronze Age society. The Bronze Age represents the global emergence of a militarized society with a martial culture, materialized in a package of new efficient weapons that remained in use for millennia to come. Warfare became institutionalized and professionalized...
Research on the Bronze Age battlefield site in the Tollense Valley (Mecklenburg-
Western Pomerania, 13th cent. BCE) has to date uncovered the remains of more
than 130 individuals, predominantly young adult men with perimortal as well as healed
lesions, together with weapons of the same period, especially flint and socketed bronze
arrowheads, and wo...
The discovery of numerous human skeletal remains, as well as horse bones and weapon finds dating to about 1250 BC, brought the Tollense Valley into the focus of interdisciplinary research. So far, c. 9300 commingled human bones of more than 124 (mostly male) individuals have been recovered and are currently interpreted as the remains of a large Bro...
Die archäologische Erforschung des Phänomens »Krieg« führte in den letzten 25 Jahren zu einem außerordentlichen Erkenntnisgewinn: Schlachtfelder und Befestigungen wur-den ausgegraben, Massengräber geborgen, unzählige Skelette mit Verletzungsspuren untersucht, Waffen sowie bildhafte Darstellungen und historische Texte analysiert. In diesem Begleitba...
The Bronze Age site in the Tollense valley, Germany, has yielded thousands of human and animal bones and a number of archaeological artifacts. Several of the human bones exhibit blunt and sharp force lesions, and the assemblage has been interpreted as representing victims of a large scale conflict. One of the earliest finds is a human humerus with...
The discovery of numerous human skeletal remains, with traces of violence in several cases, together with two wooden clubs, dating to period III of the Nordic Bronze has made the Tollense valley in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the focus of research in the past few years. The unusual finds, c. 3300-3200 years old, were discovered at different locations al...
The article provides information on the Bronze Age battlefield site of Tollense valley in NE-Germany.
Chance discoveries of weapons, horse bones and human skeletal remains along the banks of the River Tollense led to a campaign of research which has identified them as the debris from a Bronze Age battle. The resources of war included horses, arrowheads and wooden clubs, and the dead had suffered blows indicating face-to-face combat. This surprising...