Unlocking Noord-Holland's Late Neolithic Treasure Chest

Welcome to the "Unlocking Noord-Holland's Late Neolithic Treasure Chest" project website, here you will be able to follow the project and discover the secrets which are revealed as the project develops through its journey.

This project is the archaeological investigation of three Late Neolithic settlement sites in Noord-Holland in The Netherlands. They were excavated in the 1980s and 1990s, the sites are Keinsmerbrug, Kolhorn Zeewijk and Mienakker. For more information regarding the project is accessible through the About the Project page. To keep up to date with the project and as the website develops there is an RSS feed on the right, alternatively you can sign up to the newsletter which will be produced once every quater.

Were you involved in the original excavations?
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Do you have photos of the excavation?
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A brief summary of the sites

Keinsmerbrug, Kolhorn and Mienakker are Late Neolithic settlement sites of the single grave culture. They date from between 2900 and 2500 BC. Although they are regarded as settlements their entire function is unknown.

What activities were taking place at these sites?
Were they seasonal camps for fishing?
Were they inhabited once and then abandoned or were the sites maintained?
Was there continuous habitation through out the year?

All these questions and maybe more will hopefully be answered towards the end of the project.

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