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Unlocking Noord-Holland's Late Neolithic Treasure Chest

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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?
Why not get in touch?
Maybe you will provide us with extra insight?
Do you have photos of the excavation?
Contact us here

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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The Single Grave Team
Posted by Sundance on
This is way more heflpul than anything else I've looked at.
Posted by Jayne on
In the complicated world we live in, it's good to find simple sloutinos.
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August 24th
Look at the overview map, zoom in, change layers, investigate the past landscape by using the blue layer tabs. Click on a site for further information and explore the site in greater detail. This area gives to you some of the data we have been using with ...
January 31st
The long awaited sequel to he spring newsletter is out NOW! It highlights the first discoveries made by the team. Also respond to the quiz on the back page on this website by clicking the 'Newsletter Quizzes'link on the left hand side
September 10th
A poster was presented at the European Association of Archaeologist hosted this year in The Hague, if you missed the conference or our poster see it here
June 26th
Dutch version of the website is launched!
June 21st
Find out who as joined the team by clicking on the above link!