ABSTRACTThe northern European Neolithic is characterized by two major demographic events: immigra... more ABSTRACTThe northern European Neolithic is characterized by two major demographic events: immigration of early farmers (EF) from Anatolia (5500 BCE) and their admixture (from ∼4200 BCE) with western hunter-gatherers (WHG) forming late farmers (LF). The influence of this admixture event on variation in the immune-relevant human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region is understudied. Here, we conducted population and immunogenetic analyses on 83 individuals from six EF and LF sites located in present-day Germany. We observed significant shifts in HLA allele frequencies from EF to LF. The HLA diversity increased from EF to LF, likely due to admixture with WHG. However, it was considerably lower than in modern populations. Both EF and LF exhibited a relatively narrow HLA allele spectrum compared to today. This coincides with sparse traces of pathogen DNA, potentially indicating a lower pathogen pressure at the time. We additionally noted that LF resulted from sex-biased admixture from male WHG....
ZusammenfassungEin am Heuberg bei Ohlstadt gefundenes Flachbeil aus Kupfer, welches typologisch d... more ZusammenfassungEin am Heuberg bei Ohlstadt gefundenes Flachbeil aus Kupfer, welches typologisch dem frühen Jungneolithikum respektive der frühen Kupferzeit und somit der Zeit um 4000 v. Chr. zuzuordnen ist, wird im Rahmen der Studie materialkundlich untersucht. Eine RFA-Analyse ergab nahezu reines Kupfer mit geringen Mengen an Fe, P, Si, Ni und Al. Die Elemente As, Sb, S und Pb, die in derartigen Kupfergegenständen oft zu finden sind, waren nicht nachweisbar. Die metallographische Untersuchung zeigt ein sehr gleichmäßiges Gefüge mit feinem Cu-Cu2O Eutektikum. Aufgrund der Menge an Eutektikum wird der O Gehalt im Metall auf etwa 0,3 Gew. % geschätzt.Die einzelnen Kupferkörner sind mit einer Größe zwischen 300–400 µm als grob zu bezeichnen. Auffallend ist, dass im Bereich der Beilschneide eine deutliche Verformung des Gefüges feststellbar ist. Diese dürfte durch gezieltes Hämmern entstanden sein. Aufgrund des Fehlens von S und As im Kupfer kann davon ausgegangen werden, dass nur oxydi...
Cattle dominate archaeozoological assemblages from the north-central Europe between the sixth and... more Cattle dominate archaeozoological assemblages from the north-central Europe between the sixth and fifth millennium BC and are frequently considered as exclusively used for their meat. Dairy products may have played a greater role than previously believed. Selective pressure on the lactase persistence mutation has been modelled to have begun between 6000 and 4000 years ago in central Europe. The discovery of milk lipids in late sixth millennium ceramic sieves in Poland may reflect an isolated regional peculiarity for cheese making or may signify more generalized milk exploitation in north-central Europe during the Early Neolithic. To investigate these issues, we analysed the mortality profiles based on age-at-death analysis of cattle tooth eruption, wear and replacement from 19 archaeological sites of the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture (sixth to fifth millennium BC). The results indicate that cattle husbandry was similar across time and space in the LBK culture with a degree of specialization for meat exploitation in some areas. Statistical comparison with reference age-at-death profiles indicate that mixed husbandry (milk and meat) was practised, with mature animals being kept. The analysis provides a unique insight into LBK cattle husbandry and how it evolved in later cultures in central and western Europe. It also opens a new perspective on how and why the Neolithic way of life developed through continental Europe and how dairy products became a part of the human diet
Auf Einladung des Landkreises Landshut fand die 23. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mesolith... more Auf Einladung des Landkreises Landshut fand die 23. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mesolithikum vom 21.–23.3.2014 im Landratsamt Landshut statt. An der Tagung nahmen mehr als 60 Wissenschaftler, Studierende und an der Mittelsteinzeit interessierte Amateurarchaologen aus Deutschland, Osterreich, Tschechien, Italien, der Schweiz und Danemark teil. Insgesamt wurden 20 Vortrage gehalten. Neben Berichten aus den einzelnen Arbeitsgebieten der Teilnehmer waren das bayerische Mesolithikum und ein Workshop zur Siedlungsplatzdynamik im Mesolithikum Schwerpunkte der Tagung.
Stable isotope signatures of domesticates found on archaeology sites provide information about pa... more Stable isotope signatures of domesticates found on archaeology sites provide information about past human behaviour, such as the evolution and adaptation of husbandry strategies. A dynamic phase in cattle husbandry evolution is during the 6th millennium BCE, where the first cattle herders of central Europe spread rapidly through diverse forested ecological niches, where little is known about pasturing strategies. Here we investigate cattle pasturing and foddering practices using a multi-regional dataset of stable isotope values (δ13C and δ18O; compound-specific stable isotopic analysis δ15N-amino acids and δ13C-dairy fats) measured from cattle bone and teeth, and pottery residues from early farming contexts, and palaeoenvironmental information. Our analysis reveals that farmers practiced different pasturing strategies with the intensive use of forested ecosystems in some areas for both graze and seasonal forage. We propose that the diversity of strategies is related to the adaptatio...
Highlights d European HGs diverged from SW Asian HGs during the LGM d Low genetic diversity of Eu... more Highlights d European HGs diverged from SW Asian HGs during the LGM d Low genetic diversity of European HGs is due to a strong LGM demographic bottleneck d Ancestors of western early farmers emerged after repeated post-LGM admixtures d EFs strongly diverged from SW Asians during their expansion through Anatolia
Daniel Meixner Neolithische Hausgrundrisse unter einer römischen villa rustica bei Gaimersheim, L... more Daniel Meixner Neolithische Hausgrundrisse unter einer römischen villa rustica bei Gaimersheim, Lkr. Eichstätt (Oberbayern) Ludwig Husty Die münchshöfenzeitliche Doppelgrabenanlage von Riedling und weitere Münchshöfener Erdwerke im Landkreis Straubing-Bogen (25 Min.
In European and many African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian populations, lactase persistence ... more In European and many African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian populations, lactase persistence (LP) is the most strongly selected monogenic trait to have evolved over the past 10,000 years1. Although the selection of LP and the consumption of prehistoric milk must be linked, considerable uncertainty remains concerning their spatiotemporal configuration and specific interactions2,3. Here we provide detailed distributions of milk exploitation across Europe over the past 9,000 years using around 7,000 pottery fat residues from more than 550 archaeological sites. European milk use was widespread from the Neolithic period onwards but varied spatially and temporally in intensity. Notably, LP selection varying with levels of prehistoric milk exploitation is no better at explaining LP allele frequency trajectories than uniform selection since the Neolithic period. In the UK Biobank4,5 cohort of 500,000contemporary Europeans, LP genotype was only weakly associated with milk consumption and did not show consistent associations with improved fitness or health indicators. This suggests that other reasons for the beneficial effects of LP should be considered for its rapid frequency increase. We propose that lactase non-persistent individuals consumed milk when it became available but, under conditions of famine and/or increased pathogen exposure, this was disadvantageous, driving LP selection in prehistoric Europe. Comparison of model likelihoods indicates that population fluctuations, settlement density and wild animal exploitation—proxies for these drivers—provide better explanations of LP selection than the extent of milk exploitation. These findings offer new perspectives on prehistoric milk exploitation and LP evolution (9) (PDF) Dairying, diseases and the evolution of lactase persistence in Europe. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362294487_Dairying_diseases_and_the_evolution_of_lactase_persistence_in_Europe [accessed Jul 31 2022].
SummaryWhile the Neolithic expansion in Europe is well described archaeologically, the genetic or... more SummaryWhile the Neolithic expansion in Europe is well described archaeologically, the genetic origins of European first farmers and their affinities with local hunter-gatherers (HGs) remain unclear. To infer the demographic history of these populations, the genomes of 15 ancient individuals located between Western Anatolia and Southern Germany were sequenced to high quality, allowing us to perform population genomics analyses formerly restricted to modern genomes. We find that all European and Anatolian early farmers descend from the merging of a European and a Near Eastern group of HGs, possibly in the Near East, shortly after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Western and Southeastern European HG are shown to split during the LGM, and share signals of a very strong LGM bottleneck that drastically reduced their genetic diversity. Early Neolithic Central Anatolians seem only indirectly related to ancestors of European farmers, who probably originated in the Near East and dispersed lat...
SummaryWhile the Neolithic expansion in Europe is well described archaeologically, the genetic or... more SummaryWhile the Neolithic expansion in Europe is well described archaeologically, the genetic origins of European first farmers and their affinities with local hunter-gatherers (HGs) remain unclear. To infer the demographic history of these populations, the genomes of 15 ancient individuals located between Western Anatolia and Southern Germany were sequenced to high quality, allowing us to perform population genomics analyses formerly restricted to modern genomes. We find that all European and Anatolian early farmers descend from the merging of a European and a Near Eastern group of HGs, possibly in the Near East, shortly after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Western and Southeastern European HG are shown to split during the LGM, and share signals of a very strong LGM bottleneck that drastically reduced their genetic diversity. Early Neolithic Central Anatolians seem only indirectly related to ancestors of European farmers, who probably originated in the Near East and dispersed lat...
Cattle dominate archaeozoological assemblages from the north-central Europe between the sixth and... more Cattle dominate archaeozoological assemblages from the north-central Europe between the sixth and fifth millennium BC and are frequently considered as exclusively used for their meat. Dairy products may have played a greater role than previously believed. Selective pressure on the lactase persistence mutation has been modelled to have begun between 6000 and 4000 years ago in central Europe. The discovery of milk lipids in late sixth millennium ceramic sieves in Poland may reflect an isolated regional peculiarity for cheese making or may signify more generalized milk exploitation in north-central Europe during the Early Neolithic. To investigate these issues, we analysed the mortality profiles based on age-at-death analysis of cattle tooth eruption, wear and replacement from 19 archaeological sites of the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture (sixth to fifth millennium BC). The results indicate that cattle husbandry was similar across time and space in the LBK culture with a degree of spec...
ABSTRACTThe northern European Neolithic is characterized by two major demographic events: immigra... more ABSTRACTThe northern European Neolithic is characterized by two major demographic events: immigration of early farmers (EF) from Anatolia (5500 BCE) and their admixture (from ∼4200 BCE) with western hunter-gatherers (WHG) forming late farmers (LF). The influence of this admixture event on variation in the immune-relevant human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region is understudied. Here, we conducted population and immunogenetic analyses on 83 individuals from six EF and LF sites located in present-day Germany. We observed significant shifts in HLA allele frequencies from EF to LF. The HLA diversity increased from EF to LF, likely due to admixture with WHG. However, it was considerably lower than in modern populations. Both EF and LF exhibited a relatively narrow HLA allele spectrum compared to today. This coincides with sparse traces of pathogen DNA, potentially indicating a lower pathogen pressure at the time. We additionally noted that LF resulted from sex-biased admixture from male WHG....
ZusammenfassungEin am Heuberg bei Ohlstadt gefundenes Flachbeil aus Kupfer, welches typologisch d... more ZusammenfassungEin am Heuberg bei Ohlstadt gefundenes Flachbeil aus Kupfer, welches typologisch dem frühen Jungneolithikum respektive der frühen Kupferzeit und somit der Zeit um 4000 v. Chr. zuzuordnen ist, wird im Rahmen der Studie materialkundlich untersucht. Eine RFA-Analyse ergab nahezu reines Kupfer mit geringen Mengen an Fe, P, Si, Ni und Al. Die Elemente As, Sb, S und Pb, die in derartigen Kupfergegenständen oft zu finden sind, waren nicht nachweisbar. Die metallographische Untersuchung zeigt ein sehr gleichmäßiges Gefüge mit feinem Cu-Cu2O Eutektikum. Aufgrund der Menge an Eutektikum wird der O Gehalt im Metall auf etwa 0,3 Gew. % geschätzt.Die einzelnen Kupferkörner sind mit einer Größe zwischen 300–400 µm als grob zu bezeichnen. Auffallend ist, dass im Bereich der Beilschneide eine deutliche Verformung des Gefüges feststellbar ist. Diese dürfte durch gezieltes Hämmern entstanden sein. Aufgrund des Fehlens von S und As im Kupfer kann davon ausgegangen werden, dass nur oxydi...
Cattle dominate archaeozoological assemblages from the north-central Europe between the sixth and... more Cattle dominate archaeozoological assemblages from the north-central Europe between the sixth and fifth millennium BC and are frequently considered as exclusively used for their meat. Dairy products may have played a greater role than previously believed. Selective pressure on the lactase persistence mutation has been modelled to have begun between 6000 and 4000 years ago in central Europe. The discovery of milk lipids in late sixth millennium ceramic sieves in Poland may reflect an isolated regional peculiarity for cheese making or may signify more generalized milk exploitation in north-central Europe during the Early Neolithic. To investigate these issues, we analysed the mortality profiles based on age-at-death analysis of cattle tooth eruption, wear and replacement from 19 archaeological sites of the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture (sixth to fifth millennium BC). The results indicate that cattle husbandry was similar across time and space in the LBK culture with a degree of specialization for meat exploitation in some areas. Statistical comparison with reference age-at-death profiles indicate that mixed husbandry (milk and meat) was practised, with mature animals being kept. The analysis provides a unique insight into LBK cattle husbandry and how it evolved in later cultures in central and western Europe. It also opens a new perspective on how and why the Neolithic way of life developed through continental Europe and how dairy products became a part of the human diet
Auf Einladung des Landkreises Landshut fand die 23. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mesolith... more Auf Einladung des Landkreises Landshut fand die 23. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mesolithikum vom 21.–23.3.2014 im Landratsamt Landshut statt. An der Tagung nahmen mehr als 60 Wissenschaftler, Studierende und an der Mittelsteinzeit interessierte Amateurarchaologen aus Deutschland, Osterreich, Tschechien, Italien, der Schweiz und Danemark teil. Insgesamt wurden 20 Vortrage gehalten. Neben Berichten aus den einzelnen Arbeitsgebieten der Teilnehmer waren das bayerische Mesolithikum und ein Workshop zur Siedlungsplatzdynamik im Mesolithikum Schwerpunkte der Tagung.
Stable isotope signatures of domesticates found on archaeology sites provide information about pa... more Stable isotope signatures of domesticates found on archaeology sites provide information about past human behaviour, such as the evolution and adaptation of husbandry strategies. A dynamic phase in cattle husbandry evolution is during the 6th millennium BCE, where the first cattle herders of central Europe spread rapidly through diverse forested ecological niches, where little is known about pasturing strategies. Here we investigate cattle pasturing and foddering practices using a multi-regional dataset of stable isotope values (δ13C and δ18O; compound-specific stable isotopic analysis δ15N-amino acids and δ13C-dairy fats) measured from cattle bone and teeth, and pottery residues from early farming contexts, and palaeoenvironmental information. Our analysis reveals that farmers practiced different pasturing strategies with the intensive use of forested ecosystems in some areas for both graze and seasonal forage. We propose that the diversity of strategies is related to the adaptatio...
Highlights d European HGs diverged from SW Asian HGs during the LGM d Low genetic diversity of Eu... more Highlights d European HGs diverged from SW Asian HGs during the LGM d Low genetic diversity of European HGs is due to a strong LGM demographic bottleneck d Ancestors of western early farmers emerged after repeated post-LGM admixtures d EFs strongly diverged from SW Asians during their expansion through Anatolia
Daniel Meixner Neolithische Hausgrundrisse unter einer römischen villa rustica bei Gaimersheim, L... more Daniel Meixner Neolithische Hausgrundrisse unter einer römischen villa rustica bei Gaimersheim, Lkr. Eichstätt (Oberbayern) Ludwig Husty Die münchshöfenzeitliche Doppelgrabenanlage von Riedling und weitere Münchshöfener Erdwerke im Landkreis Straubing-Bogen (25 Min.
In European and many African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian populations, lactase persistence ... more In European and many African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian populations, lactase persistence (LP) is the most strongly selected monogenic trait to have evolved over the past 10,000 years1. Although the selection of LP and the consumption of prehistoric milk must be linked, considerable uncertainty remains concerning their spatiotemporal configuration and specific interactions2,3. Here we provide detailed distributions of milk exploitation across Europe over the past 9,000 years using around 7,000 pottery fat residues from more than 550 archaeological sites. European milk use was widespread from the Neolithic period onwards but varied spatially and temporally in intensity. Notably, LP selection varying with levels of prehistoric milk exploitation is no better at explaining LP allele frequency trajectories than uniform selection since the Neolithic period. In the UK Biobank4,5 cohort of 500,000contemporary Europeans, LP genotype was only weakly associated with milk consumption and did not show consistent associations with improved fitness or health indicators. This suggests that other reasons for the beneficial effects of LP should be considered for its rapid frequency increase. We propose that lactase non-persistent individuals consumed milk when it became available but, under conditions of famine and/or increased pathogen exposure, this was disadvantageous, driving LP selection in prehistoric Europe. Comparison of model likelihoods indicates that population fluctuations, settlement density and wild animal exploitation—proxies for these drivers—provide better explanations of LP selection than the extent of milk exploitation. These findings offer new perspectives on prehistoric milk exploitation and LP evolution (9) (PDF) Dairying, diseases and the evolution of lactase persistence in Europe. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362294487_Dairying_diseases_and_the_evolution_of_lactase_persistence_in_Europe [accessed Jul 31 2022].
SummaryWhile the Neolithic expansion in Europe is well described archaeologically, the genetic or... more SummaryWhile the Neolithic expansion in Europe is well described archaeologically, the genetic origins of European first farmers and their affinities with local hunter-gatherers (HGs) remain unclear. To infer the demographic history of these populations, the genomes of 15 ancient individuals located between Western Anatolia and Southern Germany were sequenced to high quality, allowing us to perform population genomics analyses formerly restricted to modern genomes. We find that all European and Anatolian early farmers descend from the merging of a European and a Near Eastern group of HGs, possibly in the Near East, shortly after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Western and Southeastern European HG are shown to split during the LGM, and share signals of a very strong LGM bottleneck that drastically reduced their genetic diversity. Early Neolithic Central Anatolians seem only indirectly related to ancestors of European farmers, who probably originated in the Near East and dispersed lat...
SummaryWhile the Neolithic expansion in Europe is well described archaeologically, the genetic or... more SummaryWhile the Neolithic expansion in Europe is well described archaeologically, the genetic origins of European first farmers and their affinities with local hunter-gatherers (HGs) remain unclear. To infer the demographic history of these populations, the genomes of 15 ancient individuals located between Western Anatolia and Southern Germany were sequenced to high quality, allowing us to perform population genomics analyses formerly restricted to modern genomes. We find that all European and Anatolian early farmers descend from the merging of a European and a Near Eastern group of HGs, possibly in the Near East, shortly after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Western and Southeastern European HG are shown to split during the LGM, and share signals of a very strong LGM bottleneck that drastically reduced their genetic diversity. Early Neolithic Central Anatolians seem only indirectly related to ancestors of European farmers, who probably originated in the Near East and dispersed lat...
Cattle dominate archaeozoological assemblages from the north-central Europe between the sixth and... more Cattle dominate archaeozoological assemblages from the north-central Europe between the sixth and fifth millennium BC and are frequently considered as exclusively used for their meat. Dairy products may have played a greater role than previously believed. Selective pressure on the lactase persistence mutation has been modelled to have begun between 6000 and 4000 years ago in central Europe. The discovery of milk lipids in late sixth millennium ceramic sieves in Poland may reflect an isolated regional peculiarity for cheese making or may signify more generalized milk exploitation in north-central Europe during the Early Neolithic. To investigate these issues, we analysed the mortality profiles based on age-at-death analysis of cattle tooth eruption, wear and replacement from 19 archaeological sites of the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture (sixth to fifth millennium BC). The results indicate that cattle husbandry was similar across time and space in the LBK culture with a degree of spec...
Archäologische Informationen 38, Early View, Jun 11, 2015
The 23rd Annual Meeting of the German Mesolithic Workgroup took place in the district office at L... more The 23rd Annual Meeting of the German Mesolithic Workgroup took place in the district office at Landshut, from 21–23 March
2014 at the invitation of the district of Landshut. The meeting was attended by more than 60 scientists, students and amateur archaeologists from Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland and Denmark. A total of 20 papers were presented. In addition to the reports from the individual work areas of the participants, the Bavarian Mesolithic and a workshop on settlement dynamics in the Mesolithic were in the focus of the meeting.
Auf Einladung des Landkreises Landshut fand die 23. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mesolith... more Auf Einladung des Landkreises Landshut fand die 23. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mesolithikum vom
21.–23.3.2014 im Landratsamt Landshut statt. An der Tagung nahmen mehr als 60 Wissenschaftler, Studierende und an der Mittelsteinzeit interessierte Amateurarchäologen aus Deutschland, Österreich, Tschechien, Italien, der Schweiz und Dänemark teil. Insgesamt wurden 20 Vorträge gehalten. Neben Berichten aus den einzelnen Arbeitsgebieten der Teilnehmer waren das bayerische Mesolithikum und ein Workshop zur Siedlungsplatzdynamik im Mesolithikum Schwerpunkte der Tagung.
Abstrakt Im Rahmen eines Projektes der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft " Räumliche Beziehungen u... more Abstrakt Im Rahmen eines Projektes der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft " Räumliche Beziehungen und Strategien der Raumnutzung in einer peripher gelegenen Siedlungskammer an der oberen Donau während der älteren bis frühen mittleren LBK " der Universität Würzburg wurden in Kooperation mit dem Bayerischen Landesamt für Denkmalpflege ausgewählte Fundstellen großflächig durch eine Magnetometer Prospektion untersucht. Die Fundplätze Blindheim, Deisenhofen, Deisenhofen-OST, Oberglauheim, Unterglauheim und Wolpertstetten befinden sich alle im Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau und waren bereits durch eine intensive Feldbegehung archäologisch kartiert. Trotz nahezu vier Jahrzehnte langer kontinuierlicher Luftbildprospektion konnten in diesem Gebiet keine eindeutigen Hinweise auf neolithische Siedlungen kartiert werden. Das liegt zum einen an den fruchtbaren Lößböden, auf denen sich in der Regel nur sehr selten Bewuchsmerkmale ausbilden, zum anderen daran, dass diese Plätze nicht durch mächtige leicht aufzufindende Grabenwerke begleitet oder begrenzt sind.
### Vor dem Hintergrund der anstehenden Entscheidung über die Aufnahme des bayerischen Donaulimes... more ### Vor dem Hintergrund der anstehenden Entscheidung über die Aufnahme des bayerischen Donaulimes als Bestandteil des UNESCO-Welterbes »Grenzen des Römischen Reiches« ist festzustellen, dass die Museen am bayerischen Donaulimes für das zu erwartende gesteigerte Besucherinteresse nach der Welterbe-Eintragung gut gerüstet sind. Das Museum Quintana in Künzing, die Römerabteilung des Gäubodenmuseums in Straubing, die in den letzten Jahren komplett erneuert wurde, sowie das Römermuseum Kastell Boiotro in Passau setzen hier archäologische Schwerpunkte. Eine Herausforderung wird es sein, aktuelle Tendenzen im gesellschaftlichen Diskurs wie Migration und Umweltzerstörung als Themen in die Neukonzeption bereits älterer Dauerausstellungen wie Künzing einzubringen sowie einen verstärkten Fokus auf die Bedeutung des UNESCO-Welterbes »Grenzen des Römischen Reiches« zu legen. Die niederbayerischen Archäologiemuseen bilden innerhalb des von der Landesstelle koordinierten Projektes »Museum & Tourismus« ein Netzwerk, um ihr gemeinsames römisches Erbe sichtbarer zu machen. Innerhalb dieses Netzwerkes werden auch die Inhalte für die App »LIMES mobil« abgestimmt, welche die Objekte in den Museen virtuell an ihren ursprünglichen Fundort am bayerischen Donaulimes zurückbringt (siehe Artikel »Die App ›LIMES mobil‹« auf S. 45). Die Frühzeit Bayerns wird exemplarisch in der neuen Abteilung »Baiern gefunden« (2018) des Gäubodenmuseums Straubing thematisiert, die bestehende falsche Meinungen über die »Bajuwaren« als autochthone Urbevölkerung oder alternativ als eingewanderte »Männer aus Böhmen« bewusst in Frage stellt und auf Grundlage der neuesten Erkenntnisse die Bajuwaren als zentraleuropäisches »Vielvölker-Gemisch« in politisch unsicheren Zeiten porträtiert. In Straubing wurden auch erstmals inklusive Ansätze in die Ausstellungsgestaltung übernommen -ein Thema, das bei zukünftigen Musemskonzeptionen sicher verstärkt Berücksichtigung finden muss. Auch das Archäologiemuseum in Kelheim hat sich nach 40 Jahren jetzt zu einer inhaltlichen und gestalterischen Neukonzeption entschlossen. Erster Schritt wird die Erarbeitung eines lokalen Interpretation Frameworks sein, das in Kooperation mit britischen Kollegen entwickelt wird. Ein weiteres anstehendes Archäologieprojekt ist der geplante Neubau eines archäologischen Museums in Essenbach, Lkr. Landshut. Als erster Neubau eines nichtstaatlichen archäologischen Hauses seit dem LIMESEUM Ruffenhofen (2012) besteht hier die Chance, das Gebäude dem Konzept anzupassen (form follows function) und nicht, wie sonst meistens bei nichtstaatlichen Häusern üblich, ein Konzept in ein bereits bestehendes, oft sogar denkmalgeschütztes Gebäude »einfüllen« zu müssen, was erfahrungsgemäß mehr Probleme als Vorteile bringt. Essenbach ist im Interpretation Framework »Drei Täler -7.000 Jahre« für den Landkreis Landshut als thematischer Verteiler für die übrigen Museen im Landkreis vorgesehen. Im Ergebnis bietet die niederbayerische archäologische Museumslandschaft klare Schwerpunkte, angefangen vom Neolithikum in Landau a. d. Isar, dem noch zu realisierenden keltischen Schwerpunkt im Heimatmuseum Bruckberg, den bereits genannten römischen Museen am Donaulimes bis hin zu den Bajuwaren in Straubing. Da alle Epochen auch in den verschiedenen Lehrplänen vorkommen, bietet sich hier die Gelegenheit, einen Besuch im Museum als außerschulischem Lernort spezifisch zu planen. Träger: Stadt Landau a. d. Isar Fläche: 640 m² Förderung (inklusive von Baumaßnahmen): Bramenkamp Stiftung; Europäischer Landwirtschaftsfonds für die Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums (mitfinanziert durch den Freistaat Bayern über LEADER 7 ]); Förderkreis Niederbayerisches Archäologiemuseum e. V.; Kulturfonds Bayern; Landesstelle für die nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern; Landkreis Dingolfing-Landau; Stadt Landau a. d. Isar Grafik:
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2014 at the invitation of the district of Landshut. The meeting was attended by more than 60 scientists, students and amateur archaeologists from Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland and Denmark. A total of 20 papers were presented. In addition to the reports from the individual work areas of the participants, the Bavarian Mesolithic and a workshop on settlement dynamics in the Mesolithic were in the focus of the meeting.
21.–23.3.2014 im Landratsamt Landshut statt. An der Tagung nahmen mehr als 60 Wissenschaftler, Studierende und an der Mittelsteinzeit interessierte Amateurarchäologen aus Deutschland, Österreich, Tschechien, Italien, der Schweiz und Dänemark teil. Insgesamt wurden 20 Vorträge gehalten. Neben Berichten aus den einzelnen Arbeitsgebieten der Teilnehmer waren das bayerische Mesolithikum und ein Workshop zur Siedlungsplatzdynamik im Mesolithikum Schwerpunkte der Tagung.