152 Hamburg-Groß Flottbek
During the Neolithic period, farmers and cattle breeders settled in what is now the district of Altona. The site near the junction of Zum Urnenfeld/Flottbeker Drift, from which the bowl shown here comes, is one of the very few evidences of a dwelling place of the oldest Neolithic farmers on Hamburg territory, whereas their imposing large stone graves have survived in greater numbers in northern Germany until today.
Info: Showcase 152
Small Dish (deep-stitched)
Age: 4.200 - 2.800 v. Chr. Neolithic period
Neolithic period: In the Neolithic period, people began for the first time to actively shape and change their environment: sedentarisation was one of the essential prerequisites for civilisational progress. Farmers cleared forests for their settlements, fields and for keeping livestock. They built their farms out of wooden posts, wattle and daub and clay. Cattle, pigs, goats and sheep are recorded as domestic animals. The diet of the people was now enriched by cereals such as wheat and barley, which were cultivated on farmland.
Material: Ceramics
Location: HH-Groß Flottbek