75 Findings from the Elbe
A large number of sometimes very exotic finds from the Elbe are evidence of trade in goods from increasingly distant countries. The oldest trade goods came to northern Germany about 7,500 years ago. Today, gigantic cargo ships with container loads of goods from all corners of the world land in Hamburg every day.
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Folding Ruler
Age: 1800 - 1950 n. Chr.
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Material: Iron
Location: Elbe near Hamburg
Shovel
Age: 1800 - 1950 n. Chr.
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Material: Iron, Wood
Location: Elbe near Hamburg
Axe
Age: 1800 - 1950 n. Chr.
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Material: Iron
Location: Elbe near Hamburg
Dagger
Age: 1800 - 1950 n. Chr.
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Material: Iron, Brass
Location: Elbe near Hamburg
Axes
Age: 4500 - 4300 v. Chr. Mesolithic period - Neolithic period
Mesolithic period:
With the beginning of the post-glacial period, the Mesolithic phase begins in northern Germany, marking the transition from the Old Stone Age to the New Stone Age. In post-glacial forests, red deer and wild boar were now available to people, and on the sea and inland lake coasts, mussels, fish and waterfowl were also available as the main sources of animal protein. Plants, however, played a particularly important role in the diet of Mesolithic Age forest hunters. Hazelnuts, wild vegetables, herbs and fruits were collected on a large scale.
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: Stone
Location: Elbe near Hamburg
Axe
Age: 2800 - 2200 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: Stone
Location: Elbe near Hamburg
Shank Groove Axe
Age: 1100 - 950 v. Chr. (?) Bronze Age
Bronze Age: Metal extraction began as early as 6,000 years ago in the Middle East, but reached Europe not until much later. Bronze, a copper-tin alloy, first appeared in Western Europe around 1800 BC. The use of metal was accompanied by historical developments of the greatest importance. Mining and processing required distribution; i.e., exchange and transport of raw materials. There were numerous transport routes and means for large quantities of ore and finished products. Transport was obviously by cart - which presupposed the general spread of the wheel - but also across rivers by raft and dugout canoe.
Material: Stone
Location: Elbe near Hamburg
Hatchets
Age: 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: Flint
Location: Elbe near Hamburg
Vessel with Incrustations
Age: Middle Ages
Middle Ages: The beginning of the Middle Ages is generally equated with the end of the migration of peoples in Europe, which came to a halt at about the end of the 5th or beginning of the 6th century AD, and the concomitant collapse of the Western Roman Empire. The Middle Ages stood between antiquity and modern times and are characterised by the confluence of Christian and ancient as well as Celtic, Germanic and Slavic developments. With the Renaissance and the Reformation, the modern era began at the latest at the beginning of the 16th century.
Material: Ceramics
Location: Hamburg-Hafen