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Bischheim

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By

Maximilian O. Baldia

(Copy Right © 1999, 2000, 2001. All rights reserved)

Introduction

The purpose of this text is to provide a general overview of the culture and is intended as a resource for students and teachers of European Archaeology.

Location

Bishheim is primarily located in along the greater part of the Rhein River and its tributaries.

Dating (Chronological Table)

Many radiocarbon dates for Bischheim have an extraordinarily large standard deviation. Dates with less than a 100-year deviation range from about 4600 – 4200 cal. BC (Table 1).

Table 1

Selected Bischheim Dates
PLACE	Lab No.	B.P.	±	b.c.	±	RANGE b.c.		B.C.	±	68.2% confidence			95.4% confidence	Reference
Kärlich	GrN-6347	5685	95	3735	95	3830	3640	4705	5	4710	4700	0.02	3990BC (1.00) 3780BC	Raetzel-Fabian 1986
								4570	110	4680	4460	0.98	4780BC (1.00) 4350BC
Schwalheim	KN 1.568	5660	40	3710	40	3750	3670	4520	60	4580	4460	0.08	4670BC (0.08) 4630BC	Raetzel-Fabian 1986
													4610BC (0.86) 4450BC
													4430BC (0.06) 4360BC
Dümmer	KN 1.31	5250	65	3300	65	3365	3235	4210	20	4230	4190	0.16	4250BC (1.00) 3960BC	Raetzel-Fabian 1986
										4150	3990	0.84

Evolution

Bischheim arises out of Late Rössen. It is the equivalent of Rössen III in the Saale River region of Central Germany. In the Rheinland it gives rise to Michelsberg. At its northern and eastern boundary, it provides the impetus for the development of the TRB.htm (together with Late Lenyel and Early Michelsberg Ertebölle related Late Mesolithic groups).

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References and Credits

Biel, Jörg, Helmut Schlichtherle, Michael Strobel and Andrea Zee (Eds.)

1998 Die Michelsberger Kultur und ihre Randgebiete: Probleme der Entstehung, Chronologie und des Siedlungswesens. Materialhefte zur Archäologie in Baden-Württemberg, 43, Theiss, Stuttgart.

Raetzel-Fabian, Dirk

1986 Phasenkartierung des mitteleuropäischen Neolithikums: Chronologie und Chorologie. B.A.R. International Series 316, 1986.

Strobel, Michael

1998 Diskontinuität oder Forschungslücke? Die Gruppen Aichbühl und Schussenried in Oberschwaben. In Jörg Biel et al. (Eds.) 1998:201-221.

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