Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries 4-1 (October 2012)

Contact in stone: adzes, Keile and Spitzhauen in the Lower Rhine Basin1

Neolithic stone tools and the transition from Mesolithic to Neolithic in Belgium and the Netherlands, 5300-4000 cal BC

Leo Verhart

Keywords: Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bandkeramik, Rössen culture, neolithisation, adzes, hohe durchlochte Schuhleistenkeil, Breitkeil, Keile, Spitzhaue, Lower Rhine Basin.


Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Adzes
2.1 LBK adzes in general
Use and secondary working
2.2 Adzes outside the LBK culture area
3 Perforated Rössen Keile
3.1 Introduction: heavy duty implements
3.2 The Keile in general
3.3 The Keile outside the Rössen culture area
3.4 Changing patterns in distribution and contact
3.5 Use and meaning of Keile in hunter-gatherer territory
4 Spitzhauen
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Description
4.3 Dating
4.4 Function
4.5 An alternative perspective
5 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgements
Notes
References