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Journal of Archaeological Science, Jun 1, 2023

Longhouses represent the typical architecture of early farming societies of Central Europe. For a... more Longhouses represent the typical architecture of early farming societies of Central Europe. For almost 1000 years these buildings with earthfast posts remain the typical form of construction (c. 5500–4500 BCE). In the course of this time, a number of architectural elements nevertheless changed. In the first half of the 5th millennium BCE, the variety of architectural construction methods increased. The typology of the ground plan and further architectural elements are hence a crucial basis for dating buildings of this time period. And this is also of great importance because individual house plans cannot be dated using finds from accompanying pits. This article examines previous categorisations for house layouts of the southwest German Middle Neolithic (5000-4500 BCE) on the basis of multivariate methods including geometric morphometrics, principal component analysis, and redundancy analysis. The results show a significant connection between the shape of the outline and a rough chronological classification as well as various constructional characteristics. Our analysis shows that the Middle Neolithic longhouse does not exhibit a continuous change in the shape from “ship-shaped” to “trapezoidal”. Rather, for the older stage, exclusively ship-shaped outlines are typical while for the younger stage a diversification took place. This transformation can be placed in a broader cultural context since diversification processes have also been observed for settlement patterns and agricultural practice during this period.

Journal of Archaeological Science

Longhouses represent the typical architecture of early farming societies of Central Europe. For a... more Longhouses represent the typical architecture of early farming societies of Central Europe. For almost 1000 years these buildings with earthfast posts remain the typical form of construction (c. 5500–4500 BCE). In the course of this time, a number of architectural elements nevertheless changed. In the first half of the 5th millennium BCE, the variety of architectural construction methods increased. The typology of the ground plan and further architectural elements are hence a crucial basis for dating buildings of this time period. And this is also of great importance because individual house plans cannot be dated using finds from accompanying pits. This article examines previous categorisations for house layouts of the southwest German Middle Neolithic (5000-4500 BCE) on the basis of multivariate methods including geometric morphometrics, principal component analysis, and redundancy analysis. The results show a significant connection between the shape of the outline and a rough chronological classification as well as various constructional characteristics. Our analysis shows that the Middle Neolithic longhouse does not exhibit a continuous change in the shape from “ship-shaped” to “trapezoidal”. Rather, for the older stage, exclusively ship-shaped outlines are typical while for the younger stage a diversification took place. This transformation can be placed in a broader cultural context since diversification processes have also been observed for settlement patterns and agricultural practice during this period.

Wissensschichten - Festschrift für Wolfram Schier zu seinem 65. Geburtstag. Internationale Archäologie Studia Honorica Band 41, 2022

Eine chronologische Einordnung der Hausgrundrisse des Südwestdeutschen Mittelneolithikums (SWM) i... more Eine chronologische Einordnung der Hausgrundrisse des Südwestdeutschen Mittelneolithikums (SWM) ist anhand hausbegleitender Gruben nicht möglich, weshalb zur Datierung in der Regel bautypologische Argumente herangezogen werden. Ziel des Beitrags ist es, die bislang vorliegenden Kategorisierungen von Hausgrundrissen des SWM, mithilfe neuer multivariater Verfahren zu überprüfen. Die Analyseergebnisse sollen Aussagen dazu ermöglichen, inwiefern es sich bei der Entwicklung der Hausgrundrisse um einen kontinuierlichen Prozess handelt, inwieweit die Grundrissform mit anderen Architekturmerkmalen zusammenhängt und inwieweit sich die Grundrisse anhand ihrer Form und ggf. weiterer Merkmale ordnen lassen. Mithilfe geometrisch morphometrischer (GMM) Analysen sowie einer Hauptkomponentenanalyse (PCA) und einer Redundanzanalyse (RDA) werden 70 vollständig dokumentierte, mittelneolithische Hausgrundrisse analysiert.

A chronological classification of house layouts dating to the so-called Southwest German Middle Neolithic (SWM) cannot be undertaken on the basis of accompanying pits. This is why the typology of the house layout is a crucial element for dating buildings of this time period. The article aims at examining hitherto used categorizations for house layouts of the SWM on the basis of new multivariate methods. The results allow for investigating whether the development of house layouts was a continuous process, to what extent architectural features and house layouts are interrelated and to what extent house layouts can be structured according to their form and other characteristics. 70 complete house layouts of the SWM are analyzed with the help of geometric morphometrics, principal component analysis and redundancy analysis.

Archäologische Informationen, 2008

Der Beitrag stellt eine Bilanz aus der Sichtung 41 aktueller Lehrpläne für den Geschichtsunterric... more Der Beitrag stellt eine Bilanz aus der Sichtung 41 aktueller Lehrpläne für den Geschichtsunterricht an weiterführenden Schulen der Bundesrepublik dar. Welche Inhalte sollen zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte im Unterricht gelehrt werden, welche <br>Probleme fachlicher Art bestehen, wie lassen sich diese evtl. lösen? Diesen Fragen wird zunächst in einem thematisch und chronologisch geordneten, zusammenfassenden Überblick nachgegangen. Am Ende stehen als konkrete Fallbeispiele die Lehrpläne für das Bundesland Sachsen mit ihren Inhalten bis einschließlich der Thematisierung des Frühmittelalters im Mittelpunkt.

Praehistorische Zeitschrift, 2004

Rezension zu: Kuper, R. (2018). Inden I. Eine Siedlung der Rossener Kultur im Rheinland. (Rheinis... more Rezension zu: Kuper, R. (2018). Inden I. Eine Siedlung der Rossener Kultur im Rheinland. (Rheinische Ausgrabungen, 76). Darmstadt: Ph. von Zabern. 364 S., zahlreiche Abb. (s/w u. farbig), 1 Planbeilage. ISBN 978-3-8053-5188-1

Praehistorische Zeitschrift, 2000

... Vorbericht über die rumänisch-deutschen Prospektionen und Ausgrabungen in der befestigten Tel... more ... Vorbericht über die rumänisch-deutschen Prospektionen und Ausgrabungen in der befestigten Tellsiedlung von Uivar, jud. Timis, Rumänien (1998–2002) von Wolfram Schier, Würzburg, undFlorin Drasovean, Timisoara ... 146 Wolfram Schier und Florin Drasovean 1. Einleitung ...

"Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag stellt eine Bilanz aus der Sichtung 41 aktueller Lehrpläne für den ... more "Zusammenfassung
Der Beitrag stellt eine Bilanz aus der Sichtung 41 aktueller Lehrpläne für den Geschichtsunterricht an weiterführenden Schulen der Bundesrepublik dar. Welche Inhalte sollen zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte im Unterricht gelehrt werden, welche Probleme fachlicher Art bestehen, wie lassen sich diese evtl. lösen? Diesen Fragen wird zunächst in einem thematisch und chronologisch geordneten, zusammenfassenden Überblick nachgegangen. Am Ende stehen als konkrete Fallbeispiele die Lehrpläne für das Bundesland Sachsen mit ihren Inhalten bis einschließlich der Thematisierung des Frühmittelalters im Mittelpunkt.

Abstract
This article is based on a review of 41 current curricula for history teaching at german secondary schools. Which topics, related to prehistoric archaeology and early history, are to be taught in history lessons, and to which problems – seen from a scholastic perspective – can or will that lead? How could these problems be avoided? These questions are fi rst explored in a thematic and chronological overwiew. Finally the curricula for the federal state of Saxony and its contents from palaeolothic to early medieval times are discussed as a case study."

In Mainfranken ist der Übergang vom Alt- zum Mittelneolithikum durch das Fehlen der eigentlich mi... more In Mainfranken ist der Übergang vom Alt- zum Mittelneolithikum durch das Fehlen der eigentlich mit diesem Zeithorizont verbundenen Keramikstile gekennzeichnet. Anhand der Beispielregion des Gollachgaus soll eine Hypothese zum Ablauf dieses Übergangs zur Diskussion gestellt werden. Diese wurde anhand des von Eisenhauer 2002 publizierten Innovationsmodells entwickelt. Es zeigt sich, dass in der hier dargestellten Region nicht nur die Übernahme einer Innovation, sondern auch das Scheitern einer Alternative modellhaft nachvollzogen werden kann.

Talks by Stefan Suhrbier

During the last decades, the relative chronology of the Southwest German Middle Neolithic was ela... more During the last decades, the relative chronology of the Southwest German Middle Neolithic was elaborated in various studies, based on correspondence analysis of pottery assemblages. However, this approach caused several problems. E.g., it was not possible to analyse the late middle Neolithic pots/sherds together with earlier pots/sherds since during Roessen various motives are bound to specific pottery shapes, which caused a chronological irrelevant sorting. The problem was solved by separate correspondence analyses of earlier (Hinkelstein-Grossgartach) and later (Roessen) pots. The results of both were compared and only argumentatively combined. Another problem was the rich decoration of late Grossgartach/Planig-Friedberg pottery. Due to a high variance of motives this phase was often divided into subphases which could not be tested empirically. Based on these problems, a new methodical approach is presented: “chronological network analysis”. This rests upon the idea that analysis of relative chronology can be depicted as a network, i.e. two pots are connected by sharing the same motives or else motives are connected by their presence on the same pot. In contrast to the visualization of a correspondence analysis, the graph of a chronological network is a linear depiction. In order to redefine the relative chronology of the Southwest German middle Neolithic, modularity analysis was carried out. This results in a chronological division of phases that is no longer based on subjectively identified gaps in the visualization of the correspondence analysis but on empirically determined subgroups. Hence, this is a promising approach for analysis of relative chronology in general.

Books by Stefan Suhrbier

Journal of Archaeological Science, Jun 1, 2023

Longhouses represent the typical architecture of early farming societies of Central Europe. For a... more Longhouses represent the typical architecture of early farming societies of Central Europe. For almost 1000 years these buildings with earthfast posts remain the typical form of construction (c. 5500–4500 BCE). In the course of this time, a number of architectural elements nevertheless changed. In the first half of the 5th millennium BCE, the variety of architectural construction methods increased. The typology of the ground plan and further architectural elements are hence a crucial basis for dating buildings of this time period. And this is also of great importance because individual house plans cannot be dated using finds from accompanying pits. This article examines previous categorisations for house layouts of the southwest German Middle Neolithic (5000-4500 BCE) on the basis of multivariate methods including geometric morphometrics, principal component analysis, and redundancy analysis. The results show a significant connection between the shape of the outline and a rough chronological classification as well as various constructional characteristics. Our analysis shows that the Middle Neolithic longhouse does not exhibit a continuous change in the shape from “ship-shaped” to “trapezoidal”. Rather, for the older stage, exclusively ship-shaped outlines are typical while for the younger stage a diversification took place. This transformation can be placed in a broader cultural context since diversification processes have also been observed for settlement patterns and agricultural practice during this period.

Journal of Archaeological Science

Longhouses represent the typical architecture of early farming societies of Central Europe. For a... more Longhouses represent the typical architecture of early farming societies of Central Europe. For almost 1000 years these buildings with earthfast posts remain the typical form of construction (c. 5500–4500 BCE). In the course of this time, a number of architectural elements nevertheless changed. In the first half of the 5th millennium BCE, the variety of architectural construction methods increased. The typology of the ground plan and further architectural elements are hence a crucial basis for dating buildings of this time period. And this is also of great importance because individual house plans cannot be dated using finds from accompanying pits. This article examines previous categorisations for house layouts of the southwest German Middle Neolithic (5000-4500 BCE) on the basis of multivariate methods including geometric morphometrics, principal component analysis, and redundancy analysis. The results show a significant connection between the shape of the outline and a rough chronological classification as well as various constructional characteristics. Our analysis shows that the Middle Neolithic longhouse does not exhibit a continuous change in the shape from “ship-shaped” to “trapezoidal”. Rather, for the older stage, exclusively ship-shaped outlines are typical while for the younger stage a diversification took place. This transformation can be placed in a broader cultural context since diversification processes have also been observed for settlement patterns and agricultural practice during this period.

Wissensschichten - Festschrift für Wolfram Schier zu seinem 65. Geburtstag. Internationale Archäologie Studia Honorica Band 41, 2022

Eine chronologische Einordnung der Hausgrundrisse des Südwestdeutschen Mittelneolithikums (SWM) i... more Eine chronologische Einordnung der Hausgrundrisse des Südwestdeutschen Mittelneolithikums (SWM) ist anhand hausbegleitender Gruben nicht möglich, weshalb zur Datierung in der Regel bautypologische Argumente herangezogen werden. Ziel des Beitrags ist es, die bislang vorliegenden Kategorisierungen von Hausgrundrissen des SWM, mithilfe neuer multivariater Verfahren zu überprüfen. Die Analyseergebnisse sollen Aussagen dazu ermöglichen, inwiefern es sich bei der Entwicklung der Hausgrundrisse um einen kontinuierlichen Prozess handelt, inwieweit die Grundrissform mit anderen Architekturmerkmalen zusammenhängt und inwieweit sich die Grundrisse anhand ihrer Form und ggf. weiterer Merkmale ordnen lassen. Mithilfe geometrisch morphometrischer (GMM) Analysen sowie einer Hauptkomponentenanalyse (PCA) und einer Redundanzanalyse (RDA) werden 70 vollständig dokumentierte, mittelneolithische Hausgrundrisse analysiert.

A chronological classification of house layouts dating to the so-called Southwest German Middle Neolithic (SWM) cannot be undertaken on the basis of accompanying pits. This is why the typology of the house layout is a crucial element for dating buildings of this time period. The article aims at examining hitherto used categorizations for house layouts of the SWM on the basis of new multivariate methods. The results allow for investigating whether the development of house layouts was a continuous process, to what extent architectural features and house layouts are interrelated and to what extent house layouts can be structured according to their form and other characteristics. 70 complete house layouts of the SWM are analyzed with the help of geometric morphometrics, principal component analysis and redundancy analysis.

Archäologische Informationen, 2008

Der Beitrag stellt eine Bilanz aus der Sichtung 41 aktueller Lehrpläne für den Geschichtsunterric... more Der Beitrag stellt eine Bilanz aus der Sichtung 41 aktueller Lehrpläne für den Geschichtsunterricht an weiterführenden Schulen der Bundesrepublik dar. Welche Inhalte sollen zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte im Unterricht gelehrt werden, welche <br>Probleme fachlicher Art bestehen, wie lassen sich diese evtl. lösen? Diesen Fragen wird zunächst in einem thematisch und chronologisch geordneten, zusammenfassenden Überblick nachgegangen. Am Ende stehen als konkrete Fallbeispiele die Lehrpläne für das Bundesland Sachsen mit ihren Inhalten bis einschließlich der Thematisierung des Frühmittelalters im Mittelpunkt.

Praehistorische Zeitschrift, 2004

Rezension zu: Kuper, R. (2018). Inden I. Eine Siedlung der Rossener Kultur im Rheinland. (Rheinis... more Rezension zu: Kuper, R. (2018). Inden I. Eine Siedlung der Rossener Kultur im Rheinland. (Rheinische Ausgrabungen, 76). Darmstadt: Ph. von Zabern. 364 S., zahlreiche Abb. (s/w u. farbig), 1 Planbeilage. ISBN 978-3-8053-5188-1

Praehistorische Zeitschrift, 2000

... Vorbericht über die rumänisch-deutschen Prospektionen und Ausgrabungen in der befestigten Tel... more ... Vorbericht über die rumänisch-deutschen Prospektionen und Ausgrabungen in der befestigten Tellsiedlung von Uivar, jud. Timis, Rumänien (1998–2002) von Wolfram Schier, Würzburg, undFlorin Drasovean, Timisoara ... 146 Wolfram Schier und Florin Drasovean 1. Einleitung ...

"Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag stellt eine Bilanz aus der Sichtung 41 aktueller Lehrpläne für den ... more "Zusammenfassung
Der Beitrag stellt eine Bilanz aus der Sichtung 41 aktueller Lehrpläne für den Geschichtsunterricht an weiterführenden Schulen der Bundesrepublik dar. Welche Inhalte sollen zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte im Unterricht gelehrt werden, welche Probleme fachlicher Art bestehen, wie lassen sich diese evtl. lösen? Diesen Fragen wird zunächst in einem thematisch und chronologisch geordneten, zusammenfassenden Überblick nachgegangen. Am Ende stehen als konkrete Fallbeispiele die Lehrpläne für das Bundesland Sachsen mit ihren Inhalten bis einschließlich der Thematisierung des Frühmittelalters im Mittelpunkt.

Abstract
This article is based on a review of 41 current curricula for history teaching at german secondary schools. Which topics, related to prehistoric archaeology and early history, are to be taught in history lessons, and to which problems – seen from a scholastic perspective – can or will that lead? How could these problems be avoided? These questions are fi rst explored in a thematic and chronological overwiew. Finally the curricula for the federal state of Saxony and its contents from palaeolothic to early medieval times are discussed as a case study."

In Mainfranken ist der Übergang vom Alt- zum Mittelneolithikum durch das Fehlen der eigentlich mi... more In Mainfranken ist der Übergang vom Alt- zum Mittelneolithikum durch das Fehlen der eigentlich mit diesem Zeithorizont verbundenen Keramikstile gekennzeichnet. Anhand der Beispielregion des Gollachgaus soll eine Hypothese zum Ablauf dieses Übergangs zur Diskussion gestellt werden. Diese wurde anhand des von Eisenhauer 2002 publizierten Innovationsmodells entwickelt. Es zeigt sich, dass in der hier dargestellten Region nicht nur die Übernahme einer Innovation, sondern auch das Scheitern einer Alternative modellhaft nachvollzogen werden kann.

During the last decades, the relative chronology of the Southwest German Middle Neolithic was ela... more During the last decades, the relative chronology of the Southwest German Middle Neolithic was elaborated in various studies, based on correspondence analysis of pottery assemblages. However, this approach caused several problems. E.g., it was not possible to analyse the late middle Neolithic pots/sherds together with earlier pots/sherds since during Roessen various motives are bound to specific pottery shapes, which caused a chronological irrelevant sorting. The problem was solved by separate correspondence analyses of earlier (Hinkelstein-Grossgartach) and later (Roessen) pots. The results of both were compared and only argumentatively combined. Another problem was the rich decoration of late Grossgartach/Planig-Friedberg pottery. Due to a high variance of motives this phase was often divided into subphases which could not be tested empirically. Based on these problems, a new methodical approach is presented: “chronological network analysis”. This rests upon the idea that analysis of relative chronology can be depicted as a network, i.e. two pots are connected by sharing the same motives or else motives are connected by their presence on the same pot. In contrast to the visualization of a correspondence analysis, the graph of a chronological network is a linear depiction. In order to redefine the relative chronology of the Southwest German middle Neolithic, modularity analysis was carried out. This results in a chronological division of phases that is no longer based on subjectively identified gaps in the visualization of the correspondence analysis but on empirically determined subgroups. Hence, this is a promising approach for analysis of relative chronology in general.