The introduction of the new technologies wheel, waggon and plough in Europe. New evaluation of early evidence in rgard to authenticity, dating and function as well as resulting changes within the specific neolithic societies.

• Applicant: Professorin Dr. Doris Mischka
• Subject Area: Prehistory and World Archaeology
• Term: from 2013 to 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 239100221

The project proposal aims to deliver a comprehensive reassessment for the introduction of the innovations of wheel and waggon as well as the plough technology in Europe. This purpose a current and methodologically transparent evaluation of existing temporal classifications and interpretations of early evidence in the various contexts in Neolithic Europe. The need has arisen after the scientific processing of the neolithic sites of Flintbek. A special focus lies on the analysis of processes of social change stimulated by the innovations. The introduction of the innovations leads from far-reaching communication and exchange networks to small regional social units competing against each other. Moreover, the dimension of the impact of innovation on the palaeoecological sector turns out.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1400: Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation. The Origin and Development of Neolithic Large-Scale Buildings and the Earliest Complex Societies in Northern Central Europe
• Participating Person: Doris Jansen