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Kolhorn, Southern site: The well - General description

Authors

  • J.D. van der Waals

Abstract

Near Kolhorn, province of Noord-Holland, the Netheriands, a Late Neolithic cylindrical well was excavated. Its diameter 0.60-0.70 m; its depth below the original surface 2.50 m. It had no lining, but the lower part had been filled in with charred reed, it is believed in order to protect its wall below the water table from erosion. Its location in a freshwater pocket and the charred reed device are interpreted as indications to the adaptation over the generations to the marine, tidal flat environment of its constructors.

Published

1989-12-15

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