EEN LAATMESOLITHISCHE JACHT- EN SLACHTPLAATS AAN DE TJONGER BIJ JARDINGA (FR.)
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A killing and butchering site of at least four aurochs and one red dear was found on the bank of the river Tjonger at Jardinga, near Oosterwolde (Fr.). The animals have been 14 C-dated between 5400 and 5100 BC (calibrated), which puts the site in the late Mesolithic. The skins, sinews and most of the bones with meat were taken away to an as yet unidentified settlement. Foot bones were left at the site. Several flint blade fragments were found among the bones. At least one of these shows traces of use on soft skin or meat. The Tjonger meander beside which the butchering site was situated, became cut off, with peat growth starting soon after the deposition of the bones. This presumably explains why the bones were preserved. Mesolithic killing and butchering sites are very rare.
