EEN BRIEF MET GEVOLGEN

Samenvatting

At the turn of the century same local men of standing in Groningen strove to stimulate re­search into the prehistoric dwelling mounds in the marine-clay district. The in-depth publication by a farmer and his son, J.O. and J. Elema, about their observations at Toornwerd was one of the results. It led to a fundamental and vivid discussion between J.O. Elema and J.M. van Bemmelen, a re­tired professor of chemistry, who was very interested in this matter and had some in­fluential connections. A letter, written in 1907 by Elema about the inroads made in the terp of Dorkwerd near the town of Gro­ningen was decisive in prompting systema­tic excavations.