proximately 60.000 artefacts, among them over 48.000 pieces belonging to a recent stage of the Lower
Gravettian and 27 pieces, which are assigned to a Middle Palaeolithic.
The major sediment unit was formed by high tide clays and contains the lithic industry. The site is placed in
an old riverbed (backwater arm) of the river Mouge, which forms a natural depression. Analysis of the site-
formation processes in line with a methodologically multifaceted Magister’s thesis (combining geoarchaeo-
logical methods, depth-clustered plots, 3D-single-nd-plots, KDE-plots and a 3D reconstruction of the
stratigraphical units) showed, that there are no evidences for a uvial transportation or horizontal disorder
of the artefact distribution. According to micromorphological examinations, bio- and cryoturbation and
other postdepositional processes caused the spreading of the nds up to 60cm in depth.
It was possible to identify two human occupations. A small Middle Palaeolithic occupation, which is directly
situated at the basis of the riverbed and which is associated with two quartzitic hammer stones.
For the Middle Upper Palaeolithic, there are strong evidences for one occasional settling in Azé-Camping.
The former “living oor” was situated approximately in the middle of the alluvial stratigraphy. Three spatial
patterns or activity zones could be identied, two of them beside hearths. They reect human activities, like
the production of blanks and tools, as well as hafting and retooling of assembling tools and tasks of every-
day live. This widely spread spectrum of activities and the large number of artefacts in Azé-Camping de
Rizerolles point to a long-term central settlement place.
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✉ Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters, Abtei-
lung Ältere Urgeschichte und Quartärökologie, Schloss Hohentübingen, Burgsteige 11, D-72070 Tübingen
Ditte Skov Jensen
Possibilities and limitations of spatial analyses – a case study from Ahrenshöft LA 58 D (Schleswig-
Holstein, northern Germany)
This paper will centre around a case study of the Lateglacial Havelte site Ahrenshöft LA 58 D (Schleswig-
Holstein), excavated with support from the Hugo Obermaier-Gesellschaft. The presented investigation
examines taphonomic processes and identies activity areas through lithic artefact distributions. Different
types of formation processes are discussed in terms of their degree of impact on the structure of the site.
Despite evidence of post-depositional alteration at this site, the distribution and orientation of artefacts
reveal patterning indicative of human activity.
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