''Federmesser'' group is an archaeological umbrella term
including the late
Upper Paleolithic
The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. Very broadly, it dates to between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago (the beginning of the Holocene), according to some theories coin ...
to
Mesolithic cultures of the
Northern European Plain
The North European Plain (german: Norddeutsches Tiefland – North German Plain; ; pl, Nizina Środkowoeuropejska – Central European Plain; da, Nordeuropæiske Lavland and nl, Noord-Europese Laagvlakte ; French : ''Plaine d'Europe du Nor ...
, dating to between 14,000 and 12,800 years ago (the late
Magdalenian). It is closely related to the Tjongerian culture, as both have been suggested.
[J.-G. Rozoy, trans. L.G. Strauss, "The (Re-)Population of Northern France between 13,000 and 8000 BP", ''Quaternary International'', Vol. 49j/50 (1998), 69–86, 1998. ]
It includes the ''Tjongerian'' sites at
Lochtenrek in the Frisian part of the Netherland, spanning the area of Belgium, the Netherlands, northern France, northern Germany, southern
Denmark
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, and Poland (''
Tarnowian'' and ''Witowian'' cultures). It is also closely related to the
Creswellian culture to the west and the
Azilian
The Azilian is a Mesolithic industry of the Franco-Cantabrian region of northern Spain and Southern France. It dates approximately 10,000–12,500 years ago. Diagnostic artifacts from the culture include projectile points (microliths with ro ...
to the south. The name is derived from the characteristic small backed flint blades, in German termed ''Federmesser'' ("quill knife"). It is succeeded by the
Ahrensburg culture after 12,800 BP.
See also
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Late Glacial Maximum
The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), also referred to as the Late Glacial Maximum, was the most recent time during the Last Glacial Period that ice sheets were at their greatest extent.
Ice sheets covered much of Northern North America, Northern Eu ...
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Ahrensburg culture
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Hamburg culture
The Hamburg culture or Hamburgian (15,500-13,100 BP) was a Late Upper Paleolithic culture of reindeer hunters in northwestern Europe during the last part of the Weichsel Glaciation beginning during the Bölling interstadial. Sites are found close ...
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Magdalenian
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Kozarnika
Kozarnika or Peshtera Kozarnika ( bg, Пещера Козарника, , The Goat Shed) is a cave in northwestern Bulgaria that was used as a hunters’ shelter as early as the Lower Paleolithic (1.6-1.4 million BP). It marks an older rou ...
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Laacher See
Laacher See (), also known as Lake Laach or Laach Lake, is a volcanic caldera lake with a diameter of in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, about northwest of Koblenz, south of Bonn, and west of Andernach. It is in the Eifel mountain range, and i ...
References
Magdalenian
Mesolithic cultures of Europe
Archaeological cultures of Central Europe
Archaeological cultures of Western Europe
Paleolithic cultures of Europe
Archaeological cultures in Belgium
Archaeological cultures in Germany
Archaeological cultures in the Netherlands
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