Hazendonk Donk Settlement
Hazendonk River Dune · Hazendonk Vlaardingen Donk
Middle to Late Neolithic·Hazendonk Group / Vlaardingen·🇳🇱 South Holland, Molenwaard, Netherlands
About
About Hazendonk Donk Settlement
Neolithic river dune (donk) settlement Hazendonk (c. 4000–2000 BCE) on Rhine-Meuse levee, type-site for Hazendonk Group pottery. Excavated 1974 revealing stratified Vlaardingen and Bell Beaker layers, wooden posts and early agriculture in wetland frontier.
Why it mattersType-site for Hazendonk ceramic group and Rhine-Meuse Neolithization.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Hazendonk-Vlaardingen transition
- 02Early barley introduction
Theories
- 01Wetland refuge during sea-level rise
- 02Exchange hub between farmers and foragers
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 4000 BCE
- Period
- Middle to Late Neolithic
- Culture
- Hazendonk Group / Vlaardingen
- Purpose
- Wetland farming and fishing settlement
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 19th–20th century
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 4000 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Hazendonk Donk Settlement
19th century / 1960s
Antiquarian notice and modern systematic excavation of Hazendonk Donk Settlement
2000s
Conservation and publication of final reports for Hazendonk Donk Settlement
On the ground
Structures & features
51.8930° N · 4.7880° E · -1 m · 3 mapped features
Donk Summit Post Cluster
housePostholes of Hazendonk Group houses on donk summit
51.8931° N · 4.7881° EVlaardingen Peat Layer
occupation layerPeat-covered layer with Vlaardingen pottery and fish remains on lower slope
51.8929° N · 4.7881° EBell Beaker Grave Pit
burialLate Neolithic Bell Beaker pit with beaker and flint dagger southwest flank
51.8932° N · 4.7879° E