Albersdorf-Dieksknöll
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The site Albersdorf-Dieksknöll LA 68 is a causewayed enclosure of the fourth millennium BC in Albersdorf, district Dithmarschen, northern Germany. It is one of the three or four known enclosure sites in Schleswig-Holstein and of the 47 known causewayed enclosure of the Funnel Beaker Culture.[1][2][3]
The Albersdorf-Dieksknöll enclosure was investigated in 1992-1994 by the German archaeologist Volker Arnold and in 2010 by the DFG Priority Programme 1400 "Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation" led by Prof. Johannes Müller.[4] Many stages of use could be differentiated. One particular result is the long period of use. Most causewayed enclosures in northern Central Europe were abandoned in the late fourth Millennium BC. Albersdorf-Dieksknöll, however, was still in use during the third millennium BC (during the Single Grave/Corded War Culture).[5]
The Albersdorf region is part of the old moraine landscape of Dithmarschen, which is shaped by smooth hills. The region is characterised by numerous Neolithic monuments. The Archaeological-Ecological Centre Albersdorf[6] is also located here, where several reconstructed megalithic graves can be seen. Within the municipal boundary of Albersdorf, 15 monumental burial mounds of the Funnel Beaker Culture are attested, eleven of which are still visible today.[5][7] In addition, numerous Late Neolithic burial mounds as well as Bronze Age burial mounds are documented.[7][8]
The Fockbek and Gieselau rivers flow into each other at the foot of a ridge named Dieksknöll and continue in an easterly direction. The ridge is clearly visible in the relief. Today, the Gieselau flows into the Kiel Canal, but it used to flow into the Eider. The west–east running river system of the Eider formed an important transport system in prehistoric times. Accordingly, the Gieselau linked the microregion Albersdorf internally as well as externally.
