Educational work with prehistoric stone - Experiences from the Stone Age Park in Albersdorf by Dr. Rüdiger Kelm, Archaeological-Ecological Centre Albersdorf (AÖZA)

1. The Stone Age Park
in Albersdorf
Archaeological-Ecological Centre Albersdorf (AÖZA)
Dr. Rüdiger Kelm
Presentation on the VI. OpenArch-Conference
Albersdorf/Germany, 24. 9. 2013

2. The Region of Albersdorf
(County of Dithmarschen
in the Federal State of
Schleswig-Holstein)

3. Landscape
Geest (sandy soils
of pleistocene),
bogs
and marshlands
(marine wetlands
of holocene)
Arbeitsgebiet

4. Megalithic tombs of Neolithic Age

5. Earthen Barrows of Bronze Age

6. The Stone Age Park:
Nature Areas
and archaeological
Features
Map of the Stone Age Park

7. The Stone Age Park: Long Barrows
(Excavations since 2009)

8. The Stone Age Park:
(Reiß 2005)
Soils and Sediments
(Research 2001 – 2005)

9. 4
8
12
16
20
24
28
32
36
40
44
48
52
56
60
64
68
72
76
Tiefe
Picea
20 40 60 80
Pinus
20 40 60
Betula
20 40 60
A
lnus
20
Fagus
Carpinus
20
Q
uercus
Tilia
cord.
Ulm
usFraxinus
560
552
630
586
554
603
633
549
573
549
Sum
m
e
Baum
pollen
20 40
Corylus
HederaIlex
V
iscum
20
Calluna
Cerealia
indet.
Triticum
-Typ
SecaleFagopyrum
Plantago
lanceolata
Rum
ex
acetosa/acetosella
A
rtem
isia
Bidens-Typ
A
nthem
is-Typ
Liguliflorae
20
G
ram
ineae
excl.C
erealia
Sphagnum
20 40
Pteridium
Zone [Overbeck]
XI
IX / X
VIII
VI / VII
Albersdorf Horstenmoor A - Übersichtsdiagramm
Bezugssumme: Baumpollen
Analyse: U. Westermann
The Stone Age Park: Pollen-Analysis
Albersdorf Horstenmoor (Dörfler 2005)
(ca. 9.500 – 2.000 ca. BP)

10. The Stone Age Park:
Landscape Reconstruction, Middle Neolithic
(Reiß 2005)

11. The Archaeological-Ecological Centre Albersdorf
Focus on Neolithic Times:
- Megalithic Tombs
- Recent and interdisciplinary research
- General aspects
(museal exclusivity, neolithic house structures,
interest of schools)

12. The Archaeological-Ecological Centre Albersdorf
Concept of the Project:
- Principle: Combination of Research and Mediation,
of information and emotion
- Step 1: Development of a „Stone Age“ Landscape
from around 3.000 BC
- Step 2: Building-up of a
„Stone Age“-settlement
as a modell in scale 1:1
- Step 3: Exhibition- and
Education-Centre

13. The Archaeological-Ecological Centre Albersdorf
Landscape-
Development
(Cooperation
with BUND/
Friends of the
Earth Germany
and Foundation
Human Being for
handicapped
Persons, since
2012)
Landscape-Zones

14. The Archaeological-Ecological Centre Albersdorf
Introduction of traditional land-use

15. The Archaeological-Ecological Centre Albersdorf
Mediation and Education: Aims
- Principle: Knowledge about the past helps to
understand and create present times
(official recognized institution for sustainability,
since 2007)
- Interactive presentation in an „original“ environment
(emotionalising and motivating educational
environment)

16. The Archaeological-Ecological Centre Albersdorf
„Stone Age Village“ - Modell/Experiment/Education
(Cooperation with the University Hamburg, since 2004)

17. The Archaeological-Ecological Centre Albersdorf
Future Plans – Exhibition Building

18. Thank you very much!
Vielen Dank!
Dr. Rüdiger Kelm
Stone Age Park Dithmarschen (AÖZA gGmbH)
Bahnhofstr. 23, D-25767 Albersdorf, Germany
www.aoeza.de