The research shows that male and female roles were not as traditional 7,000 years ago. The research was conducted by a team of researchers.
The Elsloo grave field was studied by a group of people. Dr. Luc Amkreutz is the curator of prehistory at the National Museum of Antiquities.
The grave goods and skeletons were looked at by the researchers. Sex and age can be determined from the cremation remains. They were able to conclude that stone axes and flint arrowheads are found in women's graves more often than men.
The idea that grave goods are a representation of the daily life and sex of the deceased is no longer true. They turned out to be less gender specific than thought.
There are objects that are unrelated to sex or age.
Women's graves were richly furnished. It looks like there is a certain status associated with age. Specific grave goods and rituals are related to hunting, food preparation, woodworking and body decoration. A lot of the dead were sprinkled with red.
Almost all of the grave goods had been used. Specific utensils belonging to the deceased's relatives were placed in the grave. A good impression of the role of the living is given by this. The research shows that prehistoric men and women were different in their roles as hunters, herders, warriors and builders.
The oldest burial field in the Netherlands is old.
More than 7,000 years ago, the Linear Pottery culture was the first farming community in the Netherlands. The oldest burial field in the Netherlands is located at Elsloo. It was excavated by the Cultural Heritage Agency.
The National Museum of Antiquities is where the finds have been kept. The knowledge of archaeology project was used to carry out this research. A selection of the finds from the burial field will be on display for a year.
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