Coming together, keeping apart: Volume 2

VOLUME 1Author affiliationsAcknowledgements1 The Münchshöfen and Cham cultures at Riedling and the Neolithic in southern BavariaDaniela Hofmann, Márton Szilágyi and Ludwig Husty2 Social inequality in fifth millennium southern central Europe: a theoretical backgroundDaniela Hofmann3 The Riedling enclosures and their wider contextLudwig Husty, Márton Szilágyi and Daniela Hofmann4 The Münchshöfen pottery at RiedlingMárton Szilágyi5 The Cham culture at RiedlingMárton Szilágyi and Daniela Hofmann6 Geochemische Untersuchungen an neolithischer Keramik aus Riedling (Gemeinde Oberschneiding, Lkr. Straubing-Bogen, Bayern)Markus Helfert und Britta Ramminger7 Organic residue analysis of Münchshöfen culture Younger and Late Neolithic pottery from Riedling, south BavariaJulie Dunne, Emmanuelle Casanova, Márton Szilágyi, Toby Gillard and Richard P. Evershed8 Die neolithischen Spinnwirtel und Webgewichte aus RiedlingFreya Steinhagen, Patricia Tellhelm and Daniela Hofmann9 Your roof is on fire? The Münchshöfen and Late Neolithic daub from Riedling and its implications for architecture, settlement layout and deposition patternsDaniela Hofmann and Márton SzilágyiVOLUME 210 Die Steinartefakte aus RiedlingNicole Kegler-Graiewski11 Ergebnis der geochemischen Analyse ausgewählter Beil- und AxtklingenfragmenteBritta Ramminger12 Alles Getreide? Gebrauchsspurenanalyse an ausgewählten Flintwerkzeugen des Erdwerks Riedling-OberpiebingBirte Meller13 Die Gebrauchsspuren der Flintartefakte von RiedlingSteffen Berckhan14 Archaeobotanical and anthracological analysis of samples from Riedling-Oberpiebing in Lower BavariaClaudia Sarkady15 Die Tierknochen der Münchshöfener, Chamer und Altheimer KulturJörg Ewersen16 Knochen- und Geweihartefakte des jungneolithischen Erdwerks von Riedling-Oberpiebing, Lkr. Straubing-BogenFabian Speier17 Human skeletal remains from the enclosure at Riedling: osteology and stable isotopesFranziska Schreil, Anna Perutka and Gisela Grupe18 Structured deposition at Riedling in its wider contextDaniela Hofmann and Márton Szilágyi19 Radiocarbon measurements and a chronological model for RiedlingSeren Griffiths, Daniela Hofmann and Márton Szilágyi20 Coming together, keeping apart. Neolithic networks and society at the Münchshöfen enclosure and Cham site at RiedlingDaniela Hofmann, Márton Szilágy and Ludwig Husty, with contributions by Steffen Berckhan, Emanuelle Casanova, Richard Evershed, Jörg Ewersen, Julie Dunne, Toby Gillard, Seren Griffiths, Gisela Grupe, Markus Helferst, Nicole Kegler-Graiewski, Birte Meller, Anna Perutka, Britta Ramminger, Claudia Sarkady, Franziska Schreil, Fabian Speyer, Freya Steinhagen and Patricia Tellhelm21 Summary and outlook: Riedling in the Younger and Late NeolithicDaniela Hofmann, Marton Szilágyi and Ludwig HustyThis volume forms part of a two-volume study presenting the results of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary investigation of the Younger Neolithic enclosure (c. 4300–3900 BC) and the Late Neolithic settlement (c. 3000–2900 BC) at Riedling in Lower Bavaria. Both phases coincide with periods of profound social and economic change in Europe. During the Younger Neolithic, expanding contact networks, the appearance of new materials and technologies, and possible shifts toward more hierarchical social relations reshaped communities. In the Late Neolithic, attention turns to developments preceding the emergence of the Corded Ware phenomenon. The evidence from Riedling contributes significantly to debates surrounding both transformations.The Younger Neolithic enclosure at Riedling is characterised by large-scale, highly structured depositions of material culture and human remains. These practices provide a unique basis for exploring ritual innovation, social differentiation, and the relationship between symbolic behaviour and emerging hierarchies. The site also offers important new data on chronology, mobility, and economic organisation. For the Late Neolithic settlement, the analyses suggest that several social and economic changes often attributed to the Corded Ware period were already underway earlier, indicating a more gradual transition than previously assumed.Excavated under rescue conditions, Riedling is documented here through detailed analyses of pottery, lithics, textile tools, bone and antler artefacts, daub, animal and human remains, and plant material. These studies are supported by provenance analyses, isotopic research, lipid residue analysis, use-wear studies, and Bayesian chronological modelling. This publication situates Riedling within its wider regional and European context, with particular attention to mobility, exchange networks, and social inequality. Contributions are published in both English and German, each accompanied by extensive summaries in the other language.