Wo sind die Nachweise für mesolithischen Ackerbau in Mitteleuropa? Zum Diskussionsbeitrag von W. Schön und B. Gehlen in Archäologische Informationen 29, 1&2, 127-128

Abstract

The “Mesolithic agriculture” as assumed by several authors, is based solely on single pre-Neolithic pollen grains of the Cerealiatype that occur in pollen diagrams. It is shown that absolute distinction of pollen from wild grasses and cereals is impossible and single pollen grains of this type are known already from the Late-glacial onwards. While numerous excavations of Neolithic sites have produced large numbers of macro-remains from cultivated plants, they are completely lacking in Mesolithic sites. Without well-dated macro-remains of crop plants there is no evidence of Mesolithic agriculture.