{{Short description|European cultures 14ka to 12.8ka ago}} [[File:Federmesser point.png|thumb|50px|An arrow head from the Federmesser culture]] {{Paleolithic|upper}} '''''Federmesser'' group''' is an archaeological umbrella term including the late [[Upper Paleolithic]] to [[European Mesolithic|Mesolithic]] cultures of the [[Northern European Plain]], dating to between 14,000 and 12,800 years ago (the late [[Magdalenian]]).<ref>{{cite book|title=The British Palaeolithic: Human Societies at the Edge of the Pleistocene World|first1=Paul|last1=Pettit|first2=Mark|last2=White|pages=479–80|publisher=Routledge|year=2012|location=Abingdon, UK|isbn=978-0-415-67455-3}}</ref> It is closely related to the Tjongerian culture, as both have been suggested.<ref>J.-G. Rozoy, trans. L.G. Strauss, "The (Re-)Population of Northern France between 13,000 and 8000 BP", ''Quaternary International'', Vol. 49j/50 (1998), 69–86, 1998. {{Cite web |url=http://www.membres.lycos.fr/rozoyprehistoire/Travaux/repop/cadre.html |title=Rozoy - the (Re-) Population of Northern France Between 13,000 and 8000 Bp |access-date=2007-04-16 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804222518/http://www.membres.lycos.fr/rozoyprehistoire/Travaux/repop/cadre.html |archive-date=2012-08-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It includes the ''Tjongerian'' sites at [[Lochtenrek]] in the Frisian part of the Netherland, spanning the area of Belgium, the Netherlands, northern France, northern Germany, southern [[Denmark]], and Poland (''[[Tarnów|Tarnowian]]'' and ''Witowian'' cultures). It is also closely related to the [[Creswellian]] culture to the west and the [[Azilian]] to the south. The name is derived from the characteristic small backed flint blades, in German termed ''Federmesser'' ("quill knife"). It is succeeded by the [[Ahrensburg culture]] after 12,800 BP.
==See also==
* {{Annotated link |Late Glacial Maximum}} * {{Annotated link |Ahrensburg culture}} * {{Annotated link |Hamburg culture}} * {{Annotated link |Magdalenian}} * {{Annotated link |Kozarnika}} * {{Annotated link |Laacher See}}
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[[Category:Magdalenian]] [[Category:Mesolithic cultures of Europe]] [[Category:Archaeological cultures of Europe]] [[Category:Paleolithic cultures of Europe]] [[Category:Archaeological cultures in Belgium]] [[Category:Archaeological cultures in Germany]] [[Category:Archaeological cultures in the Netherlands]]
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