EA-IRMS measurements of the Bebensee and Seedorf samples were funded by the Zentrum für Baltische und Skandinavische Archäologie, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottorf. Claus von Carnap-Bornheim, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottorf, financed 30 of the radiocarbon datings for B. Philippsen's research, and the foundation 'Prof. Werner Petersen-Stiftung' in Kiel, Germany, provided the funds.