Research has revealed that the Mienakker site was not a temporary hunting camp, as was previously thought. Instead, the location was settled year-round for many years during the Late Neolithic.

Year-round settlement

Among the features identified during the 1990 excavation were two house plans. At the time, the site of Mienakker was thought to have been a temporary hunting camp, as compared to more permanent settlements such as Aartswoud, Kolhorn and Zeewijk. However, when the finds from 1990 were re-examined, it became clear that the site was, in fact, a year-round settlement where a range of highly diverse activities were carried out. The site was in use between ca. 2880 and 2480 BC.