the results of the excavation enabled a reassessment of mesolithic cultures in northern germany. schwantes coined the name duvensee group for the cultural group that extends over schleswig-holstein, mecklenburg and parts of brandenburg. after the excavation schwantes published the duvensee paddle as the oldest paddle known worldwide and simultaneously as the oldest, even if only indirect, evidence for the use of boats in the mesolithic, which was widely viewed. this view has been tempered by the discovery of an older paddle from star carr.