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The Mesolithic site Norje Sunnansund is one of a few places in Scandinavia with preserved bone and wood from 7600–6600 cal. BC. (early and middle South Scandinavian Mesolithic). It was excavated in 2011, due to the construction of a new motorway. Norje Sunnansund seems to have functioned as a settlement for a larger group of people, staying there for several occasions, mainly from late summer and until spring. The finds are extensive, including more than 18000 fragments of bone, and nearly 300 fragments of bone and antler tools. In addition, there are vast quantities of fish bones, indicating that fishing had a considerable economic importance even during the early Mesolithic. Furthermore, a total of about 30000 objects from flint, quartz and other lithic material were collected. Single human teeth and bones were also found, as well as nuts, seeds, resin and worked wood. The excavation yielded new information about economy, seasonality and contacts between different geographical areas during this part of the Mesolithic. The report is written in Swedish, with English figure captions and an English summary. For appendices, use the link: http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/samla/html/9514

The present paper discusses how post-glacial sea level rises may have led to material cultural diversification and 'atomization' of geographically extensive cultures or social territories. The resulting smaller social territories, with their associated material cultures subsequently began to merge, possibly due to the development of better means of transport. Where the North Sea, at the beginning of this process of material diversification, represented a growing barrier to contacts, it later became a means of communication. In this paper, dates for material cultures follow Vang Petersen (1993).

This article is a preliminary presentation of the excavation at the Ringsjöholm site, central Scania. The site has been dated to the Maglemose-Kongemose transition. Several hundred early trapezes have been found and the dating of different types is discussed. A metrical analysis of trapeziform microliths is presented and microliths from Ringsjöholm are compared with trapezes from some Middle and Late Mesolithic sites in Scania.

- by Arne Sjöström
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- Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Mesolithic Archaeology, Lithic Technology

Time and timing are essential to many archaeological questions, especially when dealing with archaeo-cultural borders or transitions.
In this paper, we address the transition from the Final Palaeolithic to the Early Mesolithic on the North German Plain
with respect to chronological evidence. Based on several well-dated sites from the area, we aim to discuss preconditions and
consequences for the spreading of Early Mesolithic technocomplexes. Furthermore, we highlight which problems have to be
approached when dealing with this timeframe.
It is shown that the onset of the Mesolithic in the area under consideration currently appears to date not prior to the Middle
Preboreal, i.e. from ca. 9200 calBC onwards. The short cold spell, the Preboreal Oscillation, seems to coincide with a seizure
between the hunter-gatherers of the Ahrensburgian and the aforementioned Early Holocene societies. It is made clear that the
Pleistocene/Holocene border should not generally be parallelised with the Ahrensburgian/Early Mesolithic in the respective area.

- by Daniel Groß and +1
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- Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Pleistocene, Chronology

Forud for de kommende års udvidelser af NCC's råstofindvending ved Sellbjerg, naer Kirkeby Sand, har NCC ønsket en forundresøgelse af areal på omkring 9 hektar. Arkaeologisk er området igennem flere undersøgelser nu kendt for flere mindre bopladser fra den aeldre Maglemosekultur, samt ophold fra både senneolitikum og yngre bronzealder. Det var det arkaeologiske mål med forundersøgelse af området at få lokaliseret potentielle mesolitiske lokaliteter. Overblik over fundene i Sellebjerg i forhold til højdekurver

- by Anne Garhøj Rosenberg
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- Mesolithic Europe, Flint Technology, Maglemosian

Umschlaggestaltung: Reinhard Köster (RGZM) unter Verwendung eines Plans von Gönnersdorf, S. 62 Abb.6a. Bibliografische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie; detaillierte bibliografische Daten sind im Internet über http://dnb.d-nb.de abrufbar. Das Werk ist urheberrechtlich geschützt. Die dadurch begründeten Rechte, insbesondere die der Übersetzung, des Nachdrucks, der Entnahme von Abbildungen, der Funk-und Fernsehsendung, der Wiedergabe auf fotomechanischem (Fotokopie, Mikrokopie) oder ähnlichem Wege und der Speicherung in Datenverarbeitungsanlagen, Ton-und Bildträgern bleiben, auch bei nur auszugsweiser Verwertung, vorbehalten. Die Vergütungsansprüche des §54, Abs. 2, UrhG. werden durch die Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort wahrgenommen.

- by Lasse Sørensen
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- Mesolithic Archaeology, Lithic Technology, Maglemosian

Through a series of virtual reconstructions made with the purpose of gaining insight and knowledge about the relationship between postholes and pits, it is possible to set up a string of hypothetical structures which can then be evaluated and subsequently analyzed. The virtual models produced through this method are not aesthetically pleasing, nor is it their purpose to be so. At the Maglemosian site of Ålyst on the Danish island of Bornholm, this virtual technique has been used to reconstruct a series of features interpreted as huts. Amongst other things, the virtual analysis has shown a probable form for the huts, the re-interpretation of several pits, and the re-interpretation of a latent fireplace.

Mullerup S is an Early Maglemosian locus classicus in Mullerup Mose, Zealand, Denmark, and the
aim of this project is to study the settlement intensity and variability on Mullerup S as compared to
two other Early Maglemosian sites: Ulkestrup Lyng in Åmosen, Zealand and Flaadet on the island
of Langeland. Through an analysis of the lithic assemblages on the three sites it will be possible to
study the variations between Mullerup S and the other sites as well as estimate the relative
settlement intensity. Through the use of basic ethnoarchaeological knowledge on hunter-gatherer
settlement dynamics it will be thus be possible to discuss the reasons for the observed variations
between Mullerup S, Ulkestrup Lyng and Flaadet, and specifically if it is possible to link the
variations in the topographic placement of the settlements to the level of observed relative
settlement intensity on the sites.

This talk concerns my undergrad thesis and is a brief walkthorugh of my materials, methods and conclusions.

- by Jonas Holm Jæger
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- Archaeology, Mesolithic Archaeology, Flint (Archaeology), Mesolithic Europe

The preliminary results from the excavation campaign of the Maglemose settlement complex at Ålyst, Bornholm are presented. The large-scale rescue excavation has revealed a settlement complex with at least 26 flint concentrations and at least two huts. The main lithic production in the concentrations is for blanks, in order to produce microliths. These flint concentrations have been interpreted as short-term transit, hunting and fishing camps. The remains of two huts have also been excavated on Ålyst, indicating another aspect of the internal settlement pattern of the site. Activity zones with larger pits or dumping areas have been observed around the huts. Inside the huts, the northern part is interpreted as a large activity zone with pits, hearths and a flint concentration. The southern part is void of finds and internal features. The lithic material shows a high degree of tool diversity compared to the lithic artefacts from the other flint concentrations on the site. It is argued that Ålyst must be interpreted as a complicated diachronic complex. In the present state of analysis, the settlement complex at Ålyst is best regarded as a location extensively visited during the early Mesolithic, probably by small groups of recurring hunter-gatherers.

- by Lasse Sørensen
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- Prehistoric Archaeology, Mesolithic Archaeology, Lithic Technology, Colonization
- by Lasse Sørensen
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- Mesolithic Archaeology, Lithic Technology, Mesolithic Europe, Maglemosian

At the end of the last Ice Age, Northern Scandinavia was colonized from the north European mainland by groups of hunters and gatherers. It seems that the entire coast from Bohuslän to Finnmark was settled within only a couple hundred years. At present approximately 550 sites dated to this period are known in Norway alone. However, we don’t know the character of these groups, how they were organized or the size of the population. Felix Riede has pointed out that isolation of population groups was a major threat to the survival of Late Palaeolithic societies in Northern Europe. This must have been of equal importance to the pioneer settlers of the Scandinavian Peninsula in the early Mesolithic. To the settlers their technology was decisive for their survival in an unfamiliar landscape. Maintenance and development of the technology would therefore be crucial to their success. Technology is closely connected to social and cultural practices, and communication and transfer of knowledge is thus both part of and essential to technology. Joseph Heinrich has argued that maintenance and development of technology is closely connected to population size and organization. Following this, and on the basis of recent studies of Fosna, Hensbacka and Ahrensburgian technology, I will discuss the implications for the population size and organization in Preboreal Northern Scandinavia.

- by Lasse Sørensen
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- Mesolithic Archaeology, Lithic Technology, Early Mesolithic, Maglemosian
- by Torben Bjarke Ballin
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- Mesolithic Archaeology, Flint (Archaeology), Lithic Technology, Lithics
- by Lars Larsson
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- Geography, Archaeology, Mesolithic Archaeology, Flint (Archaeology)

I artiklen præsenteres hovedresultaterne fra de seneste undersøgelser af køn og proveniens af skelettet fra Grøftebjerg Mose ved Koelbjerg på Midtfyn. I et samarbejde med forskere fra bl.a. Center for Geogenetik, Nationalmuseet og Syddansk Universitet slås det fast, at skelettet, der samtidig er det ældste fundet i Norden, stammer fra en mand. Samtidig viste de nye undersøgelser, at denne med stor sandsynlighed er opvokset i et område, hvor jordbundsforholdene er sammenlignelignelige med nutidens fynske.

- by jesper Hansen and +1
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- Biological Anthropology, Ancient DNA Research, Strontium Isotope Analysis, Maglemosian
- by Lasse Sørensen
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- Mesolithic Archaeology, Neolithic Archaeology, Mesolithic/Neolithic, Maglemosian
- by Lars Larsson
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- Geography, Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Mesolithic Archaeology

- by andreas emilsson
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- Geography, Zooarchaeology, Mesolithic Archaeology, Mesolithic Europe