Living at the margin of the retreating Fennoscandian Ice Sheet:the early Mesolithic sites at Aareavaara, northernmost Sweden

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Möller, Per, Östlund, Oluf, Barnekow, Lena, Sandgren, Per, Palmbo, Frida, Willerslev, Eske
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Norway; Pajala; Muonio; Aareavaara; Komsa; Dwarf birch; Fennoscandian; Ice Sheet; Northern Sweden; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/living-at-the-margin-of-the-retreating-fennoscandian-ice-sheet(2fc30ce9-6ef4-4b71-a92b-c11cc0b0b04e).html; https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683612455546; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871371700&partnerID=8YFLogxK

During an archaeological survey in Pajala parish, northernmost Sweden, clusters of quartz waste from knapping and burnt bone were discovered on a glaciofluvial gravel plateau close to Aareavaara village in the Muonio River valley. Sampled materials from a larger area and small-scale excavations (in...