New Perspectives on the Pitted Ware Culture in Northern Sweden

During the last three years the number of coastal Pitted Ware sites in southern Norrland has increased immensely. The northern border of this cultural expression has been pushed to the northernmost part of Hälsingland, that is as far as our new surveys have reached. In 1993 the site of Fräkenrönning...

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Published in:Current Swedish Archaeology
Main Author: Niclas Björck
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet 1997
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.1997.02
https://doaj.org/article/c92e3d8edd7f4efdbe01529fcbe7a8e5
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Summary:During the last three years the number of coastal Pitted Ware sites in southern Norrland has increased immensely. The northern border of this cultural expression has been pushed to the northernmost part of Hälsingland, that is as far as our new surveys have reached. In 1993 the site of Fräkenrönningen was excavated. Due to the fact that the cultural layer on this site was excavated in it s totality - not just sampled — an analysis concerning the relation between artefacts and constructions on the site have been possible. These new sourcematerials has enabled us to pose questions about settlement structure and settlement patterns that would have been impossible to pursue without these large and consistent materials.