Pioneer Settlement in the Mesolithic of Northern Sweden

• Main Author: Olofsson, Anders
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Arkeologi och samiska studier 2003
• Subjects: Archaeology; Mesolithic; pioneer settlement; lithic technology; cultural context; chronology; glacio-isostatic uplift; lake-tilting; Arkeologi; Arjeplog; The Handle; Tilting; Northern Sweden; Lapland
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-108

The aim of the thesis is to cast light on the earliest settlement of northern Sweden. The starting point is lithic artifacts, which have been studied from a technological as well as a more conventional typological perspective (Papers I, II, and IV). Paper III deals primarily with geological and pala...