Early Mesolithic Hunter–Gatherers and Landscape Acquisition by the Arctic Circle: The Ipmatis valley 7000 BC–1 AD

• Main Authors: Bergman, Ingela, Zackrisson, Olle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå University Library 2007
• Subjects: multidisciplinary research; archaeology; palaeoecology; Mesolithic; lake tilting; landscape acquisition; pioneer plant communities; nitrogen; fire; Arctic; Arjeplog; Tilting; Journal of Northern Studies; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/jns/article/view/514

Archaeological and palaeoecological studies in the Arjeplog area of northern Sweden have verified the arrival of hunter–gatherers soon after deglaciation. After modelling and subsequently surveying the reconstructed shorelines of tilted watercourses, Early Mesolithic settlements dating to 8600–8000...