Agriculture, Inland Hunting, and Sea Hunting in the Western and Northern Region of the Baltic, 6000-2000 B.C.

Abstract

The development of land forms in the Baltic region (see Figure 1) is complicated because of the isostatic land upheaval, the eustatic rise of the sea, and the succession of plants after the melting of the ice sheet. These factors must be considered when dealing with the Stone Age.

Mobility, contact, and exchange in the Baltic Sea basin 6000–2000 BC

“…The persistence of, or return to, a hunter-gatherer existence in central Baltic within the cultural context of the Pitted Ware culture, ca. 4500-3800 bp, 2500-1800 bc (Åkerlund, 1996;Lindqvist and Possnert, 1994;Nuñez and Liden, 1997;Rowley-Conwy, 1999;Welinder, 1975Welinder, , 1977Welinder, , 1981Zvelebil, 1996, Fig. 18.3), and the continued existence of hunting and gathering communities in eastern and northern Finland and Karelia during late prehistory and throughout the medieval period, (ca.…”

Landscape development at Lina myr fen, Eastern Gotland, 9000−2500 cal. yr BP

“…Lina myr, a drained and cultivated area of fenland in central-eastern Gotland, is an area of archeological significance with a complex history of shoreline displacement. Archeological excavations have indicated that people have been active in the local area since the Mesolithic period (Lund, 1996; Österholm, 1989; Seving, 1986; Wallin, 2010; Welinder, 1975) and during the Neolithic period (Hallström, 1971; Sundberg, 2008). Nowadays these archeological sites are located inland but were perhaps once situated next to the Littorina Sea shorelines.…”