On the early history of the wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus L.) in Finland

Rankama, Tuija; Ukkonen, Pirkko

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“…The earliest radiocarbon-dated reindeer finds in Finland come from Lapland and date to c. 7700 yr BP (Rankama & Ukkonen 2001). In southeastern Finland, the earliest archaeological context in which reindeer bone has been found is Early Asbestos Ware (Ukkonen 1996a,b), which in this region can be dated to 5500 Á/5000 yr BP (Pesonen 1996).…”

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“…According to this theory, reindeer herds retreated to the north as the postglacial climate became warmer and the environment in southern Finland became unsuitable for the species (Pulliainen & Leinonen 1990;Aaris-Sørensen 2000). This theory, along with that of early reindeer hunters, has persisted especially in the Finnish archaeology, in spite of a lack of evidence supporting this view (Rankama & Ukkonen 2001).…”

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“…An immigration route from the east along the northern coast of the Kola Peninsula to northern Finland and Norway may also be a possibility, but has not been widely discussed in the literature (cf . Hakala 1997;Rankama & Ukkonen 2001). …”

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“…One possible route from Central Europe through Denmark and southern Sweden, over the Närke Sound and further into Norway and northwards has been discussed by several authors (Ekman & Iregren 1983;Lepiksaar 1986;Aaris-Sørensen 1992;Bjö rck et al 1996;, but the question has still not been solved. An alternative immigration model has been proposed by Hakala (1997) and by Rankama & Ukkonen (2001) suggesting an immigration route across the North Sea Land and along the Norwegian west coast. An immigration route from the east along the northern coast of the Kola Peninsula to northern Finland and Norway may also be a possibility, but has not been widely discussed in the literature (cf .…”

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History of the reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus ) in the eastern Baltic region and its implications for the origin and immigration routes of the recent northern European wild reindeer populations

Ukkonen¹,

Lõugas²,

Zagorska³

et al. 2006

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History of the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in the eastern Baltic region and its implications for the origin and immigration routes of the recent northern European wild reindeer populations PIRKKO UKKONEN, LEMBI LÕ UGAS, ILGA ZAGORSKA, LIGITA LUKŠ EVICA, ERVINS LUKŠ EVICS, LINAS DAUGNORA AND HÖ GNE JUNGNER BOREAS Ukkonen, P., Lõ ugas, L., Zagorska, I., Lukševica, L., Lukševics, E., Daugnora, L. & Jungner, H. 2006 (May): History of the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in the eastern Baltic region and its implications for the origin and immigration routes of the recent northern European wild reindeer populations. Boreas, Vol. 35, pp. 222 Á/230. Oslo. ISSN 0300-9483.A total of 45 subfossil reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) antlers and bones Á/ artefacts excluded Á/ have been found over the years in the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The relatively high number of specimens suggests a stable residence of the species in the eastern Baltic region. For the first time, 12 of these finds were radiocarbon-dated. The ages of the samples range between 12 085 and 9970 14 C yr BP (14 180 Á/11 280 cal. yr BP), and cover the Lateglacial and early Holocene, a time period during which climatic conditions shifted from periglacial to temperate. The dates suggest a rapid colonization of the area during the deglaciation period and a local extinction around the Pleistocene Á/Holocene boundary. The results of the study do not support the theory that the recent wild reindeer populations of northern Europe had their origin in the Late Weichselian reindeer populations of the eastern Baltic region.

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“…Taking the palaeogeographical situation around 12 500 into account (see e.g. Houmark-Nielsen and Kjaer, 2003) the immigration into Norway must have taken place across the Doggerland by sea-ice crossing and by using scattered islands as steppingstones (Hakala, 1997;Rankama and Ukkonen, 2001).…”

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