The Northern Coasts of Doggerland and the Colonisation of Norway at the End of the Ice Age

Glørstad, Håkon; Gundersen, Jostein; Kvalø, Frode

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“…In the archaeological literature, the now submerged North Sea Plains, popularly known as Doggerland, are considered to be of great importance for early human settlement in North-Western Europe (Reid 1913;Coles 1998;Gaffney et al 2017), and a possible bridgehead for the colonisation of Norway at the end of the last Ice Age (e.g., Nummedal 1923; see Bjerck 1994and Glørstad et al 2017 for a critical discussion). So far, there is no evidence for prehistoric human settlement in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea Plains lying to the west of the Norwegian Trench ( Fig.…”

Section: The North Sea Continent and The Postglacial Colonisation Of mentioning

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“…Even if human populations were present there during the Last Glacial Maximum, it appears unlikely that this was the source region for the pioneer colonisation of the Scandinavian Peninsula since this would have required a sea crossing over what would always have been a wide and inhospitable expanse of open sea. It is more probable that the first inhabitants entered the country via the Swedish west coast (Bjerck 2008;Hafeez et al 2012;Glørstad 2012;Glørstad and Kvalø 2012;Glørstad et al 2017). Despite the fact that most of the Norwegian coastline had been ice-free from the Allerød Oscillation (11,800-10,600 cal BC), access was blocked either by large distances of open sea or by the Scandinavian Glacier (Glørstad 2014).…”

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“…On the southern side of the Norwegian trench there is a potential for finding sites predating the Holocene (Hammer et al 2016). Initial investigations (Hafeez et al 2012;Glørstad and Kvalø 2012;Glørstad et al 2017) have, however, revealed that finding such sites involves considerable challenges. The growing interest in submerged Stone Age in Norway and the extraordinary possibilities for studying marine occupation from the Holocene on dry land in Norway certainly define the specific knowledge potential in this heritage: The submerged sites can reveal important additional information concerning marine settlements along the Norwegian coast.…”

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