Pyhtää Susikopinharju (1), Finland

A Site with Mesolithic Dwellings

Bibliographic Data

ID11002790
AuthorsKenneth Lönnqvist (University of Helsinki, corresponding author), Kenneth K A Lönnqvist
Year2009
Volume75
Pages305-334
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProceedings of the Prehistoric Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0079-497X • E-ISSN: 2050-2729
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0079497x00000384
OpenAlexW2114581461
LanguageEN
References cited11

The paper presents the excavations of a Late Mesolithic settlement and the dwelling depressions at Pyhtää Susikopinharju (1), Finland, in 1998. The excavations revealed the first Mesolithic house remains unearthed to date. A rich finds assemblage was also recovered, including unusual amounts of organic material such as refuse fauna and bone tools, and a chert microlith. Parallels for the Stone Age house/hut are found in Scandinavia and the Netherlands. The evidence suggests that the people were in interaction with a world that lay hundreds of kilometres outside their territory

Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Excavation · Fauna · Geography · Mesolithic · Settlement (finance · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Ecology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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