Maglemosian culture

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Maglemosian culture
Ahrensburgian
Fosna–Hensbacka culture
Swiderian culture
Followed byKongemose culture
The Mesolithic
↑ Upper Paleolithic
Mesolithic cultures
Mesolithic Europe
Fosna–Hensbacka culture
Komsa culture
Maglemosian culture
Iron Gates Mesolithic
Kunda culture
Narva culture
Komornica culture
Swiderian culture
Epipaleolithic Transylvania
Mesolithic Transylvania
Tardenoisian
Schela Cladovei culture
Mesolithic Southeastern Europe

Epipalaeolithic Near East

Levantine corridor
Natufian

Caucasus

Trialetian Mesolithic

Zagros

Zarzian culture
↓ Neolithic

Maglemosian (c. 9000 – c. 6000 BC) is the name given to a culture of the early Mesolithic period in Northern Europe. In Scandinavia, the culture was succeeded by the Kongemose culture.

Environment and location

The name originates from the

Skåne in Sweden to northern France
.

When the Maglemosian culture flourished, sea levels were much lower than now and what is now mainland Europe and Scandinavia were linked with Britain. The cultural period overlaps the end of the last ice age,[2] when the ice retreated and the glaciers melted. It was a long process and sea levels in Northern Europe did not reach current levels until almost 6000 BC, by which time they had inundated large territories previously inhabited by Maglemosian people. Therefore, there is hope that the emerging discipline of underwater archaeology may reveal interesting finds related to the Maglemosian culture in the future.

Characteristics

The Maglemosian people lived in forest and wetland environments, using fishing and hunting tools made from wood, bone, and flint microliths. It appears that they had domesticated the dog.[3] Some may have lived settled lives, but most were nomadic.[citation needed]

Huts made of bark have been preserved, in addition to tools made of flint, bone, and horn. A characteristic feature of the culture are the sharply edged microliths of flintstone, used for spear and arrow heads.[4] Another notable feature is the leister, a characteristic type of fishing spear, used for gigging.

Scandinavian data table

Era Timespan Climatic period Plantgrowth Mammal game Bird game Locale type
Early Maglemosian culture 9,000 BC – 7,800 BC Preboreal Epoch Birch-pine era
elk, wild horse
crane, lapwing
Middle Maglemosian culture 7,800 BC – 7,000 BC Boreal Epoch Hazel-pine era aurochs,
fox, polecat, badger, wildcat
 merganser, grebe, coot, heron, crane, lapwing Klosterlund
Late Maglemosian culture 7,000 BC – 6,400 BC Atlantic Epoch Later linden era aurochs, red deer, roe deer, wild boar, lynx, fox, polecat, badger, wildcat merganser, grebe, coot, heron, crane, lapwing

Genetics

Further information: Motala § Archaeogenetics

See also

References

  1. ^ Sarauw, G. F. L. (1903). "En Stenaldersboplads i Maglemose ved Mullerup – sammenholdt med beslægtede fund" [A Stone Age settlement in Maglemose near Mullerup – compared with related finds. Resumé: Études sur le premier âge de la pierre du Nord de l'Europe]. Aarbøger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie (in Danish). 1903. A German translation appeared in Prähistorische Zeitschrift in 1911
  2. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.03.056
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  3. ^ "Stone Age remains are Britain's earliest house". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. ^ Med bue, pil og fiskespyd Gyldendals Open Encyclopedia (in Danish). Pictures of some Maglemosian tools.

Sources

  • Anders Fischer: "Submerged Stone Age – Danish Examples and North sea potential"; i: N.C.Flemming: Submarine Prehistory and Archaeology of the North Sea: research priorities and collaboration with industry. CBA Research Report 141, 2004, s. 23ff

Danish-language texts

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