Time-transgressive early Holocene vegetational succession following shore displacement: a case study from central Sweden

Boreas ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIKAEL BERGLUND
Keyword(s):  
Early Holocene ◽  
Vegetational Succession ◽  
Shore Displacement

scholarly journals Mesolithic Fireplaces and the Enculturation of Early Holocene Landscapes in Britain, with a Case Study from Western Scotland

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 131-159
Author(s):  
Steven Mithen
Keyword(s):  
Early Holocene ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Subsistence Economy ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
The Social

In light of the enculturation of landscapes by ethnographically documented hunter-gatherers, we should expect Mesolithic hunter-gatherers to have endowed their early Holocene landscapes with meaning. Attempts to find evidence for this have focussed on the unusual and exotic – those aspects of the archaeological record that seem immediately unrelated to subsistence. In this contribution, I suggest that fireplaces, ubiquitous on Mesolithic sites and often swiftly passed over in site reports as evidence for cooking alone, had played a key role in the process of landscape enculturation. Although we cannot reconstruct the specific meanings once attached to early Holocene landscapes, by appreciating the social and cultural significance of fireplaces we gain a more holistic view of the Mesolithic than is currently the case, whether in those studies that focus on settlement and subsistence or those that cite examples of ritual. In the course of making this argument, I summarise the evidence for fireplaces from Mesolithic Britain, noting the need for more systematic reporting. Finally, I provide a case study from western Scotland that seeks to view a suite of fireplaces in the context of the landscape topography, early Holocene environments, subsistence economy, and by drawing on selected ethnographic analogies.

Obsidian circulation in the early Holocene Aegean: A case study from Mesolithic Damnoni (SW Crete)

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 173-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristan Carter ◽  
Thomas F. Strasser ◽  
Eleni Panagopoulou ◽  
Kathryn Campeau ◽  
Danica D. Mihailović
Keyword(s):  
Early Holocene

Fish Processing During the Early Holocene: A Taphonomic Case Study from Coastal Israel

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1041-1053 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Zohar ◽  
T. Dayan ◽  
E. Galili ◽  
E. Spanier
Keyword(s):  
Early Holocene ◽  
Fish Processing

scholarly journals Some Preliminary Results on the Early Holocene Shore Displacement in the Oskarshamn Area, South Eastern Sweden

1985 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-134
Author(s):  
Nils-Olof Svensson
Keyword(s):  
Early Holocene ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Shore Displacement

Abstract. In zwei 16 bzw. 26 m über Meeresspiegel gelegenen Seen sind Pollen- und Sedimentanalysen durchgeführt worden. Der Beginn der präborealen Chronozone ist hier durch eine Regression gekennzeichnet, die wahrscheinlich durch eine kurz dauernde Transgression unterbrochen gewesen ist. Eine rasche und recht bedeutsame Transgression, die mit der Ancylus-Transgression korreliert wird, setzte in beiden Lokalitäten um ca. 9000 v. h. ein. Zwischen ca. 9500 und 8500 v. h. wurden beide Seen vom Meer abgeschnürt, aber es ist bislang unbekannt, in welcher Höhenlage diese Regression ausgeklungen ist.

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