Shoreline Displacement, Coastal Environments and Human Subsistence in the Hanö Bay Region during The Mesolithic
Southern Scandinavia experienced significant environmental changes during the early Holocene. Shoreline displacement reconstructions and results from several zooarchaeological studies were used to describe the environmental changes and the associated human subsistence and settlement development in t...
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doaj-dd87d953b0fe4deaaf7fa95d5247818b2020-11-25T01:20:23ZengMDPI AGQuaternary2571-550X2019-03-01211410.3390/quat2010014quat2010014Shoreline Displacement, Coastal Environments and Human Subsistence in the Hanö Bay Region during The MesolithicAnton Hansson0Adam Boethius1Dan Hammarlund2Per Lagerås3Ola Magnell4Björn Nilsson5Anette Nilsson Brunlid6Mats Rundgren7Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, SwedenDepartment of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University, Box 192, 221 00 Lund, SwedenDepartment of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, SwedenThe Archaeologists, National Historical Museums, Odlarevägen 5, 226 60 Lund, SwedenThe Archaeologists, National Historical Museums, Odlarevägen 5, 226 60 Lund, SwedenDepartment of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University, Box 192, 221 00 Lund, SwedenDepartment of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, SwedenDepartment of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, SwedenSouthern Scandinavia experienced significant environmental changes during the early Holocene. Shoreline displacement reconstructions and results from several zooarchaeological studies were used to describe the environmental changes and the associated human subsistence and settlement development in the Hanö Bay region of southern Sweden during the Mesolithic. GIS-based palaeogeographic reconstructions building on shoreline displacement records from eastern Skåne and western Blekinge together with a sediment sequence from an infilled coastal lake were used to describe the environmental changes during five key periods. The results show a rapid transformation of the coastal landscape during the Mesolithic. During this time, the investigated coastal settlements indicate a shift towards a more sedentary lifestyle and a subsistence focused on large-scale freshwater fishing. The development of permanent settlements coincided with an extended period of coastline stability and the development of rich coastal environments in a more closed forest vegetation. This study provides a regional synthesis of the shoreline displacement, coastal landscape dynamics and settlement development during the Mesolithic. It also demonstrates a new way of combining zooarchaeological and palaeoecological approaches, which can produce multi-faceted and highly resolved palaeoenvironmental reconstructions in a wide range of settings.http://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/2/1/14southern ScandinaviaHanö BayMesolithicshoreline displacementcoastal environmentssubsistencesedentism |
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Anton Hansson Adam Boethius Dan Hammarlund Per Lagerås Ola Magnell Björn Nilsson Anette Nilsson Brunlid Mats Rundgren Shoreline Displacement, Coastal Environments and Human Subsistence in the Hanö Bay Region during The Mesolithic Quaternary southern Scandinavia Hanö Bay Mesolithic shoreline displacement coastal environments subsistence sedentism |
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Anton Hansson Adam Boethius Dan Hammarlund Per Lagerås Ola Magnell Björn Nilsson Anette Nilsson Brunlid Mats Rundgren |
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Shoreline Displacement, Coastal Environments and Human Subsistence in the Hanö Bay Region during The Mesolithic |
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Shoreline Displacement, Coastal Environments and Human Subsistence in the Hanö Bay Region during The Mesolithic |
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Shoreline Displacement, Coastal Environments and Human Subsistence in the Hanö Bay Region during The Mesolithic |
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Shoreline Displacement, Coastal Environments and Human Subsistence in the Hanö Bay Region during The Mesolithic |
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Shoreline Displacement, Coastal Environments and Human Subsistence in the Hanö Bay Region during The Mesolithic |
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shoreline displacement, coastal environments and human subsistence in the hanö bay region during the mesolithic |
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Southern Scandinavia experienced significant environmental changes during the early Holocene. Shoreline displacement reconstructions and results from several zooarchaeological studies were used to describe the environmental changes and the associated human subsistence and settlement development in the Hanö Bay region of southern Sweden during the Mesolithic. GIS-based palaeogeographic reconstructions building on shoreline displacement records from eastern Skåne and western Blekinge together with a sediment sequence from an infilled coastal lake were used to describe the environmental changes during five key periods. The results show a rapid transformation of the coastal landscape during the Mesolithic. During this time, the investigated coastal settlements indicate a shift towards a more sedentary lifestyle and a subsistence focused on large-scale freshwater fishing. The development of permanent settlements coincided with an extended period of coastline stability and the development of rich coastal environments in a more closed forest vegetation. This study provides a regional synthesis of the shoreline displacement, coastal landscape dynamics and settlement development during the Mesolithic. It also demonstrates a new way of combining zooarchaeological and palaeoecological approaches, which can produce multi-faceted and highly resolved palaeoenvironmental reconstructions in a wide range of settings. |
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southern Scandinavia Hanö Bay Mesolithic shoreline displacement coastal environments subsistence sedentism |
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