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Transmission of Knowledge, Crafting and Cultural Traditions, Interregional Contact and Interaction, 7300 Cal BC

David, Éva and Kjällquist, Mathilda LU (2018) In The Early Settlement of Northern Europe 2. p.231-276
Abstract (Swedish)
The newly discovered site of Norje Sunnansund, located in south-eastern Sweden, presents great potential for analysing the origin of technological change in postglacial Europe based on transmission patterns through the technological analysis of Mesolithic material production and how manufacturing techniques and implements were distributed chronologically and geographically. The study shows that material from the site was manufactured according to the north-eastern tradition but also displays a newly characterized Norje Sunnansund style, relating to the shape of certain weapons and the art they bear in the form of specific engraved motifs (tiny zigzag lines and scores). The distribution of specific items exhibiting the Norje Sunnansund... (More)
The newly discovered site of Norje Sunnansund, located in south-eastern Sweden, presents great potential for analysing the origin of technological change in postglacial Europe based on transmission patterns through the technological analysis of Mesolithic material production and how manufacturing techniques and implements were distributed chronologically and geographically. The study shows that material from the site was manufactured according to the north-eastern tradition but also displays a newly characterized Norje Sunnansund style, relating to the shape of certain weapons and the art they bear in the form of specific engraved motifs (tiny zigzag lines and scores). The distribution of specific items exhibiting the Norje Sunnansund style on contemporary Maglemosian sites, where no such examples are otherwise recorded, suggests a relationship between Maglemosian (Phase 2) and north-eastern groups. This coincides with the introduction of new knapping techniques in southern Scandinavia from c. 7500 cal BC onward, suggesting that direct contact might have occurred between specific social groups, probably craftsmen/hunter-gatherers with distinct cultural traditions. (Less)
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Technology of Early Settlement in Northern Europe : Transmission of knowledge and culture - Transmission of knowledge and culture
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The Early Settlement of Northern Europe
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Knutsson, Kjel ; Knutsson, Helena ; Apel, Jan and Glørstad, Håkon
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2
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45 pages
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Equinox Publishing
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9781781795163
9781781796047
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10.1558/equinox.30718
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English
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  author       = {{David, Éva and Kjällquist, Mathilda}},
  booktitle    = {{Technology of Early Settlement in Northern Europe : Transmission of knowledge and culture}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  pages        = {{231--276}},
  publisher    = {{Equinox Publishing}},
  series       = {{The Early Settlement of Northern Europe}},
  title        = {{Transmission of Knowledge, Crafting and Cultural Traditions, Interregional Contact and Interaction, 7300 Cal BC}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/equinox.30718}},
  doi          = {{10.1558/equinox.30718}},
  volume       = {{2}},
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