Inland Mesolithic Settlement in Southern Scandinavia

该项目涉及对丹麦内陆一处不同寻常的中石器晚期遗址进行长达两年的挖掘。这些调查的重点是研究狩猎采集者的内陆聚落及其在公元前4000年左右向耕作过渡中的作用。近年来，关于这一地区的沿海聚落和生计的研究很多，另一方面，关于内陆聚落及其在中石器时代晚期适应中的地位的工作很少。有几条证据表明，这些地点可能是采用农业的最初地点。挖掘将在一个有机保存特殊的地点进行，并且有大量的动植物材料可用于表征生存变化。此外，还应该有大量的石头、骨头、木材和其他材料的文物，以便更全面地了解这些内陆群体的技术。发掘应该提供有关内陆聚落的生存重点、季节和持续时间的信息，以及与海岸的联系。内陆遗址的早期新石器时代材料的存在和年代可以评估该地区农业活动的作用和优先次序。这项研究将评估气候和资源恶化在该地区从狩猎和采集过渡到农业的过程中的作用。从被淹的石碑遗址进行洞穴分析和材料保护是昂贵的，但从这种保存完好的环境中获得的信息是非常值得的，这项工作已经获得了成本许可。在挖掘中发现的所有材料将属于丹麦卡伦堡的卡伦堡奥梅格斯博物馆。

This project involves two years of excavation at an extraordinary, waterlogged late Mesolithicsite in the interior of Denmark. The focus of these investigations is the study of inland settlement of hunter-gatherers and its role in the transition to farming around 4000 B.C. A good deal has been learned in recent years about coastal settlement and subsistence in this region On the other hand very little work has been done on inland settlements and their place in late Mesolithic adaptations. Several lines of evidence suggest that such sites may have been the initial locus for the adoption of farming. Excavations will be conducted at a site where organic preservation is exceptional and substantial quantities of plant and animal material are available for the characterization of subsistence change. In addition artifacts of stone, bone, wood, and other materials should be present in large numbers providing a more complete view of the technology of these inland groups The excavations should provide information on the subsistence focus, season and duration of inland settlement, as well as connections with the coast. The presence and age of Early Neolithic materials at the inland site may allow an assessment of the role and priority of farming activities in this region. The research will evaluate the role of climate and resource deterioration in the transition from hunting and gathering to farming in this region.Excavation analysis and conservation of materials from waterlogged StoneAge sites is expensive but the information gained from such well preserved contexts is well worth the cost Permission has been granted for this work to proceed. All materials recovered in the excavation will be the property of the Kalundborg og Omegns Museum, Kalundborg, Denmark.