Inland Mesolithic Settlement in Southern Scandinavia

该项目涉及在丹麦内陆一个非同寻常的、被水淹没的中石器时代晚期遗址进行为期两年的挖掘。这些调查的重点是研究狩猎采集者的内陆定居点及其在公元前4000年左右向农业过渡中的作用。近年来，人们对该地区的沿海定居点和生存有了大量了解，另一方面，关于内陆定居点及其在中石器时代晚期适应中的地位的研究却很少。几条线索的证据表明，这些地点可能是最初采用农业的地点。挖掘工作将在有机保存特别好的地方进行，并且有大量的植物和动物材料可以用来描述生存变化的特征。此外，大量的石、骨、木和其他材料的人工制品应该存在，为这些内陆群体的技术提供更完整的视图。挖掘应该提供有关内陆定居的生存重点、季节和持续时间以及与海岸的联系的信息。内陆遗址中新石器时代早期材料的存在和年代可能有助于评估该地区农业活动的作用和优先级。该研究将评估气候和资源恶化在该地区从狩猎和采集向农业过渡中的作用。从被水浸湿的石器时代遗址中挖掘、分析和保存材料是昂贵的，但从保存完好的环境中获得的信息是值得的，这项工作已经获得批准，可以继续进行。挖掘中发现的所有材料都将归丹麦卡伦堡欧米茄博物馆所有。

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.