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Mesolithic settlement of the Baltic and Scandinavian coasts (c. 11,500–7,000 BP)

Mesolithic settlement of the Baltic and Scandinavian coasts (c. 11,500–7,000 BP)

  1. Ahrensburgian reindeer hunters range into Scandinavia

    Labels: Ahrensburgian culture, Reindeer hunters, Southern Scandinavia
  2. Younger Dryas ends, opening Baltic–Scandinavian coasts

    Labels: Younger Dryas, Holocene warming, Baltic coast
  3. Maglemose culture spreads across wetlands and coasts

    Labels: Maglemose culture, Wetland sites, Southern Scandinavia
  4. Fosna–Hensbacka coastal settlement begins in Norway and Sweden

    Labels: Fosna Hensbacka, Norwegian coast, Western Sweden
  5. Maglemose technology shifts around a dated occupation gap

    Labels: Maglemose culture, Technological shift, Radiocarbon gap
  6. Storegga Slide tsunami hits North Atlantic coasts

    Labels: Storegga Slide, North Atlantic, Tsunami deposits
  7. Nøstvet and Lihult traditions spread along Norwegian and Swedish coasts

    Labels: N stvet, Lihult tradition, Norwegian fjords
  8. Kongemose culture emphasizes coastal fishing locations

    Labels: Kongemose culture, Fishing sites, Southern Scandinavia
  9. Motala hunter-gatherer burials show complex Baltic lifeways

    Labels: Motala burials, Baltic waterways, Sweden
  10. Ertebølle culture forms shell-midden coastal settlements

    Labels: Erteb lle, Shell middens, Coastal settlements
  11. Pottery appears among Ertebølle hunter-fishers

    Labels: Erteb lle, Hunter-fishers, Ceramics adoption
  12. Neolithic Funnelbeaker farming replaces many Mesolithic coastal traditions

    Labels: Funnelbeaker culture, Neolithic farming, Southern Scandinavia