scholarly journals MIS 3 sediment stratigraphy in southern Sweden sheds new light on the complex glacial history and dynamics across southern Scandinavia

Boreas ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-416
Author(s):  
Per Möller ◽  
Helena Alexanderson ◽  
Johanna Anjar ◽  
Svante Björck
Keyword(s):  
Glacial History ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Mis 3 ◽  
Sediment Stratigraphy ◽  
Southern Scandinavia

scholarly journals A new eusuchian (Crocodylia) tooth from the Early or Middle Paleocene, with a description of the Early–Middle Paleocene boundary succession at Gemmas Allé, Copenhagen, Denmark

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Daniela Schwarz Wings ◽  
Jesper Milàn ◽  
Palle Gravesen
Keyword(s):  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Tooth Crown ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Tooth Morphology ◽  
Rounded Apex ◽  
Southern Scandinavia ◽  
Basal Conglomerate

A recently found crocodylian tooth crown from the basal conglomerate of the Middle Paleocene (Selandian) Lellinge Greensand Formation, differs morphologically from other finds of crocodylian teeth from the Paleocene of southern Scandinavia. The tooth is conical and blunt with a narrow rounded apex, and slightly curved along the axis of its length. The morphology of the tooth suggests it belongs to either the longirostrine eusuchian Aigialosuchus, which is known from the Campanian of southern Sweden, or to a member of the Alligatoridae which are the most common crocodylians in northern Europe in the Late Cretaceous. Gavialoid crocodylians, in particular Thoracosaurus which is known from the Danian limestome of the Limhamn quarry in southern Sweden and from the Faxe quarry in eastern Denmark, can be excluded because of their deviating tooth morphology. Regardless of its assignment, the tooth is interesting in a stratigraphic context as it demonstrates the existence of at least two crocodylian taxa in Scandinavia during the Early and Middle Paleocene.

scholarly journals Navigating Inland: Bronze Age Watercraft and the Lakes of Southern Sweden

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney Nimura ◽  
Peter Skoglund ◽  
Richard Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Inland Lakes ◽  
Southern Scandinavia ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Lake Vänern

The rock art of southern Scandinavia is characterized by depictions of watercraft. The majority are close to the coast, and they have been the primary focus of research. Less attention has been paid to similar representations associated with two large inland lakes in southern Sweden. In this article we present the results of fieldwork around Lake Vänern and Lake Vättern and consider the relationship of this rock art to the better-known images on the coast. We explore the practicalities of navigating between the sea and the interior and suggest that there was an important contrast between an early eastern sphere extending to Lake Vättern from the Baltic and a later western sphere connecting Lake Vänern with the Atlantic.

Dutch Swifterbant and Swedish Ertebølle

1999 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-47
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Regional Variability ◽  
Low Countries ◽  
Regional Approach ◽  
Southern Scandinavia ◽  
Ceramic Studies

AbstractIn an earlier contribution to Archaeological Dialogues (4.2), Raemaekers discussed the relationships between the Swifterbant and Ertebølle cultures of respectively the mesolithic Low Countries and southern Scandinavia, calling for a more regional approach to the study of mesolithic western Europe. In this comment, recent ceramic studies from southern Sweden are used to draw attention to regional variability in the Scandinavian Mesolithic.

Radiocarbon ages and the full-glacial to Holocene transition in seas adjacent to Scotland and southern Scandinavia: a review

1990 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Peacock ◽  
D. D. Harkness
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Marine Strata ◽  
Southern Scandinavia ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Nw Europe ◽  
Polar Water

ABSTRACTWater of southerly origin replaced polar water very rapidly on the coast of NW Europe and an interstadial marine circulation with a weak North Atlantic Drift was fully established off both west Scotland and southern Scandinavia by roughly 12 800BP. A ‘warm’ interval detected in marine strata on the western Scottish coast at the beginning of the Windermere (Bølling plus Allerød) Interstadial lasted from this date to perhaps 12 400 BP and another towards its close from about 11 250 to shortly after 11 000 BP. During the Younger Dryas Stadial polar water returned by about 10 850 BP and was present until about 10 200–10 100 BP. The changes in water circulation at the beginning and end of the Windermere Interstadial and at the end of the Younger Dryas seem to have taken place within the limits of radiocarbon dating, perhaps within a few decades. Warming at the beginning of the Holocene Interglacial may have taken place in two phases, during the first of which, from about 10 100 BP to possibly 9600 BP, marine temperatures seem to have been lower than at present, more especially on the east coast of Scotland and in southern Sweden. Full marine interglacial circulation may not have been established until 9500 BP. Water depth in the Faeroe–Shetland Channel may have been a major factor in controlling sea and air temperature from Scotland northwards during the Windermere Interstadial and Holocene Interglacial and, by implication, during earlier interglacials and interstadials.

Regionality in the study of the Ertebolle culture

1999 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ole Stilborg
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Regional Variability ◽  
Low Countries ◽  
Regional Approach ◽  
Southern Scandinavia ◽  
Ceramic Studies

AbstractIn an earlier contribution to Archaeological Dialogues (4.2), Raemaekers discussed the relationships between the Swifterbant and Ertebølle cultures of respectively the mesolithic Low Countries and southern Scandinavia, calling for a more regional approach to the study of mesolithic western Europe. In this comment, recent ceramic studies from southern Sweden are used to draw attention to regional variability in the Scandinavian Mesolithic.

scholarly journals Decoration of bone and antler artefacts as an indication of Mesolithic networks (finds from a central Swedish Late Mesolithic site)

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-91
Author(s):  
Lars Larsson ◽  
Fredrik Molin
Keyword(s):  
Northern Europe ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
The South ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
South Central ◽  
Southern Scandinavia ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Late Mesolithic

Our knowledge of Mesolithic decorated bone and antler tools from Scandinavia has mainly been based on finds from sites and single finds from Southern Scandinavia. However, recent excavations at a Late Mesolithic site at Strandvgen in Motala, south-central Sweden, have changed the state of research and revealed a large number of bone and antler tools, some of them with decorations. The site is located on the eastern shore of Lake Vttern, the second largest lake in the south of Sweden and at the only large outlet of the lake. The site was used during a number of centuries, with a concentration of radiocarbon dates around 7500-7000 cal. BP. The settlement at Strandvgen is the only site in this part of Scandinavia with a large number of finds of bone and antler. The location of the site was exceptional as it was easily available by contact links to the south and north as well as east and west. This is well manifested in the find material. Leister points are the single largest group of tools, with a total of more than 400 examples. A number of these are furnished with decoration in the form of small notches on the barbs more or less in systematic order, as well as cross-hatched motifs. A small number of other tools such as slotted daggers and antler objects with shaft holes are also decorated. In comparison with southern Sweden and Denmark, similarities are obvious concerning both the choice of motifs and the variety of their execution. The only other area in the Baltic region with a number of decorated objects is the East Baltic. However the chronological relevance is uncertain. For example one can find leister points with similarities to the finds at Strandvgen among the finds from Lake Lubāna in south-eastern Latvia. The question of how many of the motifs, and how they are executed is a pan-Mesolithic phenomenon within Northern Europe and how much can be related to specific regional markings.

‘Mass’ deaths of mooseAlces alcesin southern Sweden: population level characterisation

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emil Broman ◽  
Kjell Wallin ◽  
Margareta Steén ◽  
Göran Cederlund
Keyword(s):  
Population Level ◽  
Southern Sweden
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