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Anton Hansson

Anton Hansson

Laboratory assistant

Anton Hansson

People, lakes and seashores : Studies from the Baltic Sea basin and adjacent areas in the early and Mid-Holocene

Author

  • Daniel Groß
  • Annabell Zander
  • Adam Boethius
  • Stefan Dreibrodt
  • Ole Grøn
  • Anton Hansson
  • Catherine Jessen
  • Satu Koivisto
  • Lars Larsson
  • Harald Lübke
  • Björn Nilsson

Summary, in English

During the Early and Mid-Holocene significant changes in the ecology and socio-cultural spheres occurred around the Baltic Sea. Because of the underlying climatic changes and thus environmental alterations, the area was the scene for various cultural developments during the period under investigation. In the course of the melting of the glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age, isostatic and eustatic movements caused continual changes to the Baltic Sea basin. Changes in water level, however, affected not only the Early and Mid-Holocene coastlines, but also the whole Baltic Sea drainage system, including large lakes, rivers and watersheds in the hinterland were also dramatically impacted by these ecological changes. Prehistoric people were thus affected by changes in resource availability and reduction or enlargement of their territories, respectively. In order to evaluate the impact of changes in the water and land networks on the environment, resource availability, and human behaviour, and to reconstruct human responses to these changes, we pursue an interdisciplinary approach connecting environmental and archaeological research highlighted through different case studies.

Department/s

  • Historical Osteology
  • Quaternary Sciences
  • Archaeology
  • Digital Archaeology Laboratory DARK Lab
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publishing year

2018-04-01

Language

English

Pages

27-40

Publication/Series

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volume

185

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Archaeology

Keywords

  • Archaeology
  • Baltic sea basin
  • Climate change
  • Ethnoarchaeology
  • Holocene
  • Human-environment interactions
  • Mesolithic

Status

Published

Project

  • Blue Archaeology. Assembling the cultural and natural heritage of submerged Stone-Age Seascapes in Sweden

Research group

  • Digital Archaeology Laboratory DARK Lab

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0277-3791