Early Economy and Settlement in Northern Europe

Hans Peter Blankholm is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Troms- The Arctic University of Norway.

• 1. The Early Settlement of Northern Europe - Economy and Settlement: New InvestigationsHans Peter Blankholm2. The Pioneer Colonisation of Northern NorwayJan Ingolf Kleppe, Finnmark County Authority, Vadso, Norway 3. Tent, Hut or House? A Discussion on Early Mesolithic Dwellings Proceeding from the Site Mohalsen 2012-II, Vega, Northern NorwaySilje E. Fretheim, NTNU University Museum, Hein B. Bjerck, NTNU University Museum, Heidi Mjelva Breivik, NTNU University Museum, and Francisco J. Zangrando, CADIC-CONICET, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina4. Large Mesolithic House - Pits at Tonsnes, Coastal Northern Norway: Evidence of a Winter Aggregation Site?Jan Magne Gjerde, University of Oslo, and Marianne Skandfer, Tromso Museum - The University Museum, UIT - The Arctic University of Norway5. Macro-level Predictive Modelling of Early Stone Age Pioneer Settlement Locations in Varanger, Northern Norway.Hans Peter Blankholm6. Aareavaara and the Pioneer Period in Northern Sweden.Olof Ostlund, Norrbotten County Museum, Sweden 7. From Russia, with Love - Eastern Intruders in the North Norwegian MesolithicTuija Rankama and Jarmo Kankaanpaa, both at University of Helsinki8. Early Mesolithic Central Norway: A Review of Research History, Settlements, and Tool Tradition Heidi Mjelva Breivik and Hein B. Bjerck9. The Early Mesolithic of Western NorwayLeif Inge Astveit, University Museum of Bergen 10. The First One Thousand Years - Human Colonization and Differentiated Landscape Use in Southwestern Norway 10,000 to 9000 Years BPSveinung Bang-Andersen, Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger 11. The Pioneer Settlement of Southwestern Norway: A Case StudySigrid Alraek Dugstad, Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger 12. The Pioneer Settlement of Eastern Norway Hege Damlien , Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger, and Steinar Solheim, Museum of Cultural History University of Oslo 13. Pauler 2 - An Ordinary Early Mesolithic Site from South-eastern Norway? Astrid J. Nyland, University of Oslo