Ecology of Early Settlement in Northern Europe

Per Persson is Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, at the University of Oslo. Felix Riede is Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Aarhus. Leif Jonsson is an osteologist at The Goteborg Museum of Natural History in Sweden.

• 1. Environment and Adaptation of Forager Pioneers in the North-western Regions of EuropeBirgitte Skar and Heidi Mjelva BreivikLate Glacial Migration into the Skagerrak-Kattegat Region and Establishment of Permanent Post-glacial Settlement2. Marine and Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna in Skagerak and Southern Norway in the Late Pleistocene and Early HoloceneLeif Jonsson3. Why Walk When You Can Take a Boat: Moving beyond the North Central European PlainLou Schmitt, University of Gothenburg4. Seal-hunting in the Final Paleolithic of Northern EuropeErwin Cziesla, Martin Wurzelarchaologie und Umwelttechnik GmbH5. Huseby Klev and the Quest for Pioneer Subsistence Strategies: Diversification of a Maritime Lifestyle Adam Boethius, Lund University6. Waterworld: Environment, Animal Exploitation and Fishhook-technology in the Northeastern Skagerrak Area during the Early and Middle Mesolithic (9500-6300 BC)Anja Mansrud, University of Oslo, and Per Persson7. Hunting Elk at the Foot of the Mountains- Remains from 8000 Years of Foraging at (on) the Edge of the Hardangervidda Plateau in Southern NorwayAxel Mjaerum, University of Oslo8. The Earliest Settlement in the Middle Scandinavian Inland: A Discussion of Joel Boaz's Pioneers in the MesolithicPer PerssonThe Early Mesolithic in the Baltic Region: Aquatic Resources and Regionalization 9. A Small Preboreal Settlement Site at Kanaljorden, Motala, SwedenFredrik Hallgren, The Cultural Heritage Foundation, Vasteras, Sweden10. Way out East - Evidence of Early Maritime Technologies from the East Coast of SwedenMattias Pettersson and Roger Wikell, Independent Scholars11. The Pioneer Settlements of Gotland - A Behavioral Ecological ApproachJan Apel. Lund University, and Jan Stora, Stockholm University12. The Use of Aquatic Resources by Early Mesolithic Foragers in Southern ScandinaviaAdam Boethius13. Seascapes of Stability and Change: The Archaeological and Ecological Potential of the Early Mesolithic Seascapes with Examples from Havang in the South East Baltic, SwedenBjorn Nilsson, Lund University, Arne Sjostrom, Lund University, and Per PerssonThe North Sea/Norwegian Sea: Environmental Preconditions and Use of New Landscapes14. Seal and Reindeer: Immediate and Continuous Utilization of Coast and Mountains in the Early Mesolithic of Northwestern NorwayFrode Svendsen, Telemark County Council, Skien, Norway15. An Early Holocene Bearded Seal from the Trondheimfjord: Environmental and Archaeological ImplicationsJorgen Rosvold, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Heidi Mjelva Breivik16. The Changing Landscape of Prehistoric OrkneyCaroline R Wickham-Jones, University of Aberdeen, Richard Bates, University of St Andrews, Sue Dawson, University of Dundee, Alastair Dawson, University of Dundee, Martin Bates, University of Wales Trinity St David 17 Economy and Environment of the Early Mesolithic of Western Scotland: Repeated Visits to a Fishing Locality on a Small Island in the Inner HebridesKaren Wicks and Steven Mithen, both at the University of Reading