Pitted Ware culture
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The Pitted Ware culture was a hunter-gatherer culture in southern Scandinavia, mainly along the coasts of Svealand, Götaland, Åland, north-eastern Denmark and southern Norway. Despite its Mesolithic e
Pitted Ware culture
"Thick-neck axe" from Närke (Sweden), a flintstone axe characteristic of both the Funnelbeaker and the Pitted Ware cultures.
Trindyxa (round stone axe), Gotland, Sweden
A pottery shard showing the characteristic pits, from Uppland, Sweden
Scandinavian hunter-gatherer
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In archaeogenetics, the term Scandinavian hunter-gatherer is the name given to a distinct ancestral component that represents descent from Mesolithic hunter-gatherers of Scandinavia. Genetic studies s
Pitted Ware culture
…hunter-gatherers of the Baltic Sea. The people of the Pitted Ware culture were a genetically homogeneous and distinct population descended from earlier Scandinavian Hunter-Gatherers (SHGs). The culture emerged in east-central Sweden around 3,500 BC, gradually replacing the Funnelbeaker culture throughout the coastal areas of southern…
Reconstruction of a circa 7,000 BP Scandinavian hunter-gatherer by Oscar Nilsson, Trelleborgs Museum.