Pyhtaa Susikopinharju (1), Finland:a Site with Mesolithic Dwellings

摘要

The paper presents the excavations of a Late Mesolithic settlement and the dwelling depressions at PyhtaaSusikopinharju (1), Finland, in 1998. The excavations revealed the first Mesolithic house remains unearthed todate. A rich finds assemblage was also recovered, including unusual amounts of organic material such as refusefauna and bone tools, and a chert microlith. Parallels for the Stone Age house/hut are found in Scandinaviaand the Netherlands. The evidence suggests that the people were in interaction with a world that lay hundredsof kilometres outside their territory.