Residential places on the Nivåbugt

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Around 24 mesolithic dwellings were discovered at the Nivåbugt (bay) in the northeast of the Danish island of Zealand . They date from the time between 6200 and 4000 BC. Some were only used briefly as rising sea levels forced hunters and gatherers to go to higher places. They were then used on the highest shoreline for centuries. Subsequently, the postglacial land uplift moved the residential areas to the interior. Excavations have been carried out on half of the living spaces. The first were carried out in 1912, 1914 and 1992. Major excavations have been carried out since 1995.

Nivå 10

The living space "Nivå 10" lag time on a small island, 55 ° 55 '34 "N, 12 ° 30' 18" O . The excavations show a new aspect with hunters and gatherers. Four well-preserved hut floor plans are of particular importance, as Mesolithic buildings were previously almost unknown (apart from Howick ). There were finds of living quarters, but almost all of them had the provisional character of hunting stations. Here it becomes clear for the first time how the huts were built. The walls were made of woven willow branches with clay plaster. The roof was made of hazel rods and was covered with leather. It is believed that the hunters also used bark for the roof.

At the same time, 12 graves were unearthed in the area, which are also rare finds from this Stone Age period. What is unique is that huts and graves were found together. Sometimes parts of the deceased were even deposited inside the huts. An arm bone was found under the floor of a hut and a skull near a fireplace.

The first place to live on the island was built around 5600 BC. During the younger Congemose culture . How long the hunters stayed there is unknown, but around 5400 BC. The island was flooded by the sea. The place then remained until about 5000 BC. When the sea retreated temporarily and the island re-emerged, uninhabited. A group of hunters from the Ertebølle culture later inhabited the island again until a new rise in sea level flooded it. During the last 1000 years of the Mesolithic period, the island was partially or completely flooded.

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