This paper deals with the study of the ecology of early Holocene, 9000-4000 cal BC, specifically human and faunal dispersal into the Norrland and Dalarna areas of northern Sweden. It has been hypothesised that this region of Sweden was settled by hunter-gatherer groups of Butovo/Veretye ancestry moving in from the eastern taiga zone and at the same time groups from the West Scandinavian coast were moving north following the melting Weichselian ice sheet. Due to the speed of the melting ice these two groups must have encountered each other in the central part of northern Sweden. This article discusses the environment of these two separate groups and the possible consequences of their encounter, informed by results from the zooarchaeological analysis of burnt, radiocarbon dated bones from sites spanning much of Norrland and Dalarna. A compilation of previously dated sites are presented, and also new 14C dates from excavated sites. The northern population preferred to hunt forest game and held on to it for a long time even if sea mammals were available. The southern population, on the other hand, hunted sea mammals and forest game through the whole period.

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瑞典北部全新世早期狩猎采集者的适应

本文涉及对公元前 9000-4000 cal 的全新世早期生态学的研究，特别是人类和动物群向瑞典北部 Norrland 和 Dalarna 地区的扩散。据推测，瑞典的这个地区是由从东部针叶林带迁入的 Butovo/Veretye 血统的狩猎采集群体定居的，与此同时，随着 Weichselian 冰盖的融化，来自西斯堪的纳维亚海岸的群体正在向北移动。由于冰融化的速度，这两个群体一定是在瑞典北部的中部相遇。本文讨论了这两个不同群体的环境以及他们相遇的可能后果，根据对来自诺尔兰和达拉纳大部分地区的燃烧的、放射性碳测年的骨骼的动物考古分析结果提供信息。提供了先前标注日期的站点的汇编，以及来自挖掘站点的新的 14C 日期。即使有海洋哺乳动物，北方人也更喜欢狩猎森林猎物并长期坚持下去。另一方面，南部人口在整个时期都猎杀海洋哺乳动物和森林游戏。