Abstract
Our knowledge of Late Palaeolithic settlements in Southern Sweden has been increased significantly by investigations which started at the end of the 1980s. Great interest attaches to the new find locations discovered close to lake Finjasjön in the north of Scania. Two find locations have been investigated at the outlet of the river Almeån from the lake. The Vångamossen bog is a camping place dating from the Bromme Culture. Finds recovered from a sandy hill at Mölleröd indicate brief visits including during the Hamburg Culture. This find location is the first to contain remains from the Hamburg Culture in Sweden. New studies into the changes which took place in the Öresund area during the ice melting phase point to the existence of a land bridge only for short periods. The outflow of meltwater through the Öresund at other times during the Late Glacial period prevented or obstructed the fauna migration routes. These factors must be taken into account in any comparison of Late Palaeolithic settlement in Southern Sweden with the various cultural complexes which occur in North Germany and in the Danish region.
Highlights
New studies into the changes which took place in the Öresund area during the ice melting phase point to the existence of a land bridge only for short periods
For the past thirty years the factual situation relating to Late Palaeolithic settlement in Southern Sweden has been limited to a single excavated site, at Segebro in south-west Scania
The artefact material and the distribution of the finds agree very closely with the numerous site finds in Denmark which belong to the Bromme Culture (Mathiasen 1946; Andersen 1973; 1988; Fischer 1976; 1990a; Fischer & Mortensen 1978; Madsen 1983)
Summary
Our knowledge of Late Palaeolithic settlements in Southern Sweden has been increased significantly by investigations which started at the end of the 1980s. For the past thirty years the factual situation relating to Late Palaeolithic settlement in Southern Sweden has been limited to a single excavated site, at Segebro in south-west Scania. The project "The Late Palaeolithic Settlement in Southern Sweden" was begun in 1988 with a view to collecting and analyzing data in respect of Late Palaeolithic settlement remains This included visiting the previously known sites of finds of tanged points for the purpose of establishing whether these marked the position of sites of Late Palaeolithic settlement. Finds of this type of tanged point could be identified from at least two areas These main areas covered the land on the northern shore of lake Finjasjön to the west of the river Almeån, which is the only outlet from the lake (Fig. 3). Topographical conditions mean that the site, which is eponymous with the bog, occupies a slightly marked headl and
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