The predominant interpretation of reciprocating grinding tools is generally couched in terms of low archaeological value, anonymity, simplicity, functionality and daily life of women. It is argued that biased opinions and a low form-variability have conspired to deny grinding tools all but superficial attention. Saddle-shaped grinding tools appear in the archaeological record in middle Sweden at the time of the Mesolithic — Neolithic transition. It is argued that Neolithic grinding tools are products of intentional design. Deliberate depositions in various ritual contexts reinforce the idea of grinding tools as prehistoric metaphors, with functional and symbolic meanings interlinked.

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Prehistoric Grinding Tools as Metaphorical Traces of the Past

The paper is a summary of the Uppsala part of a series of individual research projects in connection with a joint research program, “Coast to Coast - Stone Age Societies in change”, carried out as ...

Stone Age Transitions : Neolithzation in central Scandinavia

The purpose of this dissertation is to contribute to the discussion of the deeper meaning, in our contemporary context, of the ”neolithization” of Sweden. The basis for the investigation is twofold: * a critical examination of recent research reports dealing mostly with the Early Neolithic of (Middle) Sweden which shows, inter alia, that ”agriculture” was of marginal importance for a very long time from about 4000 BC onwards, while, at the same time, the idea of ”the transition to farming” dominates discourse. This paradox is then confronted with * a critical and constructive study of certain ideas (notably those of Tim Ingold, Jakob von Uexkull, and so-called activity theory) on the nature of human/environmental relations, focusing on three kinds of human-environment relationships: human organisms and biological environments, human persons and artifacts, and human beings and other beings in the context of symbolism.

The dissertation is written from the point of view of how the archaeological discussion can be read outside of the direct purview of archaeology itself. The ”neolithization” issue, in other words, is not primarily discussed in the terms of its regular (specialized) disciplinary context, but rather in terms of a discussion on the nature of human being in various environmental contexts. The work is, consequently, largely philosophical and theoretical.

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The Lure of Origins : An Inquiry into Human-Environmental Relations, Focused on the ”Neolithization” of Sweden

An Inquiry into Human-Environmental Relations, Focused on the "Neolithization" of Sweden

A combined grinding and axe-polishing stone found at a late Mesolithic site in eastern central Sweden, serves as the starting-point for a discussion of gender roles and the first appearance of agriculture in the region. Indications that small-scale agriculture was introduced as a part of the Mesolithic economy are discussed. It is proposed that the neolithisation visible in the appearance of the Funnel-beaker Culture (TRB) was more an ideological change than an economic one and that the spread of the TRB in Scandinavia should be seen as a process within the late Mesolithic society. Exogamous relations between different Mesolithic bands served as a medium for the spread of the knowledge of the new way of life.

Sociala territorier och exogamirelationer i senmesolitisk tid : En diskussion utifran boplatsen Pärlängsberget, Södermanland

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Sociala territorier och exogamirelationer i senmesolitisk tid : En diskussion utifran boplatsen Pärlängsberget, Södermanland