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ArticlePloS one2024

Subsistence and population development from the Middle Neolithic B (2800-2350 BCE) to the Late Neolithic (2350-1700 BCE) in Southern Scandinavia.

Jens Winther Johannsen, Julian Laabs, Magdalena M E Bunbury, Morten Fischer Mortensen

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4 authors.

Jens Winther JohannsenROMU/Frederikssund Museum, Jægerspris, Denmark.ORCID 0009-0004-9715-0263
Julian LaabsDepartment of History, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
Magdalena M E BunburyARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3114-3138
Morten Fischer MortensenNational Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study aims to explore the hypothesis of a link between a population increase derived from intensified food production and the development from the widespread cultural diversity of the Middle Neolithic B (MNB) to the cultural unity towards the end of the Late Neolithic (LN) in Southern Scandinavia. We explore this through quantitative modelling of radiocarbon dates, aoristic time series of material culture and palynological data. On this basis, we propose three main results that may explain the transformation: (1) A supra-regional population increase, culminating in the middle of the LN (c. 2100 BCE). (2) A depopulation in Western Jutland at the transition from the MNB to the LN (c. 2400-2300 BCE) counterbalanced by a population increase in North and East Denmark. (3) A population boom in Southern Sweden around 2250-2000 BCE, possibly leading to migrations towards west. Furthermore, we propose an overall decline in population in the final LN (c. 1850 BCE).

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ArchaeologyHistory, AncientHumansPopulation GrowthRadiometric DatingScandinavian and Nordic Countries

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PMID39466741
PMCPMC11516014

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