A fabulous paper - fur, feathers and fibres from the Mesolithic. A reminder of why good sampling, excavation records and archives of more that just artefacts really matter.
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Waterbirds, mustelids and bast fibres – evidence of soft organic materials in the Late Mesolithic Skateholm I and II cemeteries, Sweden - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences - Skateholm I and II cemeteries form the core of a notable Late Mesolithic activity area located in southern Sweden on the coast of the Baltic Sea. The...
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March 8, 2026 at 9:28 AM
A fabulous paper - fur, feathers and fibres from the Mesolithic. A reminder of why good sampling, excavation records and archives of more that just artefacts really matter.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Eine neue Untersuchungsmethode eröffnet Einblicke in die bislang unbekannte Bestattungskleidung und deren Verzierung in der Steinzeit. www.nordisch.info/archaeologie...
Skateholm-Gräber: So aufwändig wurden Bestattungen in der Steinzeit inszeniert
Eine neue Untersuchungsmethode eröffnet Einblicke in die bislang unbekannte Bestattungskleidung und deren Verzierung in der Steinzeit. Viele Gräber, die für Archäologen als "ohne Beigaben" galten, ent...
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February 25, 2026 at 10:50 AM
First pummeled by a wild boar, later killed and dismembered. The #Ertebølle man from Grave 13 at Skateholm had a rough life.
Perhaps it would have been a comfort for him to know that, ~7000 years later, archaeologists would make a comically morbid cartoon out of it 🏺
Perhaps it would have been a comfort for him to know that, ~7000 years later, archaeologists would make a comically morbid cartoon out of it 🏺
February 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
First pummeled by a wild boar, later killed and dismembered. The #Ertebølle man from Grave 13 at Skateholm had a rough life.
Perhaps it would have been a comfort for him to know that, ~7000 years later, archaeologists would make a comically morbid cartoon out of it 🏺
Perhaps it would have been a comfort for him to know that, ~7000 years later, archaeologists would make a comically morbid cartoon out of it 🏺
Oh dear - yet another far right myth of pure white heritage bites the dust
"All that money spent on DNA tests, only to find that their little white nationalist fantasies are just that – fantasies.
For more on these 3 figures, google Syltholm Woman, Skateholm Shaman, Cheddar Man"
via Norse Mythology
"All that money spent on DNA tests, only to find that their little white nationalist fantasies are just that – fantasies.
For more on these 3 figures, google Syltholm Woman, Skateholm Shaman, Cheddar Man"
via Norse Mythology
June 6, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Oh dear - yet another far right myth of pure white heritage bites the dust
"All that money spent on DNA tests, only to find that their little white nationalist fantasies are just that – fantasies.
For more on these 3 figures, google Syltholm Woman, Skateholm Shaman, Cheddar Man"
via Norse Mythology
"All that money spent on DNA tests, only to find that their little white nationalist fantasies are just that – fantasies.
For more on these 3 figures, google Syltholm Woman, Skateholm Shaman, Cheddar Man"
via Norse Mythology
Eine neue Untersuchungsmethode eröffnet Einblicke in die bislang unbekannte Bestattungskleidung und deren Verzierung in der Steinzeit. www.nordisch.info/archaeologie...
Skateholm-Gräber: So aufwändig wurden Bestattungen in der Steinzeit inszeniert
Eine neue Untersuchungsmethode eröffnet Einblicke in die bislang unbekannte Bestattungskleidung und deren Verzierung in der Steinzeit. Viele Gräber, die für Archäologen als "ohne Beigaben" galten, ent...
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February 25, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Eine neue Untersuchungsmethode eröffnet Einblicke in die bislang unbekannte Bestattungskleidung und deren Verzierung in der Steinzeit. www.nordisch.info/archaeologie...
Skåre, Böste (ingen skugga dock), Smygehus, Beddinge, Skateholm…
June 24, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Skåre, Böste (ingen skugga dock), Smygehus, Beddinge, Skateholm…
Or one from #Skateholm in southern Sweden, about 7,000 years ago:
www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/art...
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August 5, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Or one from #Skateholm in southern Sweden, about 7,000 years ago:
www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/art...
www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/art...
We also studied the impact the arrival of agriculture had on Europe’s dogs. We know that incoming farmers from Southwest Asia replaced 80-90% of the ancestry of humans in Europe. Did the same thing happen to dogs?
Image from the Skateholm Mesolithic site in Southern Sweden, credit: Lars Larsson.
Image from the Skateholm Mesolithic site in Southern Sweden, credit: Lars Larsson.
March 25, 2026 at 5:06 PM
We also studied the impact the arrival of agriculture had on Europe’s dogs. We know that incoming farmers from Southwest Asia replaced 80-90% of the ancestry of humans in Europe. Did the same thing happen to dogs?
Image from the Skateholm Mesolithic site in Southern Sweden, credit: Lars Larsson.
Image from the Skateholm Mesolithic site in Southern Sweden, credit: Lars Larsson.
Mesolithic burials in Sweden show ancient fur and feather headgear uncovered by new microscopic analysis archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
Mesolithic burials in Sweden show ancient fur and feather headgear uncovered by new microscopic analysis
Microscopic analysis reveals 7,000-year-old fur and feather headgear in Mesolithic graves at Skateholm, Sweden.
archaeologymag.com
March 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Mesolithic burials in Sweden show ancient fur and feather headgear uncovered by new microscopic analysis archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
Poor little turnips.
All that money spent on DNA tests, only to find that their little white nationalist fantasies are just that – fantasies.
For more on these three figures, google Syltholm Woman, Skateholm Shaman, and Cheddar Man.
All that money spent on DNA tests, only to find that their little white nationalist fantasies are just that – fantasies.
For more on these three figures, google Syltholm Woman, Skateholm Shaman, and Cheddar Man.
June 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Poor little turnips.
All that money spent on DNA tests, only to find that their little white nationalist fantasies are just that – fantasies.
For more on these three figures, google Syltholm Woman, Skateholm Shaman, and Cheddar Man.
All that money spent on DNA tests, only to find that their little white nationalist fantasies are just that – fantasies.
For more on these three figures, google Syltholm Woman, Skateholm Shaman, and Cheddar Man.
Stone Age deceased dressed in spectacular feather and fur headgear, new research technique reveals. #Archaeology #Sweden
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Stone Age deceased dressed in spectacular feather and fur headgear, new research technique reveals
A recently published research article examines the microscopic remains of clothing and burial items dating back roughly 7,000 years. The study focused on the Skateholm I and II cemeteries in Scania, s...
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February 24, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Stone Age deceased dressed in spectacular feather and fur headgear, new research technique reveals. #Archaeology #Sweden
phys.org/news/2026-02...
phys.org/news/2026-02...
Mesolithic burials in Sweden show ancient fur and feather headgear uncovered by new microscopic analysis
A new study of the Late Mesolithic cemeteries at Skateholm I and II in southern Sweden has recovered microscopic traces of clothing and...
More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
A new study of the Late Mesolithic cemeteries at Skateholm I and II in southern Sweden has recovered microscopic traces of clothing and...
More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
May 22, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Mesolithic burials in Sweden show ancient fur and feather headgear uncovered by new microscopic analysis
A new study of the Late Mesolithic cemeteries at Skateholm I and II in southern Sweden has recovered microscopic traces of clothing and...
More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
A new study of the Late Mesolithic cemeteries at Skateholm I and II in southern Sweden has recovered microscopic traces of clothing and...
More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
Une méthode originale permet de déceler les traces microscopiques des vêtements en peaux, fourrures et plumes portés par les défunts enterrés dans les cimetières mésolithiques de Skateholm en Suède.
Il y a 7000 ans, des chasseurs-cueilleurs scandinaves ont été inhumés emmitouflés dans de chaudes fourrures et parés de plumes
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March 19, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Une méthode originale permet de déceler les traces microscopiques des vêtements en peaux, fourrures et plumes portés par les défunts enterrés dans les cimetières mésolithiques de Skateholm en Suède.
A new reconstructive method for organic materials was employed by researchers from the University of Helsinki on Mesolithic graves in Southern Sweden:
archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
Mesolithic burials in Sweden show ancient fur and feather headgear uncovered by new microscopic analysis
Microscopic analysis reveals 7,000-year-old fur and feather headgear in Mesolithic graves at Skateholm, Sweden.
archaeologymag.com
March 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
A new reconstructive method for organic materials was employed by researchers from the University of Helsinki on Mesolithic graves in Southern Sweden:
archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
"A new study of the Late Mesolithic cemeteries at Skateholm I and II in southern Sweden has recovered microscopic traces of clothing and grave furnishings dating to about 5,200 to 4,800 BCE"
New fiber recovery archaeology method dropped
archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
New fiber recovery archaeology method dropped
archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
Mesolithic burials in Sweden show ancient fur and feather headgear uncovered by new microscopic analysis
Microscopic analysis reveals 7,000-year-old fur and feather headgear in Mesolithic graves at Skateholm, Sweden.
archaeologymag.com
April 14, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"A new study of the Late Mesolithic cemeteries at Skateholm I and II in southern Sweden has recovered microscopic traces of clothing and grave furnishings dating to about 5,200 to 4,800 BCE"
New fiber recovery archaeology method dropped
archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
New fiber recovery archaeology method dropped
archaeologymag.com/2026/02/meso...
(The #HilazonTachtit burial, for the record, contained an eagle while the #Skateholm "shaman" wore a cape from crow, magpie, gull, jay, goose, and duck feathers.)
August 5, 2024 at 7:46 PM
(The #HilazonTachtit burial, for the record, contained an eagle while the #Skateholm "shaman" wore a cape from crow, magpie, gull, jay, goose, and duck feathers.)
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The researchers analysed 139 soil samples from Skateholm graves. First, they identified fragments of bone, flint, charcoal and seeds in the soil. Then, they sieved and centrifuged the samples and looked at the remaining microparticles — fibres, hair and feathers.
The researchers analysed 139 soil samples from Skateholm graves. First, they identified fragments of bone, flint, charcoal and seeds in the soil. Then, they sieved and centrifuged the samples and looked at the remaining microparticles — fibres, hair and feathers.
Stone Age boy in Sweden was buried in deerskin and a woodpecker headdress, archaeologists discover
A new method of studying the contents of soil samples has revealed Stone Age people in Sweden were buried in decorated fur-and-feather clothing.
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March 2, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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The researchers analysed 139 soil samples from Skateholm graves. First, they identified fragments of bone, flint, charcoal and seeds in the soil. Then, they sieved and centrifuged the samples and looked at the remaining microparticles — fibres, hair and feathers.
The researchers analysed 139 soil samples from Skateholm graves. First, they identified fragments of bone, flint, charcoal and seeds in the soil. Then, they sieved and centrifuged the samples and looked at the remaining microparticles — fibres, hair and feathers.
Bis hin zur beeindruckend eindringlichen Rekonstruktion der vor gut 7.000 Jahren im schwedischen Skateholm bestatteten "Schamanin".
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March 27, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Bis hin zur beeindruckend eindringlichen Rekonstruktion der vor gut 7.000 Jahren im schwedischen Skateholm bestatteten "Schamanin".
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Yes, it is the Skateholm woman. Also shaman. Died in her late 40ies if I remember correctly. Buried in the most southern part of Sweden, only 200 km from the northern coast of Germany.
March 26, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Yes, it is the Skateholm woman. Also shaman. Died in her late 40ies if I remember correctly. Buried in the most southern part of Sweden, only 200 km from the northern coast of Germany.
And if you're still not tired of #Mesolithic #shamans, have a look into this reconstruction of another peculiar woman from a grave at #Skateholm in #Sweden.
Showing some interesting parallels to the #BadDürrenberg...
Showing some interesting parallels to the #BadDürrenberg...
November 24, 2024 at 2:55 PM
And if you're still not tired of #Mesolithic #shamans, have a look into this reconstruction of another peculiar woman from a grave at #Skateholm in #Sweden.
Showing some interesting parallels to the #BadDürrenberg...
Showing some interesting parallels to the #BadDürrenberg...
🏺 New #OpenAccess in 'Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences': Evidence of fur, feathers and plant fibres reveals clothing and grave furnishing in Late Mesolithic Skateholm I and II cemeteries, Sweden. bit.ly/47jbQxS #ResearchPublishing
March 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🏺 New #OpenAccess in 'Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences': Evidence of fur, feathers and plant fibres reveals clothing and grave furnishing in Late Mesolithic Skateholm I and II cemeteries, Sweden. bit.ly/47jbQxS #ResearchPublishing