Mesolithic Headgear Found in Sweden’s 7,000-Year-Old Burials
A new microscopic study of Late Mesolithic graves at Skateholm in southern Sweden has uncovered traces of fur, feathers, and plant fibres that once formed striking burial clothing, including what looks like elaborate Mesolithic headgear. The surprising part is that many of these materials survived not as visible artifacts, but as tiny fragments preserved in the soil itself.
Soil, not artifacts: the microscopic method that changed the picture
The research, now published by Nature, focused on the Skateholm I and II cemeteries in Scania, a major Stone Age burial complex with 87 graves excavated in the 1980s. From 35 of those graves, researchers separated microscopic fibres from sediment using a water-assisted technique developed by the University of Helsinki’s Animals Make Identities project explains a University of Helsinki release.
Tuija Kirkinen, who oversaw the analyses, said the method “works well,” while noting that identifying species from tiny feather and hair fragments remains difficult and can be further refined. Project lead Kristiina Mannermaa added that the work “underlines the significance of birds and their feathers.”
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