The largest Stone Age excavation in Denmark, conducted from 2013-2022, uncovered an entire fjord landscape beneath marine sediments at Rødbyhavn on Lolland. An international conference, LOST 2022 – Changing Identity in a Changing World, was organized to discuss the time around 4000 BCE in Denmark and beyond. This book summarizes the conference and presents its main outcomes, including technological change, archaeological analyses of identity, landscape interaction and perception in the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic. It also highlights the central position of Lolland as a corridor in the Stone Age and includes contributions from the Netherlands to Finland. The book is aimed at specialists, students, and the interested public alike and provides the first complete overview of the excavations of the Femern project.

Format: Hardback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 22 September 2023
Publisher: Sidestone Press

From 2013 to 2022, the largest Stone Age excavation ever undertaken in Denmark, at Rødbyhavn on the island of Lolland, uncovered an entire fjord landscape beneath marine sediments. Based on these excavations, Museum Lolland-Falster, in collaboration with Aarhus University and the Danish National Museum, organized an international conference on the topic of LOST 2022 – Changing Identity in a Changing World on 16 and 17 June 2022. This book summarizes the conference and presents its main outcomes. It also provides an overview of the current state of research within the Femern project and sets it in context with the wider area. By including contributions from the Netherlands to Finland, the central position of Lolland as a corridor in the Stone Age is highlighted and discussed. The topics covered in this book deal with technological change, archaeological analyses of identity, aspects of landscape interaction and perception in the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic. This book is aimed at specialists, students, and the interested public alike, as it provides the first complete overview of the excavations of the Femern project and places them in context. At the same time, it serves as a basis for further studies on the material and highlights the challenges and possibilities of the archaeological record from the period around 4000 BCE.

From 2013-2022: The Largest Stone Age Excavation in Denmark

From 2013 to 2022, the largest Stone Age excavation ever undertaken in Denmark, at Rødbyhavn on the island of Lolland, uncovered an entire fjord landscape beneath marine sediments. Based on these excavations, Museum Lolland-Falster, in collaboration with Aarhus University and the Danish National Museum, organized an international conference on the topic of LOST 2022 – Changing Identity in a Changing World on 16 and 17 June 2022. This book summarizes the conference and presents its main outcomes. It also provides an overview of the current state of research within the Femern project and sets it in context with the wider area. By including contributions from the Netherlands to Finland, the central position of Lolland as a corridor in the Stone Age is highlighted and discussed. The topics covered in this book deal with technological change, archaeological analyses of identity, aspects of landscape interaction and perception in the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic. This book is aimed at specialists, students, and the interested public alike, as it provides the first complete overview of the excavations of the Femern project and places them in context. At the same time, it serves as a basis for further studies on the material and highlights the challenges and possibilities of the archaeological record from the period around 4000 BCE.

Dimension: 253 x 172 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789464261684