A New Early Holocene site in Ujście. A preliminary report on the Mesolithic settlement of the Middle Noteć Valley

Jakub Mugaj; Jacek Kabaciński

doi:10.23858/SA/76.2024.2.3754

Published: 2024-12-17

Vol. 76 No. 2 (2024)

A New Early Holocene site in Ujście. A preliminary report on the Mesolithic settlement of the Middle Noteć Valley

Jakub Mugaj , Jacek Kabaciński

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne

Section: Field Survey and Materials

https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/76.2024.2.3754

Abstract

The paper present the newly registered early Mesolithic Ujście Site 37 located on the edge of Toruń-Eberswalde ice-marginal valley. Inferring from techno-typological analysis of collected lithic materials, the site consists of two settlement horizons of Preboreal/Boreal chronology: the older related to the Duvensee/Komornica complex and the younger correlated with the Maglemosian complex. The chronological sequence is comparable with that known from the adjacent sites Krzyż Wielkopolski 7 and Żuławka 13. The paper presents the results of preliminary studies of Ujście Site 37 and its potential for future research on Mesolithic settlement in Central European Plain.

Keywords:

Early Holocene, Mesolithic, ice-marginal valley, Duvensee/Komornica complex, Maglemose complex

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Mugaj, J., & Kabaciński, J. (2024). A New Early Holocene site in Ujście. A preliminary report on the Mesolithic settlement of the Middle Noteć Valley. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 76(2), 143 – 1`64. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/76.2024.2.3754

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Jakub Mugaj

j.mugaj@iaepan.edu.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2822-2962

Affiliation:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland, Poland

Jacek Kabaciński

Affiliation:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland, Poland