Preface Introduction 1. The Mesolithic in Sweden: an introduction  Mesolithic on the move   2. Hunters in the Forest  Agerödmosse (bog) Settlement patterns and hunting/collecting strategies Life and death The end of the Mesolithic in Scania Segebro-an Early Atlantic Settlement at the coast Ageröd V-An Atlantic bog site Tågerup- Settlement and Burials   Yngsjö and Årup The Last Hunters- The Ertebølle Culture   Soldattorpet, Limhamn Löddesborg   Tågerup   Bredasten   Yngsjö   3. BLEKINGE: NEW DISCOVERIES  Bro 597  Damm 6  Norrje Sunnansund: Tons of fish   4. HUNTERS ALONG THE KALMAR STRAIT AND ON ÖLAND Tingby, a much discussed house New excavations at Tingby Concluding remarks  Öland 5. SEALHUNTERS ON GOTLAND  Taking care of the dead 6. INTO THE FOREST: EARLY HUNTERS IN THE SOUTH SWEDISH INLAND 7. PIONEERS: HUNTERS IN EASTERN MIDDLE SWEDEN  Östergötland. New discoveries   The Mjölby sites Mörby Sand covered houses   Högby   Storlyckan: Another site with a dwelling structure    The hut    Spatial distribution   Western Östergötland, Lake Tåkern   Sites around Linköping   Life and death around Motala   Death in the Lake   The Late Mesolithic in Östergötland   Pioneering hunters: some remarks 8. PIONEERS IN THE EARLY ARCHIPELAGOS OF EASTERN MIDDLE SWEDEN   Early sites   Late sites 9. MOVING INLAND 10. THE WESTERN PART OF SWEDEN   The earliest sites   Hensbacka Culture   Inland sites   Sandarna Culture   The dead   The Late Mesolithic    Lihult    Lihult inland sites    Transverse arrowheads   11. MOVING NORTH   Leksand   Along the coast-further north 12. PIONEERS IN THE INTERIOR OF NORTHERN SWEDEN   The earliest sites   Later Mesolithic Epilogue References