Vinge and Jasonsminde–Two East Danish Settlements from the Second Half of the Late Neolithic

This paper presents two settlements from the second half of the Late Neolithic.
Both are from the northeastern part of the island of Zealand in east
Denmark. Six and thirteen houses, respectively, were excavated at the sites.
Remains of contemporary graves have been excavated close to both settlements.
Based on analyses of the landscape, pollen data and grain finds, it
is suggested that the subsistence of the two settlements was based on intensive
cereal cultivation and stock farming. We suggest that two or three
houses on each site may have been inhabited contemporarneously. The
houses, their date and the contemporary graves indicate that East Denmark
was influenced by Southwest Sweden and the Early Bronze Age societies on
the Continent during the second half of the Late Neolithic.