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The Stone Age
feeding. In the adjoining woods a herd of grunting
swine are feasting on a rich supply of fallen acorns.
A few small, shaggy horses also add to the wealth of
the village. On the small cultivated clear-
ings we see the ripening barley waving in
the breeze. On other clearings the wheat
has been harvested. A woman is busy
grinding meal by crushing the grain in a
stone mortar.
As evidence that the early stone-age
people in Sweden practiced agriculture,
there have been found on their village
sites charred grains of the small variety
of barley still cultivated in the most north-
ern parts of Lapland. Remarkable, too,
are the charred pieces of crab apples that
have been found in various places. The
apples were gathered in the fall, cut in
sections, dried, and kept for winter use. Another of
their means of sustenance during the long winters were
hazelnuts. Large masses of shells found bear testi-
Bone Fishhook
from the Stone
Age. Found in
Skane. One-
half size.
Stone Mortar. Found in West Gothland. One-eighth size.
mony to this fact. There has also been found a stone
with a hollow in it in which the people evidently
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