The art of Selma's Bronze Age ancestors

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A different Sweden

Door Rünno (Eigen werk) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

 Selma's ancestors in the Bronze Age lived in a different Sweden. We're talking 1700 - 500 BC. Sweden had many more islands and lakes with the land lying 16 m lower towards the sea due to the pressure of ice during the ice age.The climate was warmer, more like current northern France. Towards the end of the Bronze Age the climate cooled down.
 By ULg, Sart Tilman, Liège [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsDoor Bjoertvedt (Eigen werk) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
 

 

A man's world... if he owns a bronze weapon

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Women

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Food crops

By T.Voekler (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) https://www.ars-grin.gov/ By Rasbak (Own work) [GFDL (https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Emmer (Triticum dicoccum) Field bean (Vicia faba) Gold-of-pleasure (Camelina sativa) Flax (Linum usitatissimum)

 

Milk, honey and meat

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The spiritual world

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The natural world

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Read more about Prehistoric Sweden and the Nordic Bronze Age on Wikipedia.

I'm an artist: rock carvings in Tanum

I'm a scientist: Svenskt Hällristnings Forsknings Arkiv

I wanna see these rocks myself

I wanna have my own bronze musical instruments

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