lamps suggests some household activity in the huts after dark. Tool kit The flint industry evolved a high and unified standard with small and flake axes, long lithic flakes (knives), and arrow heads. However, tools of many materials were in use: wood prongs and points, antler parts, carved bone tools. Art Paddles from Tybrind Vig show traces of highly developed and artistic woodcarving. This is an example of the embellishment of functional pieces. The population also polished and engraved non-functional or not obviously functional pieces of bone or antler. Motifs were predominantly geometric with some anthropomorphic or zoomorphic forms. Also in evidence (for example, at Fanø) are polished amber representations of animals, such as birds, boars, and bears. Jewelry was made of animal teeth or decorative shells. To what extent any of these pieces were symbolic of wealth and status is not clear. Funerary customs Cemeteries, such as the ones at Vedbæk and Skateholm, give a "sedentary" character to the settlements. Red ochre and deer antlers were placed in some graves, but not others. Some social distinctions may therefore have been made. There was some appreciation of sexual dimorphism: the women wore necklaces and belts of animal teeth and shells. No special body position was used. Both burial and cremation were practiced. At Møllegabet, an individual was buried in a dugout, which some see as the beginning of Scandinavian boat burials. Skateholm contained also a dog cemetery. Dog graves were prepared and gifted the same as human, with ochre, antler, and grave goods. In either history or prehistory the dog is an invaluable animal and is often treated as a person. See also Goseck circle Nøstvet and Lihult cultures Swifterbant culture Narva culture Kunda culture Scandinavian prehistory Mesolithic Prehistoric Europe Old Europe (archaeology) References External links Locations New Evidence on the Ertebølle Culture on Rügen Excavations on stone age sites on Rügen island and at Dabki in 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20070515045839/http://www.uni-greifswald.de/~histor/~ufg/aktuelles/aktu-mesoexcavations.html Excavating submerged Stone Age sites in Denmark the Tybrind Vig example NEW INVESTIGATIONS ON SUBMARINE STONE AGE SITES IN THE WISMAR BAY AREA. The Wadden Sea Region Economy Regionality and biotope exploitation in Danish Ertebølle and adjacent periods Prehistoric plant food of Denmark Art and artifacts An in situ fireplace ... Mesolithic cultures of Europe Nordic Stone Age Archaeological cultures of Northern Europe Archaeological cultures in Denmark Archaeological cultures in Germany Archaeological cultures in Sweden Scandinavian archaeology Prehistoric cannibalism