[gothic-l] Re: Wielbark/Goto-Gepidic culture

[ingemarn2000]

--- In gothic-l at y..., keth at o... wrote:

> might have immigrated in
> >Scandinavia
> >> from somewhere during Neolitic time or early Bronze Age because the
> >> original population up here seem to have been Saami or  related
> >peoples.
>
> Ingemar, are you quite sure about this ?
> I have read accounts of Norwegian pre-history that contradicts
> this view. From what I read, it seems as if there were groups
> that migrated along the coast towards the North. Then there
> were other peoples who migrated from way up North, also along
> the coast, and they are supposed to have come from the Kola
> peninsula. The latter are supposed to have been related to the
> present day Saami.

Hi Keth,

That's quite correct there was a mesolitic culture along the Norwegian
coast that probably not was Saami. The main body of Scandinavia
however seems according to lately performed mitocondric DNA tests on
Saami women have been populated by  them or rather kind of ancestors
to them. I have also heard that the language has shifted and the
original population, because of that might, have been not the Saami
themselves but kind of ancestors. The IE population however seems to
be later but possibly with exception of the Mesolitic culture along
the Norwegian coast. I am no expert in these questions however.

Kindly
Ingemar



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