Ertebølle

proper noun

A pottery-making, hunter-gatherer and fisher culture dating to the end of the Mesolithic period, and concentrated in southern Scandinavia.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. archaeologyA pottery-making, hunter-gatherer and fisher culture dating to the end of the Mesolithic period, and concentrated in southern Scandinavia.

Origin

Named after the type site in the village of Ertebølle on Limfjorden in Danish Jutland.

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Ertebølle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Erteb%C3%B8lle

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“Ertebølle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Erteb%C3%B8lle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ertebølle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Erteb%C3%B8lle.

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