Communities Beyond Society: Divergence of Local Prehistories on the Bothnian Arc, Northern Europe

Abstract This article presents a comparison of material records two nearby regions on the coast Bothnian Bay. The timeframe is 5300–2000 BCE. focus regional differences, which indicate schizmogenesis communal identities. study calls for reorientation research concerning Fennoscandian prehistory. More attention should be paid to localized prehistories. It argued that when prehistoric society used as fundamental group category, especially in context forager communities, modern concept state distorts underlying framework. Focusing level by constructing local narratives limits anachronistic effect and allows proliferation Such prehistories, collated compared, offer pathway understanding stateless societies, are misrepresented simplistic cultural zones inherent homogeny ingrained within society. In this paper, analysis focused practices representing traditions. Two divergent themes arise from Late Mesolithic use stone materials changes Neolithic dwelling forms.