Fig 1.
A) The location of Majoonsuo in Finland. Background map: ESRI National Geographic Basemap, sources National Geographic, ESRI, Garmin, HERE, UNEP-WCMC, USGS, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCAN, GEBCO, NOAA, INCREMENT P. CCBY 4.0 International License. B) Majoonsuo dwelling site and excavation area. The Mesolithic water level visualization is 84.5 meters above sea level (MASL). The site has been located on a sheltered lakeshore on a small peninsula. Background map: National Land Survey of Finland, CCBY 4.0 International License. The geographical information of archaeological sites is based on the Finnish Heritage Agency Register, CCBY 4.0 International License. Drawing: Johanna Roiha.
Fig 2.
Photo: Kristiina Mannermaa.
Fig 3.
The find material of the grave: Transverse arrowheads abobe: 13x8x3 mm (KM 41572:45), and middle: 15x7x3 mm (:98).
Below: Two permanent mandibular incisors (KM 41572:47); Photos Ilari Järvinen / Finnish Heritage Agency, Archaeological collections and Kristiina Mannermaa.
Fig 4.
Hairs of a A) canid; B) carnivore; C) possibly canid; D) possibly European mole; E) waterfowl and E) a bast fiber. Photos: Tuija Kirkinen.
Fig 5.
The distribution of A) bird barbules, B) mammalian hairs and C) bast fibers in the soil samples. Background map: Orthophoto of the photogrammetry 3D model: Jan-Erik Nyman, Esa Mikkola and Janne Rantanen, Finnish Heritage Agency. Drawing: Johanna Roiha.
Fig 6.
Scatter plot of a* (more/less red) and b* (more/less yellow) parameters in all the samples analyzed, the three groups according to color parameters are identified.
Note that group-2 and -3 samples are in the same mixing line (grey line).
Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the grain size and pH in the three groups described and the total of the samples.