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This essay compares Pitted Ware and Third Group pottery found on the Tråsättra site by means of lipid analysis, both by FTIR analysis of surface residues and by GC and by analysis drill samples through gas chromatography and a mass filter. The results are used to help deduce what kind of cultural impact Third Group pottery had on the Pitted Ware Culture.

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The aim of this thesis is to investigate the strength and weaknesses of strontium analysis as a method to study spatial mobility on a local level in the area of Falbygden, Västergötland, Sweden during the Middle Neolithic, 3300-2800 BC. While former studies gave little information concerning the scale of spatial mobility and possible places of origin for the non-local immigrants, recent studies based on strontium analysis have shown that approximately 25% of the investigated human remains in Falbygden can be defined as non-local. These studies also confirm that animal remains from this area show traces of movement. Strontium analysis allows tracing protein based diet registered in bone and teeth tissues to specific locations and is thus a powerful means to investigate spacial mobility. It is, however, also sensitive to a variety of intervening factors like special geological circumstances, pollutions, and glacial movements in the past all leaving their imprint on the collagen from bone and teeth. Drawing on recent research this thesis shows that strontium analysis is an important tool regarding spatial mobility in the past. However, this thesis also points out the need for doing complementary analysis of other types of isotopes in order to get a more detailed and more reliable picture of spacial mobility in the area of Falbygden. The thesis also raises questions regarding the definition of ”non-local”. This study shows that 15 % of non-local people have their origin from south-west, with an approximate a range of 150-200 km. In order to get more knowledge regarding the non-local residents in Falbygden and their place of origin more research is required.

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Characteristic of the cultural landscape on Öland during the middle part of the Iron Age (ca. 200-550AD) are the today visible house foundations and fences made of stone. The house foundations were three-aisled houses with roof-bearing pillars and the stone foundations are traces of what constituted outer stone walls. Adjacent to the house foundations are usually stone fences. The studies in this essay are limited to three parishes near the Sandby hillfort. The purpose is to understand the fort’s relationship to the surrounding settlements. The material consists of registered ancient remains and archaeological finds. Place names and maps are analyzed.

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