Elisabeth Holmqvist

Adjunct Professor, Coordinator of the Archaeology Laboratory, University of Helsinki, Finland

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Elisabeth Holmqvist is an archaeologist and material scientist working at the Archaeology Laboratory at the University of Helsinki in Finland.

Written by Elisabeth Holmqvist

Photo of eight varied stone doughnut-shaped artefacts on a blue background with a 5 cm scale bar.
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Far-flung ancient communities forged bonds through broken rings

What can the fragments of Neolithic slate rings found in Finland tell us about social relationships 6,000 years ago?

by Marja Ahola, Elisabeth Holmqvist & Petro Pesonen