 PREHISTORY OF
VÄISÄLÄNMÄKI
2500 million years
ago the archeic bedrock of Väisälänmäki was born. The
typical mineral of the area is migmatite. The bedrock is one of the oldest
in Europe.
8000 BC the continental
ice melt. Only the highest top of Väisälänmäki was above
the waterline surrounded by the Yoldian sea. Dwarf birches and later pines
appeared.
6000 BC the Yoldian sea
became Suursaimaa Lake. In Northern Savo there lived a stone-aged people
who represented comb-ceramic culture. No findings in
theVäisälänmäki area have been found yet.
3000 BC the lake and river
system evolved into its present state. Spruce appeared and became slowly
the main tree species.
500 BC – 300 the
iron-aged Luukonsaari group lived in middle and eastern Finland.
1323 the prehistorical
time of Savo ended in the Pähkinäsaari peace treaty.
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