The Kiukainen culture was the last
Stone Age
The Stone Age was a broad prehistory, prehistoric period during which Rock (geology), stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years and ended b ...
culture of the southwestern coast of
Finland
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, dating to 2400–1500/1300 BC.
Its material culture combined elements from
Pit–Comb Ware and
Corded Ware cultures. The area of Kiukainen culture ranged from the shore of
Kvarken
Kvarken ( (as opposed to South Kvarken); ) is the narrow region of the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay (the inner part of the gulf) from the Bothnian Sea. The distance from the Sweden, Swedish mainland to the Mainland Finland, Finnish ...
to
Vyborg Bay
Vyborg Bay (; ; ) is a deep inlet running northeastward near the eastern end of Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. The city of Vyborg is located near the head of the gulf.
The Monrepos Park is considered a jewel of the bay and a major dra ...
. Kiukainen culture is named after the
Kiukainen municipality where the Finnish archaeologist
Matti Kauppinen found the first artifacts .
References
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Archaeological cultures in Finland
Stone Age Europe
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