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List visits the Stone Age hunters
Meet the Stone Age hunter in Lejre Land of Legends.
See the day’s program here
Chalk your shoes and head to the furthest corner of Lejre Land of Legends.
The hands of the clock race backwards at full speed until you reach the time when man bowed to the whims of nature and lived in and from what he could hunt and gather.
On the shore of the lake stands a small tent. It does not rise high above the ground and can hardly accommodate much more than a couple of adults. The entrance is decorated with the antlers of the animal that made the skins for the clothing: the reindeer. Squat down and look inside and imagine that this was your shelter for the night and that the landscape was your home. A landscape that the ice has just released its grip on, leaving the exposed land sparsely populated by few people and huge animals.
Take a quantum leap in time, stroll along the lakeshore and step inside a cabin that is a ballroom by comparison. Enjoy the fact that it’s possible to stand upright, gaze at the cabin’s ingenious reed covering and notice that at this time of year there was plenty of wood and vegetation to amuse yourself with.
Take another quantum leap and visit a time when seafood was on the menu daily. The sleek boats, carved from logs, are moored on the lake shore right in front of the home’s opening. Sit by the fireplace at the edge of the forest or poke your head inside the dark hut where the sunlight falls in streaks through
Athra pea wave settlement: ca. 5,000 BC
Maglemose hut on the headland: ca. 9,000 BC
The reindeer hunter’s tent: ca. 11,000 BC