This book is about new results frpm Archaeological research and excavations during the last 10 years. In the book new data is dicussed and how thhis changes our viiew of the period 5000-1700 BC. The whole of Sweden is discussed; from Scania to Lapland and the evidence is interpreted and compared with the older evidence. Two chapters discusses the evidence from sceintific Archaeology as well as the enviromental changes during the period.