600 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1959 
Ficure 16.—Two hazel sticks lashed together with bast string; 31 cm. long. (Drawing 
by B. Brorson Christensen.) 
a few finds indicate the beginning of a new epoch. <A few bones of 
domesticated cow and sheep thus were found, and one of the potsherds 
had an impression of a wheat grain. It is inconceivable that cattle 
were kept and cereals were grown on the floating island. The picture 
we get of the family, or families, who lived on the island during the 
months of June to September, therefore, is the following: 
At the coast, probably the Great Belt, they had their permanent 
dwelling place, and there they had a small field in a glade where they 
grew cereals. Close to the residence they presumably had a few cows 
and sheep, tethered or kept inside an enclosure. ‘There is no indica- 
tion of pastures at that time; presumably the animals were fed with 
