Komsa culture
The culture Komsa was a culture of hunters-cueuilleurs of the Stone Age which existed in the north of the Norway with approximately of 6000 av. J. - C. the culture owes its name with the Komsa mountain, on the territory of the commune of Alta, where the first archaeological discoveries relating to it were carried out in 1925.
It is thought that the Komsa culture followed the Norwegian coasts at the end of the last glaciation and occupied the lately released grounds. Similarities with other contemporary cultures seem to indicate that culture would come from Karelia or of the current Finland.
The archaeological discoveries indicate that the Komsa culture was almost exclusively directed towards the sea, living mainly of hunting for the seals. They were also manufacturers of boats and fishermen qualified. On the other hand, the stone tools and the other objects appear relatively simple in comparison with those of the culture of Fosna, established at the same time in the south of Norway.
The Komsa culture seems to have disappeared around 2000 av. J. - C., probably because of the extinction of the seals in water close to Norway. However, as the area remains inhabited after their disappearance, it was advanced that they would be related with the culture which produced the stone quarries of Alta, and perhaps even as they would have been the ancestors of the SAMES.
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