Editing Vantaa (section)

===Ancient history===
Remains of an ancient rectangular dwelling dating to 6700 to 6500 BCE have been discovered in Brunaberg in Vantaa. At the time, the dwelling was located at the seashore near the mouth of the [[Keravanjoki]] river. The dwelling had been used for decades, apparently mostly in wintertime.<ref name="haggrén">{{Cite book|title=Muinaisuutemme jäljet|last=Georg Haggrén, Petri Halinen, Mika Lavento, Sami Raninen ja Anna Wessman|publisher=Gaudeamus|year=2015|isbn=978-952-495-363-4|location=Helsinki|pages=48, 62, 72}}.</ref>{{rp|48}} A graveyard-like dwelling dating to the [[Mesolithic]] has been discovered in Jönsas, which was located at the mouth of a seaside bay at the time.<ref name="haggrén"/>{{rp|48}} In the Stone Age, people in Vantaa sought their food mostly from the sea. Seals were an important quarry, but remains of [[harbour porpoise]]s have also been found at the numerous [[Neolithic]] dwelling sites at [[Jokiniemi]].<ref name="haggrén"/>{{rp|62}} Remains of permanent dwellings found from Stenkulla in [[Hakkila, Vantaa|Hakkila]] date from the same period.<ref name="haggrén"/>{{rp|78}}

There are considerably many findings from the [[Comb Ceramic culture]] in Vantaa.<ref>Pesonen, Petro: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021340/http://www.helsinki.fi/hum/arla/keram/maar_fot_t1.html Vantaa Maarinkunnas (KM 30460), tyypillistä kampakeramiikkaa], [[University of Helsinki]] 15 April 1999. Accessed on 9 September 2020.</ref> Many ancient clay figures representing humans have been found in Jokiniemi in Vantaa. They have been estimated to be of various ages from 5300 to 5500 years old.<ref>Andersson, Kukka: [https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/vantaa/art-2000006567875.html Mies löysi oudon savimöykyn Vantaalta vuonna 1989 – Nyt selvisi, että se on 5 500 vuotta vanha patsas], ''[[Helsingin Sanomat]]'' 10 July 2020. Accessed on 9 September 2020.</ref><ref>Kettunen, Noora: [https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-7394470 Vantaan Jokiniemen kaivauksilta löytyi harvinainen savifiguuri], [[YLE]] 5 August 2014. Accessed on 9 September 2020.</ref><ref>Degerman, Risto: [https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-7478887 Vantaan muinaisjäänteet tutkitaan erikoiskameralla Oulussa], [[YLE]] 19 September 2014. Accessed on 9 September 2020.</ref> During the typical Comb Ceramic time, large amounts of [[flint]] were brought to Finland from the south and southeast, which was made into blades and points, as well as amber. The Comb Ceramic era humans also knew how to use bows and arrows as weapons.

[[Iron Age]] history in Vantaa is not very well known,<ref>[http://www.vantaansanomat.fi/artikkeli/382161-vantaalla-aloitetaan-aarteenetsinta Vantaalla aloitetaan aarteenetsintä], ''Vantaan Sanomat''. Accessed on 23 August 2017.</ref> but the entire [[Uusimaa]] area was still a sparsely-populated backland of Tavastia at the end of the Iron Age.<ref>[http://arabianranta.fi/vanhakaupunki/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61:esihistoriallinen-aika&catid=37:historia&showall=1 Vanhankaupungin historia], ''arabianranta.fi''. Accessed on 23 August 2017.</ref> The most researched Iron Age dwelling in Vantaa is located at the same site as the earlier Stone Age dwellings of Jönsas and Palmu. Remains of Morby ceramics have been discovered at these sites, and iron slag has also been discovered in Jönsas. Remains of fireplaces dating to the Iron Age have also been researched in Jönsas.<ref name="leskinen">Leskinen, Sirpa; Pesonen, Petro: ''Vantaan esihistoria'', city of Vantaa 2008. {{ISBN|978-952-443-255-9}}.</ref>{{rp|232}} Remains of dwellings dating to the 10th century have been discovered in Gubbacka in [[Länsisalmi]]<ref name="haggrén"/>{{rp|469}} as well as remains of smithies from the 12th and 13th centuries.<ref name="haggrén"/>{{rp|508}}

Information about ancient villages located in the Vantaa area can be found from concentration of soil visible in [[palynology|palynological analysis]] as well as retroactive reasoning based on nomenclature and historical documents. According to historian [[Saulo Kepsu]], Finnish population has spread from Tavastia to the Helsinki and Vantaa area in the 11th to 14th centuries, possibly even earlier. The Tavastians had fishing places and other pleasure grounds in the area.<ref name="leskinen"/>{{rp|243–247}}