Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. [ancient European styles and periods]
7. [European Mesolithic styles and periods]

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the style and culture that is named after the site at Swidry, Poland, and existed in the areas of Poland, Romania, Russia, and elsewhere. It developed in the late Paleolithic Period, though it continued and flourished in the Mesolithic. It is particulalarly characterized by distinctive flint tools, including small, assymetrical tanged blades, arrowheads, and tranchet axes. It seems to be related to the Campignian culture that flourished further south.