Map of the Central and North Eastern Europe with marked sites where Early Holocene remains of Rangifer tarandus were found and other significant sites mentioned in the paper.

<p><b>Part A of the map presents the outline of the Scandinavian coast about 8000 cal BC and stages of the melting of ice sheet in that period (after [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0184560#pone.0184560.ref046" target="_blank">46</a>,<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0184560#pone.0184560.ref068" target="_blank">68</a>]). The background map and the map presented in Part A are not compatible.</b> Legend: 1 –Rangifer bone finds of a similar chronology or older (max from the Preboreal/Boreal transition) to that from Gołębiewo; 2 –sites where Rangifer bones o of a similar chronology or older (as above) to that from Gołębiewo were probably found; 3- Rangifer bone finds of a chronology younger than that from Gołębiewo; 4 –sites where Rangifer bones of a chronology older and younger than that from Gołębiewo were found, 5 –other important sites mentioned in the paper. Sites: 1- -Sujala, 2 –Malmio 1, 3 –Fállegoahtesajeguobba, 4 –Tapuli I and II, Kongos Raä, 5 –Dumpokjauratj, 6 –Kitkiöjavri, 7 –Aareavaara sites, 8 –Løkvika, 9 –Lepaa, 10 –Enontekiö, 11 –Inari, 12 –Taivalkoski, 13 –Posio, 14 –Vylys Tom 2, 15 –Parch 2, 16 –Zamostie 2, 17 –Olenii Ostrov, 18 –Jezioro Lubãns, 19 –Zvejnieki II, 20 –Stellmoor, 21 –Rottenburg-Siebenlinden 1, 22 –Risbanke.</p

Oxygen isotope values for the analysed sample and environmental water (δ¹⁸O_w) from over ten locations representing the regions of Northern and North Eastern Europe, converted to isotopic values of bone phosphates with conversion (δ¹⁸O_{p (eq. conversion)}) equation no. 5 [18].

<p>Oxygen isotope values for the analysed sample and environmental water (δ¹⁸O_w) from over ten locations representing the regions of Northern and North Eastern Europe, converted to isotopic values of bone phosphates with conversion (δ¹⁸O_{p (eq. conversion)}) equation no. 5 [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0184560#pone.0184560.ref018" target="_blank">18</a>].</p

¹⁴C dates cited in work.

<p>Calibration with the OxCal 4.2 program.</p

Bâton percé from Gołebiewo 47 (draw. B. Kowalewska).

<p>Bâton percé from Gołebiewo 47 (draw. B. Kowalewska).</p

Artefacts ornamented with hatched triangles (1–5) and a comparison of bâtos percé heads from Krzyż Wielkopolski 7 and Gołębiewo 47 sites with animal heads they might depict (6, 7):

<p>A–Pułtusk (after [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0184560#pone.0184560.ref025" target="_blank">25</a>]), B–Ostrołęka (after [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0184560#pone.0184560.ref024" target="_blank">24</a>]), C–Szczecin-Grabowo (after [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0184560#pone.0184560.ref026" target="_blank">26</a>]), D—Svædborg I (after [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0184560#pone.0184560.ref011" target="_blank">11</a>]), E–Siegrotsbruch (after [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0184560#pone.0184560.ref027" target="_blank">27</a>], F–Krzyż Wielkopolski 7 (after [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0184560#pone.0184560.ref036" target="_blank">36</a>]), G–Gołębiewo 47.</p

Location of sites with Ulkestrup I residential structures with the structures at Ulkestrup I (after [109]) and Sąsieczno 4 (after [8]) sites depicted.

<p>Sites: 1 –Ulkestrup I, 2 –Mullerup, 3 –Sværdborg II, 4 –Flaadet, 5 –Magleby Nor, 6 –Rude Mark, 7 –Bøllund, 8 –Stallerupholm, 9 –Svanemosen 28, 10 –Duvensee, 11 –Ludowice 6, 12 –Sąsieczno 4, 13 –Paliwodzizna 29.</p

Bâton percé from Gołebiewo 47 –ornamentation (Photo J. Kuriga).

<p>Bâton percé from Gołebiewo 47 –ornamentation (Photo J. Kuriga).</p

Comparison of mtDNA sequence of studied artefact with reference sequences of Rangifer tarandus and Cervus elaphus.

<p>Sites conferring origin of the sample are assigned by coloured rectangles. Details in the text.</p

Location of Gołębiewo 47 site and other finds of ornamented and zoomorphic bâtons percés in Europe (after [11], with the authors’ amendments):

<p>1—Ornamented bâtons percés from the Boreal period and the Boreal/Atlantic transition, 2—Ornamented bâtons percés from the Atlantic period, 3—Ornamented bâtons percés from Gołębiewo; 4 –Artefacts stylised on the elk's head; 5 –Artefacts ornamented with hatched triangles.</p

Primers, annealing temperature and length of PCR products used in differentiation.

<p>Primers, annealing temperature and length of PCR products used in differentiation.</p