Crafting bone tools in Mesolithic Norway: a case study from Viste cave and Sævarhelleren - HAL-SHS - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société
Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2013

Crafting bone tools in Mesolithic Norway: a case study from Viste cave and Sævarhelleren

Éva David

Résumé

The paper focuses on the production of fishing gear during the 8th millennium BC. A large number of fishhooks and production waste from fishhooks have been found at the rockshelter Sævarhelleren and in the cave Viste in western Norway. These artifacts have been analysed in order to identify the different steps in the production process, and to characterize the technology in a comparative northern European perspective. The result of the analysis shows that fishhooks were crafted in a similar way at these two sites. When comparing this fishhook technology to that of contemporary sites in northern Europe, however, it appears very distinctive. Knowing that the techniques applied are not constraint by the type of fish-hook, nor the bone material, this indicates that the production of fishing equipment developed independently in western Norway - a development that may have been related to an increased focus generally on fishing in this period. The distinctive bone technology in western Norway also fits in with the development of marked regional differences in the production of stone tools and other bone tools.
Fichier non déposé

Dates et versions

halshs-03922906 , version 1 (04-01-2023)

Identifiants

  • HAL Id : halshs-03922906 , version 1

Citer

Éva David. Crafting bone tools in Mesolithic Norway: a case study from Viste cave and Sævarhelleren. Workshop "The sheltered village in Herand Workshop of the scientific project", Knut Andreas Bergsvik, Nov 2013, Lofthus, Norway. ⟨halshs-03922906⟩
16 Consultations
0 Téléchargements

Partager

More