Bear in Mind: Bear Hunting in the Mesolithic of the Southern Caucasus

We present new faunal data from Kotias Klde rockshelter, Republic of Georgia, where a substantial part of the faunalv assemblage consists of brown bear remains (Ursus arctos) found in clear association with Mesolithic artifacts. Bear remains are unusually well represented in comparison with other fa...

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Published in:Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia
Main Authors: Bar-Oz, Guy, Belfer-Cohen, Anna, Meshveliani, Tengiz, Jakeli, Nino, Matskevich, Zinovi, Bar-Yosef, Ofer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009
Subjects:
The Caucasus
bear hunting
brown bear
Mesolithic
taphonomy
zooarchaeology
Ursus arctos
Online Access:http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4270519
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeae.2009.05.002
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spelling ftharvardudash:oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/4270519 2023-05-15T18:41:56+02:00 Bear in Mind: Bear Hunting in the Mesolithic of the Southern Caucasus Bar-Oz, Guy Belfer-Cohen, Anna Meshveliani, Tengiz Jakeli, Nino Matskevich, Zinovi Bar-Yosef, Ofer 2009 application/pdf http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4270519 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeae.2009.05.002 en_US eng Elsevier doi:10.1016/j.aeae.2009.05.002 Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia Bar-Oz, Guy, Anna Belfer-Cohen, Tengiz Meshveliani, Nino Jakeli, Zinovi Matskevich, and Ofer Bar-Yosef. 2009. Bear in mind: Bear hunting in the Mesolithic of the southern Caucasus. Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 37(1): 15-24. 1563-0110 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4270519 The Caucasus bear hunting brown bear Mesolithic taphonomy zooarchaeology Journal Article 2009 ftharvardudash https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeae.2009.05.002 2022-04-04T12:42:21Z We present new faunal data from Kotias Klde rockshelter, Republic of Georgia, where a substantial part of the faunalv assemblage consists of brown bear remains (Ursus arctos) found in clear association with Mesolithic artifacts. Bear remains are unusually well represented in comparison with other faunal assemblages from the Caucasus and Eurasia in general. The diversity of species, dominance of young individuals, full representation of skeletal elements, and skinning butchery marks indicate that bears were actively hunted. Such an endeavor of hunting denotes the complex network of relationships that linked the Mesolithic hunting societies with the animal world surrounding them. Anthropology Accepted Manuscript Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Harvard University: DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia 37 1 15 24
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topic The Caucasus
bear hunting
brown bear
Mesolithic
taphonomy
zooarchaeology
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bear hunting
brown bear
Mesolithic
taphonomy
zooarchaeology
Bar-Oz, Guy
Belfer-Cohen, Anna
Meshveliani, Tengiz
Jakeli, Nino
Matskevich, Zinovi
Bar-Yosef, Ofer
Bear in Mind: Bear Hunting in the Mesolithic of the Southern Caucasus
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bear hunting
brown bear
Mesolithic
taphonomy
zooarchaeology
description We present new faunal data from Kotias Klde rockshelter, Republic of Georgia, where a substantial part of the faunalv assemblage consists of brown bear remains (Ursus arctos) found in clear association with Mesolithic artifacts. Bear remains are unusually well represented in comparison with other faunal assemblages from the Caucasus and Eurasia in general. The diversity of species, dominance of young individuals, full representation of skeletal elements, and skinning butchery marks indicate that bears were actively hunted. Such an endeavor of hunting denotes the complex network of relationships that linked the Mesolithic hunting societies with the animal world surrounding them. Anthropology Accepted Manuscript
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Bar-Oz, Guy
Belfer-Cohen, Anna
Meshveliani, Tengiz
Jakeli, Nino
Matskevich, Zinovi
Bar-Yosef, Ofer
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title Bear in Mind: Bear Hunting in the Mesolithic of the Southern Caucasus
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