The status of Elk during the Mesolithic

International audience The distribution of elk (Alces alces) remains during the Mesolithic period suggests a genuine geographical disparity in elk population densities. Several kinds of explanations are presented, involving the mode of acquisition of the remains (hunting or exchange of elk products)...

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Main Author: Bridault, Anne
Other Authors: Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (ArScAn), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 1992
Subjects:
elk
Mesolithic
Alces alces
Europe
geo
phil
Online Access:https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01544821/file/BRIDAULT%201992%20%28elk_Mesolithic%29.pdf
https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01544821
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Summary:International audience The distribution of elk (Alces alces) remains during the Mesolithic period suggests a genuine geographical disparity in elk population densities. Several kinds of explanations are presented, involving the mode of acquisition of the remains (hunting or exchange of elk products) and the possible symbolic status of elk.

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