Human-beaver Engagements Seen Through Multiperiod Settlement Sites at Rautalampi, Hämeenniemi and Kitee, Hiidenniemi, Finland
The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between beavers and humans in the prehistoric times. This is studied through animal bone assemblages excavated from two multi-period settlement sites in Northern Savonia and North Karelia, Finland, and is supplemented with ethnographic and f...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/126019 2024-02-11T10:05:25+01:00 Human-beaver Engagements Seen Through Multiperiod Settlement Sites at Rautalampi, Hämeenniemi and Kitee, Hiidenniemi, Finland Jääskeläinen, Emilia 2023-12-15 application/pdf https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/126019 https://doi.org/10.61258/fa.126019 eng eng The Archaeological Society of Finland https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/126019/89623 https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/126019 doi:10.61258/fa.126019 Copyright (c) 2023 Emilia Jääskeläinen https://www.c-info.fi/en/what-is-c-info/ Fennoscandia Archaeologica; No. XL (2023): Fennoscandia Archaeologica; 39-56 Fennoscandia archaeologica; Nro XL (2023): Fennoscandia Archaeologica; 39-56 2737-0135 0781-7126 hunting Northern Karelia European beaver human-beaver encounters social zooarchaeology Northern Savonia info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2023 fttsvojs https://doi.org/10.61258/fa.126019 2024-01-25T02:46:28Z The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between beavers and humans in the prehistoric times. This is studied through animal bone assemblages excavated from two multi-period settlement sites in Northern Savonia and North Karelia, Finland, and is supplemented with ethnographic and folklore material. The theoretical framework uses perspectives from social zooarchaeology, relational ontology and multispecies archaeology and the research questions are answered with zooarchaeological analysis, age estimates and beaver ethology. This study shows that the hunted beavers were adults who could have established their own colonies, modified the landscape to suit their needs and had their first litter. Beavers had different ways of being, engaging and being present in a world that sometimes led to direct and indirect encounters between humans and beavers. The hunters had knowledge that based on the behaviour of beavers, and they used it to find the animals to engage with them. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online Hämeenniemi ENVELOPE(28.133,28.133,66.283,66.283) Fennoscandia Archaeologica XL |
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The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between beavers and humans in the prehistoric times. This is studied through animal bone assemblages excavated from two multi-period settlement sites in Northern Savonia and North Karelia, Finland, and is supplemented with ethnographic and folklore material. The theoretical framework uses perspectives from social zooarchaeology, relational ontology and multispecies archaeology and the research questions are answered with zooarchaeological analysis, age estimates and beaver ethology. This study shows that the hunted beavers were adults who could have established their own colonies, modified the landscape to suit their needs and had their first litter. Beavers had different ways of being, engaging and being present in a world that sometimes led to direct and indirect encounters between humans and beavers. The hunters had knowledge that based on the behaviour of beavers, and they used it to find the animals to engage with them. |
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Human-beaver Engagements Seen Through Multiperiod Settlement Sites at Rautalampi, Hämeenniemi and Kitee, Hiidenniemi, Finland |
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Human-beaver Engagements Seen Through Multiperiod Settlement Sites at Rautalampi, Hämeenniemi and Kitee, Hiidenniemi, Finland |
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Human-beaver Engagements Seen Through Multiperiod Settlement Sites at Rautalampi, Hämeenniemi and Kitee, Hiidenniemi, Finland |
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Human-beaver Engagements Seen Through Multiperiod Settlement Sites at Rautalampi, Hämeenniemi and Kitee, Hiidenniemi, Finland |
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Human-beaver Engagements Seen Through Multiperiod Settlement Sites at Rautalampi, Hämeenniemi and Kitee, Hiidenniemi, Finland |
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human-beaver engagements seen through multiperiod settlement sites at rautalampi, hämeenniemi and kitee, hiidenniemi, finland |
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The Archaeological Society of Finland |
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https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/126019 https://doi.org/10.61258/fa.126019 |
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