Human-beaver Engagements Seen Through Multiperiod Settlement Sites at Rautalampi, Hämeenniemi and Kitee, Hiidenniemi, Finland

• Published in: Fennoscandia Archaeologica
• Main Author: Jääskeläinen, Emilia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Archaeological Society of Finland 2023
• Subjects: hunting; Northern Karelia; European beaver; human-beaver encounters; social zooarchaeology; Northern Savonia; Hämeenniemi; karelia*
• Online Access: https://journal.fi/fennoscandiaarchaeologica/article/view/126019; https://doi.org/10.61258/fa.126019

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...