The status of Elk during the Mesolithic

• Main Author: Bridault, Anne
• Other Authors: Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (ArScAn), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 1992
• Subjects: elk; Mesolithic; Alces alces; Europe; [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory; [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
• Online Access: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01544821; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01544821/document; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01544821/file/BRIDAULT%201992%20%28elk_Mesolithic%29.pdf

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.