Mesolithic landscapes and where to hunt big game: everywhere or ???
International audience As much as ‘hunting’ is a central theme in archaeological hunter-gatherer research, aslittle do we actually know about the specificities of hunting strategies and how this hasinfluenced the cultural structuring of landscapes. It is often assumed that game washunted anywhere, b...
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Hunting Behaviours non-lithic artefacts bone floors bark layers Bone needles Ethnoarchaeology Archaeology dwelling sites landscape use Mesolithic [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences [SDE]Environmental Sciences Vogt, David Grøn, Ole Peeters, Hans, J.H.M. Hernek, Robert David, Éva Mesolithic landscapes and where to hunt big game: everywhere or ??? |
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International audience As much as ‘hunting’ is a central theme in archaeological hunter-gatherer research, aslittle do we actually know about the specificities of hunting strategies and how this hasinfluenced the cultural structuring of landscapes. It is often assumed that game washunted anywhere, but the question is whether this was the case. Firstly, the archaeological picture of hunting practices and technology is biased by the overrepresentation of sites characterised by quantities of knapped lithics – the interpretation of sites with no or only little lithics is difficult, notably due to the fact that non-lithic materials are often not preserved. Secondly, there is an underestimation of the importance of non-lithic material culture directly or indirectly related to hunting and landscape exploitation. Thirdly, hunting can encompass various strategies, which are associated with different uses of materials and structures in different parts of the landscape. Choices that have been made will certainly have depended on the knowledge about animal behaviour and landscape structure, with an important role for rivers, lakes and seashores. Taking differences in geographical and environmental conditions, as well as variability in hunting strategies and technology into consideration, this paper attempts to identify some tendencies withregard to the hunting of key species of big game (reindeer/caribou; elk/moose; red deer; roe deer; wild boar) in Mesolithic/Late Stone Age landscapes in north-western Europe. The most important aspects of the behaviour of these species are discussed, notably seasonal variations with regard to group composition, occurrence in the landscape, and daily feeding and drinking patterns. Next, we discuss aspects of hunting, notably the establishment of the presence of game, the spotting and approaching prey, and the wounding and following of prey. This is followed by a brief look at the archaeological evidence for big game hunting and aspects of landscape structure in the Mesolithic of ... |
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Museum of Cultural History University Oslo (https://www.khm.uio.no/english/) Department of Geosciences University of Copenhagen (https://ign.ku.dk/english/) University of Groningen Groningen Bohüslans Museum Udevalla (https://www.bohuslansmuseum.se/) 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)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Anthropologie des techniques, des espaces et des territoires au Pliocène et au Pléistocène (AnTET) 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)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) SIM/InSHS Projet Octep Hans Peeters Ole Grøn |
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Mesolithic landscapes and where to hunt big game: everywhere or ??? |
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Hidden dimensions: Aspects of Mesolithic hunter-gatherer landscape use and non-lithic technology https://hal.science/hal-04213139 Hans Peeters; Ole Grøn. Hidden dimensions: Aspects of Mesolithic hunter-gatherer landscape use and non-lithic technology, Sidestone Press, pp.113-150, 2022, 978-94-6426-125-7 |
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ftunivparis8:oai:HAL:hal-04213139v1 2024-06-23T07:52:05+00:00 Mesolithic landscapes and where to hunt big game: everywhere or ??? Vogt, David Grøn, Ole Peeters, Hans, J.H.M. Hernek, Robert David, Éva Museum of Cultural History University Oslo (https://www.khm.uio.no/english/) Department of Geosciences University of Copenhagen (https://ign.ku.dk/english/) University of Groningen Groningen Bohüslans Museum Udevalla (https://www.bohuslansmuseum.se/) 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)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Anthropologie des techniques, des espaces et des territoires au Pliocène et au Pléistocène (AnTET) 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)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) SIM/InSHS Projet Octep Hans Peeters Ole Grøn 2022-04-23 https://hal.science/hal-04213139 en eng HAL CCSD Sidestone Press ISBN: 978-94-6426-125-7 hal-04213139 https://hal.science/hal-04213139 Hidden dimensions: Aspects of Mesolithic hunter-gatherer landscape use and non-lithic technology https://hal.science/hal-04213139 Hans Peeters; Ole Grøn. Hidden dimensions: Aspects of Mesolithic hunter-gatherer landscape use and non-lithic technology, Sidestone Press, pp.113-150, 2022, 978-94-6426-125-7 Hunting Behaviours non-lithic artefacts bone floors bark layers Bone needles Ethnoarchaeology Archaeology dwelling sites landscape use Mesolithic [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart Book sections 2022 ftunivparis8 2024-06-10T23:54:11Z International audience As much as ‘hunting’ is a central theme in archaeological hunter-gatherer research, aslittle do we actually know about the specificities of hunting strategies and how this hasinfluenced the cultural structuring of landscapes. It is often assumed that game washunted anywhere, but the question is whether this was the case. Firstly, the archaeological picture of hunting practices and technology is biased by the overrepresentation of sites characterised by quantities of knapped lithics – the interpretation of sites with no or only little lithics is difficult, notably due to the fact that non-lithic materials are often not preserved. Secondly, there is an underestimation of the importance of non-lithic material culture directly or indirectly related to hunting and landscape exploitation. Thirdly, hunting can encompass various strategies, which are associated with different uses of materials and structures in different parts of the landscape. Choices that have been made will certainly have depended on the knowledge about animal behaviour and landscape structure, with an important role for rivers, lakes and seashores. Taking differences in geographical and environmental conditions, as well as variability in hunting strategies and technology into consideration, this paper attempts to identify some tendencies withregard to the hunting of key species of big game (reindeer/caribou; elk/moose; red deer; roe deer; wild boar) in Mesolithic/Late Stone Age landscapes in north-western Europe. The most important aspects of the behaviour of these species are discussed, notably seasonal variations with regard to group composition, occurrence in the landscape, and daily feeding and drinking patterns. Next, we discuss aspects of hunting, notably the establishment of the presence of game, the spotting and approaching prey, and the wounding and following of prey. This is followed by a brief look at the archaeological evidence for big game hunting and aspects of landscape structure in the Mesolithic of ... Book Part caribou Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis: HAL |