Roe Deer as Raw Material for Middle Mesolithic Fishhooks? An Experimental Approach to the Manufacture of Small Bone Fishhooks

Bone fishhooks have occasionally been retrieved from bone assemblages at coastal sites dating to the Middle Mesolithic phase (8300-6300 cal. BC) in Southern Norway and Western Sweden (the north-eastern Skagerrak region, Figure 1). Several studies of fishhooks from these sites have been undertaken in...

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Autores principales:	Anja Mansrud, Morten Kutschera
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Publicado:	EXARC 2020
Materias:	fishing mesolithic norway sweden bone tools Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:61fdf7b3d4354ab293f54fd3dece79652021-12-01T14:42:34ZRoe Deer as Raw Material for Middle Mesolithic Fishhooks? An Experimental Approach to the Manufacture of Small Bone Fishhooks2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/61fdf7b3d4354ab293f54fd3dece79652020-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10526https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956Bone fishhooks have occasionally been retrieved from bone assemblages at coastal sites dating to the Middle Mesolithic phase (8300-6300 cal. BC) in Southern Norway and Western Sweden (the north-eastern Skagerrak region, Figure 1). Several studies of fishhooks from these sites have been undertaken in recent years (Jonsson, 1996; Mansrud, 2017; Mansrud and Persson, 2017). Fishhooks can be manufactured from different osseous materials, including antler, ribs and shafts of different long bones of large ruminants (Bergsvik and David, 2015, p.208; Clausen, 2018; David, 1999, p.123). It has been assumed that species within the deer family (Cervidae) provided the raw material for the fishhooks in the north-eastern Skagerrak region. However, most of the bone assemblages are not well preserved. The animal bones and the fishhooks were heavily fragmented, often burnt and/or weathered (See Figures 2, 3). Thus, in many cases it was difficult to ascertain which osseous raw material was utilized, how the hooks were manufactured, and which skills were needed. Burnt fishhooks are neither suited for raw-material identification by ZooMS (Buckley, et al., 2009). Hence, in this paper, experimental replication was considered as a viable method to acquire novel information of fishhook manufacture and from which species and bone element they were made from.Anja MansrudMorten KutscheraEXARCarticlefishingmesolithicnorwayswedenbonetoolsMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2020/3 (2020)
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description	Bone fishhooks have occasionally been retrieved from bone assemblages at coastal sites dating to the Middle Mesolithic phase (8300-6300 cal. BC) in Southern Norway and Western Sweden (the north-eastern Skagerrak region, Figure 1). Several studies of fishhooks from these sites have been undertaken in recent years (Jonsson, 1996; Mansrud, 2017; Mansrud and Persson, 2017). Fishhooks can be manufactured from different osseous materials, including antler, ribs and shafts of different long bones of large ruminants (Bergsvik and David, 2015, p.208; Clausen, 2018; David, 1999, p.123). It has been assumed that species within the deer family (Cervidae) provided the raw material for the fishhooks in the north-eastern Skagerrak region. However, most of the bone assemblages are not well preserved. The animal bones and the fishhooks were heavily fragmented, often burnt and/or weathered (See Figures 2, 3). Thus, in many cases it was difficult to ascertain which osseous raw material was utilized, how the hooks were manufactured, and which skills were needed. Burnt fishhooks are neither suited for raw-material identification by ZooMS (Buckley, et al., 2009). Hence, in this paper, experimental replication was considered as a viable method to acquire novel information of fishhook manufacture and from which species and bone element they were made from.
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title	Roe Deer as Raw Material for Middle Mesolithic Fishhooks? An Experimental Approach to the Manufacture of Small Bone Fishhooks
title_short	Roe Deer as Raw Material for Middle Mesolithic Fishhooks? An Experimental Approach to the Manufacture of Small Bone Fishhooks
title_full	Roe Deer as Raw Material for Middle Mesolithic Fishhooks? An Experimental Approach to the Manufacture of Small Bone Fishhooks
title_fullStr	Roe Deer as Raw Material for Middle Mesolithic Fishhooks? An Experimental Approach to the Manufacture of Small Bone Fishhooks
title_full_unstemmed	Roe Deer as Raw Material for Middle Mesolithic Fishhooks? An Experimental Approach to the Manufacture of Small Bone Fishhooks
title_sort	roe deer as raw material for middle mesolithic fishhooks? an experimental approach to the manufacture of small bone fishhooks
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Roe Deer as Raw Material for Middle Mesolithic Fishhooks? An Experimental Approach to the Manufacture of Small Bone Fishhooks

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