Lost at the bottom of the lake. Early and Middle Mesolithic leister points found in the bog Rönneholms Mosse, southern Sweden

  • Written by Lars Larsson, Björn Nilsson, Arne Sjöström
  • Untersuchungen und Materialien zur Steinzeit in Schleswig-Holstein und im Ostseeraum
  • volume: 10
  • 1. Auflage
  • 29,7 x 21,5 cm
  • 408 pp.
  • Release date: 31.03.2020
  • doi: 10.23797/9783529018619-9

The series ›Untersuchungen und Materialien zur Steinzeit in Schleswig-Holstein und im Ostseeraum‹ is edited by the Museum für Archäologie Schloss Gottorf and by the Zentrum für Baltische und Skandinavische Archäologie.

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chapter 1 (pp. 15–111)

Re-evaluation of the site Hohen Viecheln 1

chapter 2 (pp. 113–126)

Radiocarbon dating bone and antler artefacts from Mesolithic Hohen Viecheln (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany)

chapter 3 (pp. 127–162)

The osseous technology of Hohen Viecheln: A Maglemosian idiosyncrasy?

chapter 4 (pp. 163–177)

An evaluation of the antler headdress evidence from Hohen Viecheln

chapter 5 (pp. 179–192)

Nordic Visits to Hohen Viecheln, Mecklenburg

chapter 6 (pp. 193–201)

The Mesolithic bone industries of northeast Germany and their geo-archaeological background

chapter 7 (pp. 203–238)

Early Mesolithic bone points from Schleswig-Holstein

chapter 8 (pp. 239–254)

Early Mesolithic hunting strategies for red deer, roe deer and wild boar at Friesack 4, a three-stage Preboreal and Boreal site in northern Germany

chapter 10 (pp. 263–287)

Points of bone and antler from the Late Mesolithic settlement in Motala, eastern central Sweden

chapter 11 (pp. 289–303)

The Early Mesolithic fisheries of southern Scandinavia

chapter 12 (pp. 305–318)

The Early Mesolithic bone and antler industry in Latvia, eastern Baltic

chapter 13 (pp. 319–339)

Early Mesolithic barbed bone points in the Volga-Oka interfluve

chapter 14 (pp. 341–365)

Bone and antler projectile points from the Meso-Neolithic site Zamostje 2, Moscow region, Russia

chapter 15 (pp. 367–382)

Early Mesolithic bone projectile points of the Urals

chapter 16 (pp. 383–404)

Hunting beneath the waves. Bone and antler points from North Sea Doggerland off the Dutch coast

chapter 17 (pp. 419–432)

Understanding the bone and antler assemblages from Star Carr

chapter 18 (pp. 405–418)

Excavations at Star Carr: past and present

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Description

During the Early and Middle Mesolithic the bog Rönneholms Mosse, situated in central Scania, southernmost
Sweden, was part of a large and shallow lake. It filled up with organic material over a long time, lasting until
the middle part of the Atlantic period. Due to large-scale peat extraction in the bog, surveys and excavations
have been conducted for a number of years. Besides a large number of small campsites, numerous slotted
points, harpoon and leister points made of bone have been found in the gyttja layers. During leister fishing the
points fell out of the shafts or handles, or their tips simply broke off. The points show a considerable variation in
shape and raw material. Through radiocarbon dating it has been possible to establish a chronologically based
typology. This sequence, partly different to other find situations in southern Scandinavia, is of major importance
for dating sites as well as stray finds.

Larsson, L.;  Sjöström, A.; Nilsson, B.: Lost at the bottom of the lake. Early and Middle Mesolithic leister points found in the bog Rönneholms Mosse, southern Sweden, in: Gross et al. (edd.), Working at The Sharp End at Hohen Viecheln, Untersuchungen und Materialien zur Steinzeit in Schleswig-Holstein und im Ostseeraum, Vol. 10, pp. 255–262, DOI: 10.23797/9783529018619-9.