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

  • Written by Ilga Zagorska
  • 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: 10.23797/9783529018619-12

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 9 (pp. 255–262)

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

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 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

The Early Holocene in the Eastern Baltic, as in the rest of Northern Europe, was marked by pronounced
changes in the environment and human ways of life. The centres of settlement shifted from the major river
valleys to inland lakes and river systems. One such example is the Zvejnieki II habitation site on the shore
of Lake Burtnieks in northern Latvia, which has yielded a rich assemblage of bone and antler artefacts. The
article examines the stratigraphy and possible chronology of the settlement layers, but focuses primarily on
a typological analysis of the bone and antler artefacts, also presenting insights into the origins of the Early
Mesolithic ‘culture’ in the Eastern Baltic.

Zagorska, I.: The Early Mesolithic bone and antler industry in Latvia, eastern Baltic, 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. 305–318, DOI: 10.23797/9783529018619-12.

Ilga Zagorska