How Bone Technology points to Cultural Lineages in
Prehistory? New Insights from Danish Late- and Post-
Glacial Weapons’ Heads

Tsoni Tsonev

Research Article

How Bone Technology points to Cultural Lineages in Prehistory? New Insights from Danish Late- and Post- Glacial Weapons’ Heads

Éva David¹*, Lasse Sørensen² and Peter Vang Petersen²

¹Department of Anthropology, University Paris Nanterre, France

²Department Ancient Cultures of Denmark and the Mediterranean, The National Museum of Denmark, Denmark

Corresponding Author

Received Date: February 10, 2022; Published Date: February 28, 2022

Abstract

The analysis provides a novel understanding of the technological details of the bone and antler manufacture in the 9th and 10th millennia before present as a proxy to emphasize contemporary Late-Glacial-originated versus Early Mesolithic bone technologies in Denmark. This paper contributes to the knowledge of newly dated bone weapons from Sjælland, Lolland and Bornholm’s islands in the Late Paleolithic (Late Glacial, Federmesser, Ahrensburg cultures) and the Danish Early Mesolithic (Maglemose culture).

Keywords: Cultural evolution, Technical lineage, Harpoon, Leister-prong, Manufacture

Article Details

Citation

Éva David, Lasse Sørensen, Peter Vang Petersen. How Bone Technology points to Cultural Lineages in Prehistory? New Insights from Danish Late- and Post-Glacial Weapons’ Heads. Open Access J Arch & Anthropol. 3(3): 2022. OAJAA.MS.ID.000562.