Man and Sea in the Mesolithic
Anders Fischer(Editor)
Oxbow Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. December 1995
Book
Hardback
350 pages
978-0-946897-96-4 (ISBN)
Description
This study of Mesolithic coastal settlements is based on the "Man and Sea" symposium organized by the Danish Forest and Nature Agency in 1993. The book concentrates on northern Europe, with new studies of the post-glacial transgression of southern Scandinavia, and descriptions of newly-excavated settlements. Regional studies from Norway, Sweden and the East Baltic countries present a large amount of recent data, and demonstrate the importance and the benefits of coastal sites.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
with illus
Dimensions
Height: 300 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-946897-96-4 (9780946897964)
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Content
Part 1 South Scandinavia above present sea-level: coastal adaptation and marine exploitation in the Limfjord region, Soren H. Andersen; fishing, Inge Bodker Enghoff; stationary fishing structures, Lisbeth Pedersen; the Ertebolle culture, Axel Degn Johansson; role of cemeteries, Lars Larsson. Part 2 Norway: prevailing problems and possibilities, Sveinung Bang-Andersen; Mesolithic man and the rising sea, Sveinung Bang-Andersen; a coastal Ahrensburgian site at Galta, Lisbeth Prosch-Danielsen and Mari Hogestol; the North Sea continent and the pioneer settlement of Norway, Hein Bjartmann Bjerck. Part 3 West Sweden: vertebrate fauna, Leif Jonsson; the West Swedish Hensbacka culture, Lou Schmitt; Hensbacka-Hogen-Hornborgasjon - coastal and inland settlements, Hans Kindgren; chronology and topography of coastal settlements, Bengt Nordqvist; faunal remains - aspects of topography and economy, Johan Wigforss. Part 4 East Sweden: the Kalmar area, Ebbe Westergren; the expanding coastal district of Svealand, Agneta Akerlund; Altrasket - a Mesolithic coastal site in North Sweden, Ove Halen. Part 5 The East Baltic countries: early inhabitants and the changing shoreline of Estonia, Ena Martin; coastal sites of seal hunters in Estonia, Kaarel Jaanits; the Latvian coastal area, Ilga Zagorska. Part 6 Scotland: the Western Scottish seaboard, Bill Finlayson; Mesolithic settlement and raw material in the Southern Hebrides, Steven Mithen; marine molluscs at Ulva Cave, Inner Hebrides, N.J. Russell et al. Part 7 Western and Southern Europe: the North Sea, Leo B.M. Verhart; Palaeolithic France, Jean J. Cleyet-Merle and Stephane Madelaine; Corsica, Jean-Denis Viogne and Nathalie Desse-Berget; the Crimea, Ukraine, Grigoriy M. Burov. Part 8 Japan and North America: the Japanese Archipelago, maritime adaptations, Akira Matsui; North America, David Sanger; high Arctic, Vladimir V. Pitul'ko; West Greenland, Morten Meldgaard. Part 9 South Scandinavia below present sea level: work on the Danish sea floor, Anders Fischer; submerged Stone Age sites in Denmark, Torben Malm; research on the sea bottom south of Funen; research in Stone Age sites at submerged shore zones - strategies and experiences, Ole Gron; results from the Hano Bay, southern Baltic, Lars Hansen; legislation, protection and management - the Danish model, Carsten Lund.