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Comparative Points and Relative Thoughts: The Relationship between the Ahrensburgian and Hensbacka Assemblages
Author(s) -
Schmitt Lou
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0092.00087
Subject(s) - assemblage (archaeology) , proposition , representation (politics) , group (periodic table) , history , geography , archaeology , epistemology , politics , philosophy , political science , law , chemistry , organic chemistry
During recent years, it has become reasonably clear that a relationship does exist between the Continental Ahrensburgian, and the Hensbacka culture group found on the west coast of Sweden; indeed, this is a notion that was first mentioned as early as 1963. Although the nature of the relationship still remains rather diffuse, evidence is accumulating that tends to substantiate the proposition that the Hensbacka assemblage is a seasonal, and therefore regional, representation of the Continental Ahrensburgian culture group. In this paper, we will take a brief look at some of the typological similarities that exist between armatures found in the Ahrensburgian and Hensbacka assemblage and, at the same time, take into account the relativity of cultural norms.