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THE HENSBACKA: A SUBSISTENCE STRATEGY OF CONTINENTAL HUNTER‐GATHERERS, OR AN ADAPTATION AT THE PLEISTOCENE‐HOLOCENE BOUNDARY?
Author(s) -
SCHMITT LOU
Publication year - 1994
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/j.1468-0092.1994.tb00043.x
Subject(s) - assemblage (archaeology) , subsistence agriculture , pleistocene , holocene , geology , archaeology , glacial period , geography , paleontology , agriculture
Summary. In this paper, three aspects of the Hensbacka/Fosna assemblage are discussed. Although significant features of the inventory have been touched upon, emphasis is placed on two issues: firstly, the environmental premise of the assemblage and, secondly, the origin(s) of the group(s) behind the assemblage. In this regard, it is suggested that the Hensbacka/Fosna assemblage is an ‘expression’ that reflects subsistence strategies of Continental hunter/gatherers at the close of the Late Glacial. In support of this proposition, a discussion has been initiated that addresses the diagnostic features of tanged points and the rationality of human behaviour.