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CHRONOLOGICAL INSIGHTS, CULTURAL CHANGE, AND RESOURCE EXPLOITATION ON THE WEST COAST OF SWEDEN DURING THE LATE PALAEOLITHIC/EARLY MESOLITHIC TRANSITION
Author(s) -
SCHMITT LOU,
LARSSON STEPHAN,
BURDUKIEWICZ JAN,
ZIKER JOHN,
SVEDHAGE KRISTER,
ZAMON JEANNETTE,
STEFFEN HOLGER
Publication year - 2009
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.1468-0092.2008.00317.x
Subject(s) - mesolithic , archaeology , culture change , geography , period (music) , resource (disambiguation) , history , anthropology , sociology , art , computer network , computer science , aesthetics
Summary In this paper, we attempt to shed light on a probable cause of cultural change via a new avenue of approach. In brief, the paper represents a micro‐study that addresses the Ahrensburgian culture group during the close of the Late Palaeolithic in north central Europe, and its relationship to the Hensbacka group found in central Bohuslän on the coast of western Sweden. Although we do not disagree that environmental conditions are a ‘prime mover’ of cultural change, we hold that it is not the only ‘mover’. In addition, we also discuss the distinct possibility that the term ‘microlithization’ cannot be used as a synonym for the Mesolithic. The foundation of our micro‐study is based on interdisciplinary concepts from the fields of archaeology, economic anthropology, geosciences, and marine zoology.