Optic observations on osseous uniserial harpoon heads from the Polish Lowland as an element of discussion about their chronological affiliation

The Decorated Spindle-Shaped Bone Dagger from Šarnelė: the Earliest Example of Hunter-Gatherer Mobile Art in Lithuania

“…The pattern of these marks confirms that sharp stone tools were used for its manufacture. Similar traces that can be seen compared them to the analysed bone points and harpoons from a Mesolithic context in northern Europe (Zhilin 2015;Orłowska & Osipowicz 2018). As the dagger is of stray origin, it is difficult to determine its separate stages of manufacture without the wider bone assemblage and its debris.…”

Osseous points and harpoon heads from Šventoji Subneolithic sites, coastal Lithuania. First traceological insight into the way they were produced and used

“…The described way of making harpoon heads observed in the case of the Šventoji specimens has a wide range of analogies at the Early-Holocene hunter-gatherer sites in Europe, among others, at Kunda Lammasmägi in Estonia, Zamostje in Russia, and Zvejnieki 2 in Latvia (David 2005;Zhilin 2013). Analogies regarding the techniques used to make the barbs were also provided by finds from the Polish Lowland (Orłowska, Osipowicz 2018).…”

“…The adopted terminology is based on a popular conceptual system (e.g. Newcomer 1974;d'Errico et al 1984;Korobkova 1999;Legrand 2007;Christidou 2008;Osipowicz 2010;Buc 2011;Orłowska 2016), that was adjusted to the needs and requirements of the conducted analysis. Traces were recorded in accordance with their type, development, and location and distribution on the analysed tool.…”

“…Clark 1936;Gramsch 2003;Galiński 2013), technology (i.a. David 2005;Zhilin 2017a;Orłowska, Osipowicz 2018), and function (i.a. Arndt, Newcomer 1986;Pokines 1998;Pétillon et al 2016), whereas the knowledge obtained through these, aside from creating classic chronological-cultural classifications (e.g.…”

La historia de un arpón. Reutilización de un proyectil óseo subneolítico procedente de Šventoji (Lituania)

“…Studies on these two types of prehistoric projectiles have a long-standing tradition and present an important source of information about past societies, especially due to the characteristic elements of their construction, which often enable the classification of finds into archaeological cultures. Therefore, they have been the subject of various typological (Clark, 1936;Kozłowski, 1977;Weniger, 1987;Ramseyer, 1988;Galiński, 2013), technological (Knecht, 1991;Zhilin, 1998;David, 2005;Cristiani and Borić, 2016;Skakun et al, 2014;Orłowska and Osipowicz, 2018;Zhilin, 2017), and functional analyses (Arndt and Newcomer, 1986;Pokines, 1998;Pétillon, 2005;Skakun et al, 2014;Pétillon et al,2016;Zhilin, 2017).…”