”That ain't no whale”. Long distance communication in Northern Europe inferred from a case study of unusual raw material choice in slotted bone technology

Sara  Gummesson; Aija Macāne; Fredrik Hallgren

doi:10.15160/1824-2707/3090

”That ain't no whale”. Long distance communication in Northern Europe inferred from a case study of unusual raw material choice in slotted bone technology

Sara Gummesson
, Aija Macāne
, Fredrik Hallgren

Stockholm University
Cultural Heritage Foundation

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	169-169
Journal	Annali dell'Università di Ferrara. Sezione: Museologia scientifica e naturalistica
Issue number	Speciale - MESO2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15160/1824-2707/3090
Publication status	Published - 2025
Externally published	Yes
Event	MESO 2025. 11th International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe. Ferrara, 15th–19th September 2025 - Duration: 15 Sept 2025 → 19 Sept 2025

OECD Field of Science

6.1 History and Archaeology

Keywords

slotted bone point
whale bone
ZooMS
osseous technologies
Stone Age

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”That ain't no whale”. Long distance communication in Northern Europe inferred from a case study of unusual raw material choice in slotted bone technology. / Gummesson, Sara ; Macāne, Aija; Hallgren, Fredrik.
In: Annali dell'Università di Ferrara. Sezione: Museologia scientifica e naturalistica, No. Speciale - MESO2025, 2025, p. 169-169.

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