Fjord fishing in Mesolithic Western Norway

作者：Kenneth Ritchie, Anne Karin Hufthammer, Knut Andreas Bergsvik · 发表于：Environmental Archaeology · 年份：2016 · DOI：10.1080/14614103.2015.1118212 · 被引用次数：17 · 研究领域：Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology、Archaeology and ancient environmental studies、Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

Recent excavations at two rockshelters (Olsteinhelleren and Sævarhelleren) on the Hardanger fjord in Western Norway have provided an unparalleled opportunity to examine the Mesolithic subsistence economy of this region. Thousands of fish remains (as well as numerous mammal and bird bones) have been analysed from these assemblages. Results show that the fishery was dominated by gadids, but labrids and salmonids were also important. Many other fish were present in small quantities, including the first specimen of sturgeon from the Stone Age of Norway. The transition to a more specialised fishery at the younger site, Olsteinhelleren, may be a reflection of a switch to the use of this locality as a logistic camp for the targeting of gadid fish.