14. A Submerged Mesolithic Grave Site Reveals Remains of the First Norwegian Seal Hunters
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | 14. A Submerged Mesolithic Grave Site Reveals Remains of the First Norwegian Seal Hunters - Marine Ventures |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Birgitte Skar; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); Norway |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Kirsten Lidén |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Gunilla Eriksson; University of Stockholm; |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Berit Sellevold |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Archaeology |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Submerged Mesolithic Sites; Human Skeletal Remains; Graves; Diet; Marine Adaptation |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | Submerged Mesolithic settlement sites and graves have shown to provide repositories of well-preserved organic remains particularly in the Baltic Sea region. Although marine Stone Age archaeology In Norway is in its infancy it has already led to discoveries that shed new light on Middle Mesolithic livelihood and death, so far unknown from the terrestrial archaeological record. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes (δ13C, δ15N) analyzed from individuals from submerged burials on the Hummervikholmen site in southern Norway reveal that the deceased had lived off a diet consisting of more than 80% marine protein from the highest trophic level. The find circumstances of the three to five individuals, found west of Kristiansand, confirm the existence of a Middle Mesolithic burial tradition and indicate that this hunter-gatherer population in southern Norway possessed boat technology. The finds highlight a period during the Middle Mesolithic of Norway where cultural change so far has only been indicated in the lithic technology. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Nov-2016 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
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| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/24566 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.24566 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Marine Ventures |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
international, neolithic; historical; |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |