Preliminary Material

Petersen, Erling N.; Jønsson, Jens Henrik; Juel, Christian; Kjær, Anders

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0390.2015.12048.x

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“…In some cases, children may have been afforded special status (e.g. Petersen et al 2015;Trinkaus and Buzhilova 2018;Vanhaeren and d'Errico 2001) but this is not universal. Child and adolescent burials variably point to some societies treating children as undifferentiated 'full members' who were integrated into their communities (Cooney 2018) while in others they may have been assigned a special status on the basis of their age, gender, or social stratification.…”

Section: Embedding Children In Social Worldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hunter-gatherer children in the past: an archaeological review

Milks¹,

Lew‐Levy²,

Lavi³

et al. 2021

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Theoretical engagement and methodological innovations geared towards identifying the presence and activities of children in archaeological contexts has increased in pace over the last decade. This paper presents a systematic review of the literature pertaining to the archaeology of hunter-gatherer children. The review summarises methods and findings from 72 archaeological publications in a number of research areas that show material culture relating to childhood, including children’s playthings and tools, learning to flintknap, and their involvement in the making of marks, art and footprints. By drawing on diverse evidence from all inhabited continents, we explore the implications of these data for our understanding of the cultural variability and patterning of hunter-gatherer children in the deep past. The paper closes by discussing potential improvements to archaeological and anthropological methodologies which would progress our understanding of children as active and engaged members of their societies.

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Section: Embedding Children In Social Worldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hunter-gatherer children in the past: an archaeological review

Milks¹,

Lew‐Levy²,

Lavi³

et al. 2021

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“…Latvian Stone Age hunter-gatherer burial evidence is substantial compared to that from other eastern Baltic regions, and the number of finds is paralleled only on the large Russian burial sites, or in southern Scandinavia (e.g. Gurina, 1956;Larsson, 1988;Kostyleva & Utkin, 2010;Brinch Petersen, 2015). The Corded Ware evidence, on the other hand, is too limited for reaching more than preliminary conclusions.…”

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“…The remaining grave goods are made of bone and antler (c. fifteen per cent), including pendants and beads, tools, arrowheads, and some worked and unmodified pieces. In addition, abundant fish remains were discovered in connection with some burials in Riņņukalns and Abora I (see Larsson, 1988: 145;Brinch Petersen, 2015: 101 for Scandinavian parallels).…”

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More Than Just Zvejnieki: An Overview of Latvian Stone Age Burials

Macāne

Nordqvist

2021

Eur. j. archaeol

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The well-known Zvejnieki cemetery, with 330 burials, is one of the largest hunter-gatherer cemeteries in northern Europe, overshadowing the more than 115 other Stone Age burials from over ten sites in Latvia. This article is a first overview of these other burials, summarizing their research history, characteristics, and assemblages. The authors discuss the problematic chronology of Latvian Stone Age burials and place them in a wider regional context. Most of the burials are hunter-gatherer burials, and a few are Corded Ware graves. This overview broadens our understanding of Latvian Stone Age burials and brings to light the diversity of hunter-fisher-gatherer mortuary practices in the eastern Baltic region.

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“…Research on Scandinavian Mesolithic ritual depositional practices has largely sidelined hoarding, being dominated in stead by mortuary finds, deposition of single finds, intrasite patterning of particular forms of material culture, and unusual artefact assemblages found at a few key sites (e.g. Larsson 1988Larsson , 2003Karsten 1994:166-170;Koch 1998:157;Hansen 2003;Karsten & Knarrström 2003;Nilsson Stutz 2003;Andersson et al 2004:138;Carlson 2008:156-165;Toft 2009;Molin et al 2014;Petersen, E.B. 2015;Pedersen & Petersen, E.B.…”

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Ritualized Mesolithic hoarding in Southern Scandinavia: An Under-Recognised Phenomenon

Bjørnevad-Ahlqvist

2020

CSA

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Intentionally deposited groups of artefacts, here classified as hoards, form a relatively understudied aspect of the southern Scandinavian Mesolithic. Here analysis of 124 southern Scandinavian Mesolithic hoards is used to further the concept of ritualization, applying a holistic approach to the observed variability and patterning in their biographies. Contrary to the common assertion that hoarding began in the Neolithic, the results indicate that hoarding practices can be traced back to at least the Early Maglemose and extend throughout the Mesolithic. A catalogue of studied hoards is included in the supplementary online material, as well as a separate catalogue of usewear analysis findings from a subset of the hoards.

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Preliminary Material

Cited by 13 publications

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Hunter-gatherer children in the past: an archaeological review

Hunter-gatherer children in the past: an archaeological review

More Than Just Zvejnieki: An Overview of Latvian Stone Age Burials

Ritualized Mesolithic hoarding in Southern Scandinavia: An Under-Recognised Phenomenon

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