Session: #452

Regular session

During the Early Holocene period, coastal environments were occupied and exploited by human groups, both hunter-fisher-gatherers as well as the first agropastoral communities. Much of the previous research in these contexts has been based on a theoretical perspective from which human technology and tools would have been fundamental actors in the exploitation of coastal and marine resources. For example, fishing, collecting seafood, hunting marine mammals, or navigating along the seashore are some of the activities developed by coastal human groups that would have required specific techniques and knowledge. However, to understand the lifeways of the coastal prehistoric groups, many technological perspectives still need to be explored. Can we identify technological features specific to the coast and the exploitation of coastal and marine resources in the archaeological record? Are the tools produced or used differently in the coastal areas compared to those in inland environments? To what extent can we consider these technological features as a socialized perception of the coastal environment? We invite contributors to present theoretical and methodological perspectives to the study of the coastal techniques, as well as new study cases, including contributions comprising technological, functional, or raw material studies of Mesolithic and Neolithic coastal groups.

Technology, Coastal environment, Hunter-Fisher-Gatherers, Agropastoral communities, Mesolithic, Neolithic

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Jorge Calvo-Gómez (France) ¹

Almut Schülke (Norway) ²
Inger Berg-Hansen (Norway) ²
Aija Macane (Latvia) ³