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Joen Leffler

Antikvarie

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Curation and Reuse : An Experimental Study of Transverse Arrowheads of the Late Scandinavian Mesolithic

Författare

  • Joen Leffler

Summary, in English

This article aims to examine whether it is possible to rework transverse
arrowheads while still hafted, in order to reuse them. Three series, each
containing three arrows, were shot into a target consisting of meat and
bone. When possible, the arrowheads were retouched and fired again.
The results of the experiments demonstrate that it is possible to rework
transverse arrowheads while they are hafted and that there may be strong
strategic and economic reasons to do so. A discussion of the results and
comparison with archaeological material follows the experiment, which
indicates that reworked arrowheads can be recognized in archaeological
contexts and that reworking changes arrowhead morphology. This
suggests that formal typologies of lithic arrowheads that are based on
morpho-metric shape, and have been considered to reveal chronological
or cultural affinities, may be flawed.

Avdelning/ar

  • Historiska museet

Publiceringsår

2020

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

53-61

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Lund Archaeological Review

Volym

24-25

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Institute of Archaeology, University of Lund

Ämne

  • Archaeology

Aktiv

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1401-2189