The Handle Core Concept
This work deals with topics related to mobility, contacts and transmission of knowledge. The study of these topics regarding the past can promote an understanding of the social implications of migration, communication and learning today through long-term perspectives of change. This volume focuses o...
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| description | This work deals with topics related to mobility, contacts and transmission of knowledge. The study of these topics regarding the past can promote an understanding of the social implications of migration, communication and learning today through long-term perspectives of change. This volume focuses on these topics in the Mesolithic by analysing a specialised lithic concept known previously from Scandinavia and Northern Germany. The implementation of the _Handle Core Pressure Concept_ (HCPC) is based on a pressure technique to produce small regular blades from single-fronted cores, often utilised in slotted bone points. The use of pressure technique means that the HCPC requires social learning for maintenance and diffusion of the tradition.
The research questions focus on three aspects of the HCPC: _technology, chronology_ and the _transmission of knowledge_ that are involved in the diffusion process. Materials from across Northern Europe have been studied and analysed. The results show that the morphology of the materials is similar across Europe, but that there are differences in the technological choices made by knappers in different parts of the area. These variations relate to the core preparation. The technological differences are also connected to two different chronologies that are centred east and west of the Baltic Sea, which would indicate two separate technological and social traditions.
The cores east of the Baltic Sea still require more research in order to understand how they relate to other concepts in and around Northern Europe. The cores from Scandinavia, however, exhibit strong technological similarities to an older pressure-based blade concept that was already used in Scandinavia in the Early Mesolithic. The long-term use and the rapid diffusion of the HCPC indicate that knowledge and know-how must have diffused via both vertical and horizontal directionalities. These results exemplify the complex ways that mobility, social learning, material availability, tradition and many other aspects played a role in the transmission of knowledge in Mesolithic societies. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1521182025-07-29T21:29:28Z The Handle Core Concept Söderlind, Sandra archaeology; Mesolithic; lithic technology; knowledge; transmission; diffusion; flint; handle core thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3B Prehistory::3BD Stone Age This work deals with topics related to mobility, contacts and transmission of knowledge. The study of these topics regarding the past can promote an understanding of the social implications of migration, communication and learning today through long-term perspectives of change. This volume focuses on these topics in the Mesolithic by analysing a specialised lithic concept known previously from Scandinavia and Northern Germany. The implementation of the _Handle Core Pressure Concept_ (HCPC) is based on a pressure technique to produce small regular blades from single-fronted cores, often utilised in slotted bone points. The use of pressure technique means that the HCPC requires social learning for maintenance and diffusion of the tradition. The research questions focus on three aspects of the HCPC: _technology, chronology_ and the _transmission of knowledge_ that are involved in the diffusion process. Materials from across Northern Europe have been studied and analysed. The results show that the morphology of the materials is similar across Europe, but that there are differences in the technological choices made by knappers in different parts of the area. These variations relate to the core preparation. The technological differences are also connected to two different chronologies that are centred east and west of the Baltic Sea, which would indicate two separate technological and social traditions. The cores east of the Baltic Sea still require more research in order to understand how they relate to other concepts in and around Northern Europe. The cores from Scandinavia, however, exhibit strong technological similarities to an older pressure-based blade concept that was already used in Scandinavia in the Early Mesolithic. The long-term use and the rapid diffusion of the HCPC indicate that knowledge and know-how must have diffused via both vertical and horizontal directionalities. These results exemplify the complex ways that mobility, social learning, material availability, tradition and many other aspects played a role in the transmission of knowledge in Mesolithic societies. 2025-02-17T06:39:33Z 2025-02-17T06:39:33Z 2025-02-03T10:22:58Z 2024 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/98161 9789464280753 9789464280760 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/152118 eng Roots open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/98161/1/9789464280753.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/98161/1/9789464280753.pdf Sidestone Press Sidestone Press Dissertations 10.59641/x0922aj 10.59641/x0922aj f8b41c78-b5d0-411d-aa34-324bccd61c66 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) 631ac483-8bae-460f-9987-c3f4e4b98bb5 9789464280753 9789464280760 DFG - German Research Foundation Sidestone Press Dissertations 408 Leiden 390870439 EXC 2150 ROOTS open access |
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