The Story of one harpoon. Reutilization of an osseous projectile from subneolithic at Šventoji (Lithuania).

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LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Harpūnas; Kaulas; Neolitas; Subneolitas; Trasologinė analizė; Šventoji; Aa; Bone; Harpoon; Subneolithic; Traceological Analysis; Šventoji.

ENAmong the rich collection of osseous artefacts found in the Subneolithic and Neolithic levels from archaeological sites in Šventoji (Lithuania), a small fragment of a bone harpoon head is particularly interesting. The characteristics of the use-wear traces that were identified on the artefact suggest that the piece was reused as a kind of grinding tool. This observation became a starting point for a discussion concerning the presence of such practices in prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies of Europe and the significance of these kind of objects. [From the publication]

• Coastal Lithuania during the Neolithic / Gytis Piličiauskas. Hundred years of archaeological discoveries in Lithuania / edited by Gintautas Zabiela, Zenonas Baubonis, Eglė Marcinkevičiūtė. Vilnius: Lietuvos archeologijos draugija, 2016. P. 96-109.
• Osseous points and harpoon heads from Šventoji subneolithic sites, coastal Lithuania. First traceological insight into the way they were produced and used / Grzegorz Osipowicz, Justyna Orłowska, Gytis Piličiauskas, Giedrė Piličiauskienė, Mariusz Bosiak. Lietuvos archeologija. 2020, t. 46, p. 147-169.