TY - JOUR
T1 - A Mid-Holocene reindeer antler from Regstrup, Sjælland, Denmark
AU - Bennike, Ole
AU - Jensen, Theis Z. T.
AU - Taurozzi, Alberto John
AU - Mackie, Meaghan
AU - Claudi-Hansen , Lone
AU - Magnussen, Betina
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - A small, shed antler fragment of a reindeer from Sjælland, Denmark has been dated to the Mid-Holocene, ca., 4700 cal B.C. Reindeer was an important component of the Lateglacial fauna in Denmark, and the species survived for ca. 1400 years into the Holocene. However, we consider it highly unlikely that it inhabited Denmark during the Mid-Holocene, when dense forests characterized the vegetation and summer temperatures were somewhat higher than at present. We suggest that the reindeer antler came to Sjælland from Norway or Sweden as a result of trade, perhaps involving flint.
AB - A small, shed antler fragment of a reindeer from Sjælland, Denmark has been dated to the Mid-Holocene, ca., 4700 cal B.C. Reindeer was an important component of the Lateglacial fauna in Denmark, and the species survived for ca. 1400 years into the Holocene. However, we consider it highly unlikely that it inhabited Denmark during the Mid-Holocene, when dense forests characterized the vegetation and summer temperatures were somewhat higher than at present. We suggest that the reindeer antler came to Sjælland from Norway or Sweden as a result of trade, perhaps involving flint.
KW - reindeer
KW - rangifer tarandus
KW - Ertebølle Culture
KW - Stone Age
KW - Trade
KW - Denmark
U2 - 10.7146/dja.v10i0.125068
DO - 10.7146/dja.v10i0.125068
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
SN - 2166-2282
VL - 10
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Danish Journal of Archaeology
JF - Danish Journal of Archaeology
ER -