Dear all,
The MESO 2010 conference, will include a session entitled ‘What is this remain? Evidence of aquatic resources in Mesolithic times’,
Mesolithic in Europe Conference, Santander, Spain, 13-17 September 2010
Access to the different sessions: http://www.meso2010.com/programme.html
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Summary
What is this remain? Evidence of aquatic resources in Mesolithic times
Catherine DUPONT 1
Valentin RADU 2
Esteban ÁLVAREZ FERNANDEZ 3
Vladimir LOZOVSKY 4
Sónia GABRIEL 5
Nathalie DESSE-BERSET 6
Ignacio CLEMENTE-CONTE 7
The fishing and the gathering of marine resources played a very important role in the economy of certain Mesolithic groups in contact with many rivers, lake coasts and seashores.
This session has the aim of presenting firstly the diversity of faunal remains found in Mesolithic contexts (urchins, crabs, goose barnacles, shells, fish, birds, mammals...) and the necessary sampling methods to obtain the best view of this diversity. The second point of reflection we propose is that of methodological developments in archaeozoology.
This proposal is based on a simple statement: you only find what you are looking for.
The development of excavation methods adapted to archaeological remains means that the list of taxa presented in the past have been transformed into quantitative tables and padded with the numbers of taxa. In addition, the application of fine sieving techniques enables the recovery of a sufficiently large number of faunal remains to be able to analyse the biometrics and morphometrics of the exploited taxa. It would be interesting if the participants could discuss those ‘enigmatic things’, or archaeozoological remains that they had difficulty in identifying or that they still have not been able to identify.
This increase in the quality of information is added to the development of modern technology. Thanks to methodological developments (isotope analysis, biometry, morphometry, taphonomy...), this meeting will also be devoted to discussion including aspects like protein contribution of aquatic resources to the diet, preparation and conservation, etc. The aim of these methodological developments and the study of used implements is to understand fishing and gathering skills, the technological level of different Mesolithic groups, their way of life and the importance of navigation, etc.
This session is seen as a discussion meeting where archaeologists can exchange information about the sampling methods applied to the specificity of their sites as well as the interest in developing more powerful forms of archaeozoological analysis.
1- UMR 6566 CNRS, CReAAH, Campus Beaulieu - Bât 24, 35042 Rennes Cedex (France) [log in to unmask]
2- National History Museum of Romania, Calea Victoriei 12, sector 3 Bucuresti, 030029 Romani. www.mnir.ro
3- IIIPC, Edificio Interfacultativo, Universidad de Cantabria, Av. de Los Castros S/N (D-115), E-39005 Santander (Spain).
4- The Sergiev Posad State History and Art Museum-Preserve. 144, Krasnoy Armii prospect. Sergiev Posad, Moscow Region. Russia 141300. [log in to unmask]
5- Laboratório de Arqueozoologia. IGESPAR. Av. da Índia, 136, 1300-300 Lisboa (Portugal)
6- UMR 6130 « CEPAM », CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Valbonne (France)
7- Depto. Arqueología y Antropología, IMF-CSIC, Egipcíaques 15, 08001 Barcelona. [log in to unmask]
Catherine Dupont
Chargée de recherche
UMR 6566 CNRS
CReAAH
Centre de Recherche en Archéologie Archéosciences Histoire
Campus Beaulieu - Bât 24 – 25
263 avenue du Général Leclerc - CS 74 205
35042 RENNES Cedex
France
Tél. : (33) 02 23 23 66 92
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Mon blog : http://blogperso.univ-rennes1.fr/catherine.dupont/
Site de l'UMR 6566: http://www.creaah.univ-rennes1.fr/
L'étude des coquillages : http://www.archeozoo.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=42
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