The transformation of the lithic production during the Mesolithic in Ireland: an economical, social or ideological change?

The radical transformation of the lithic production during the Mesolithic in Ireland does not appear to be the result of external factors (the arrival of new groups), nor is it due to a change in lifestyle of the existing populations (the species and territories that were exploited). The technologic...

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Published in:Anthropologie (Paris) 2007-03, Vol.111 (1), p.1-9
Main Authors: Costa, Laurent-Jacques, Sternke, F
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Archaeology
Economic anthropology
Ireland
Mesolithic
Prehistoric technology
Prehistory
Production
Technological change
Technology
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Summary:The radical transformation of the lithic production during the Mesolithic in Ireland does not appear to be the result of external factors (the arrival of new groups), nor is it due to a change in lifestyle of the existing populations (the species and territories that were exploited). The technological shift in the lithic production, which is hitherto unknown in this form in other European countries, appears to be the result of an internal transformation of the Mesolithic societies and their socio-economic organisation, but perhaps also changes in the manner in which these societies represent themselves within the space that they occupied. All rights reserved, Elsevier
ISSN:0003-5521
DOI:10.1016/j.anthro.2006.12.003