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The Groove and Splinter Technique of working antler in Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2014

J. G. D. Clark  and
M. W. Thompson
J. G. D. Clark
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge
M. W. Thompson
Affiliation:
Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments, H.M.O.W.
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The excavations carried out between 1949–51 at the Proto-Maglemosian site of Star Carr, near Seamer, Yorkshire, yielded abundant remains of the wild animals hunted during the Pre-boreal stage phase of the Post-glacial period in north-eastern England (J. G. D. Clark, 1949, 1950, 1954). Examination of this material has thrown much light on the methods used to make implements and weapons from the antlers and bones of animals killed primarily for food. The particular object of this paper is to draw attention to the technique used by the Star Carr people to obtain material for barbed points by cutting strips or splinters from stag antlers and to consider its significance in relation to some of the main developments of European prehistory during late Pleistocene and early Post-glacial times.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , December 1954 , pp. 148 - 160
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1953

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