Fish and Fishing Strategies on the Southern Baltic Seacoast during the 5th to 4th Millennium B.C.: New Archaeoichthyological Data from the Settlement at Dabki, Polland.
2013; Autonomous University of Madrid; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1132-6891
Autores Tópico(s)Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
ResumoAbstract: This article presents the results of the analysis of fish remains from the Stone Age site at Dąbki, situated on the western part of the coast of northern Poland. Most of the archaeoichthyological samples were excavated from an inshore refuse layer in a peat bog and some samples were from a protoneolithic1 settlement on the former lake shore. A total of 18 ichthyological taxa were identified–16 freshwater and 2 migratory. The study showed that, despite the site’s relatively close proximity to the seacoast, the fishing economy had a local character and probably concentrated on the freshwaters of the nearest lake. Keywords: Atlantic period, Stone Age, Protoneolithic, Baltic Sea, Fishery Resumen: Este articulo presenta un analisis de los restos de peces recuperados en el yacimiento paleolitico de Dąbki, localizado en la parte occidental de la costa septentrional polaca. La mayor parte de las muestras arqueoictiologicas fueron excavadas en una capa de desechos tierra adentro en un pantano en tanto que algunas muestras procedian de un asentamiento protoneolitico localizado en una antigua costa lacustre. Un total de 18 taxones ictiologicos fueron identificados; de estos, 16 eran dulceacuicolas y 2 migradores. El estudio evidencio que, a pesar de la proximidad del asentamiento a la costa del mar, la economia piscicola en este yacimiento presentaba un caracter local concentrandose muy probablemente en las aguas dulces del lago mas proximo. Palabras clave: Periodo Atlantico, Edad de Piedra, Protoneolitico, Mar Baltico, Pesqueria
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