Understanding the bone and antler assemblages from Star Carr

Benjamin Joseph Elliott; Barry Taylor; Becky Knight; Nicola Milner; Harry Kenneth Robson; Diederik Pomstra; Aimee Patrice Little; Chantal Conneller

Understanding the bone and antler assemblages from Star Carr

Benjamin Joseph Elliott, Barry Taylor, Becky Knight, Nicola Milner, Harry Kenneth Robson, Diederik Pomstra, Aimee Patrice Little, Chantal Conneller

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This paper comments on the bone and antler assemblages excavated from the Early Preboreal site of Star Carr (North Yorkshire, United Kingdom) between 2004 and 2015. It examines the spatial distribution of osseous material across the site, and discusses the various depositional processes which have led to their accumulation. As a previously excavated site, the published literature surrounding Star Carr has presented challenges for the traditional categories of animal bones, artefacts and osseous manufacturing waste. This paper uses some of the most high-profile finds from Star Carr, the red deer antler frontlets, as a case study for the examination of these tensions, and details the ways in which the most recent excavations required a reappraisal of the categorisation of these artefacts in light of new finds, technological analysis, and experimental replication.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Working at the sharp end: From bone and antler to Early Mesolithic life in Northern Europe
Place of Publication	Hamburg
Publisher	Wahholtz
Volume	10
ISBN (Print)	978-3-529-01861-9
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 25 Apr 2019

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Postglacial: After the Ice: Postglacial hunter gatherer lifeways
Milner, N. (Principal investigator) & Taylor, B. (Researcher)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
1/01/12 → 31/12/16
Project: Research project (funded) › Research

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Elliott, B. J., Taylor, B., Knight, B., Milner, N., Robson, H. K., Pomstra, D., Little, A. P., & Conneller, C. (2019). Understanding the bone and antler assemblages from Star Carr. In Working at the sharp end: From bone and antler to Early Mesolithic life in Northern Europe (Vol. 10). Wahholtz. Advance online publication. https://www.wachholtz-verlag.de/out/media/Gross_et_al_Working_Sharp_End_Steinzeit_Ostseeraum_10_978-3-529-01861-9_Elliot_Star_Carr_Antler_Early_View(1).pdf

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Understanding the bone and antler assemblages from Star Carr

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