Boot-shaped antler artifacts and prehistoric leather production
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22008046 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Moran Li (0000-0002-6406-1983, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 153-161 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Chinese Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2160-5025 • E-ISSN: 2160-5068 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/char-2022-0012 |
| OpenAlex | W4308966108 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The first boot-shaped antler artifacts appear in the Shuangdun culture along the middle Huaihe River watershed at circa 7000 BP, before spreading out across the circum-Taihu Lake region, central Henan, and the Shandong Peninsula. Characteristic shape and use-wear marks indicate probable use as a scraping tool for leatherworking. Based on archaeological data from the Old Koryak culture in the Kamchatka Peninsula, as well as Eskimo and Native American ethnographies and contextual analysis of boot-shaped antler artifacts in burials at Sanlihe, a Dawenkou culture site, this essay argues that the boot-shaped antler artifact was likely a leatherworking tool
Antler · Archaeology · Biology · Geography · Peninsula · Prehistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
| Highly cited | No |
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