Leister
Aleisteris a type ofspearused forspearfishing.[1]
Leisters are three-pronged with backward-facing barbs, historically often built using materials such as bone and ivory, with tools such as the saw-knife.[2][3]In many cases it could be disassembled into a harpoon allowing for greater functionality.[4]
Leisters have been used byhunter-gatherercultures throughout the world since theStone Ageand are still used for fishing by indigenous tribes and cultures today.[5][6]
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References[edit]
- Christopher Smith (2002).Late Stone Age Hunters of the British Isles.Routledge. p. 116.
External links[edit]
- ^"Leister definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary".www.collinsdictionary.com.Retrieved2019-04-01.
- ^Painter, Floyd (1983). "Two Basic Paleo-Indian Lithic Traditions Evolving from a Southeastern Hearth (A Revolutionary Idea)".Archaeology of Eastern North America.11:65–79.ISSN0360-1021.JSTOR40914223.
- ^"spear / fish-spear".British Museum.Retrieved2019-04-01.
- ^Christensen, Marianne; Legoupil, Dominique; Pétillon, Jean-Marc (2016), Langley, Michelle C. (ed.), "Hunter-Gatherers of the Old and New Worlds: Morphological and Functional Comparisons of Osseous Projectile Points",Osseous Projectile Weaponry: Towards an Understanding of Pleistocene Cultural Variability,Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, Springer Netherlands, pp. 237–252,doi:10.1007/978-94-024-0899-7_16,ISBN9789402408997
- ^Kidder, Norm (2013)."Spears, Weirs and Traps".Primitive Ways.Retrieved1 April2019.
- ^Lorenzi, Rossella (2015-04-30)."Stone Age People Hooked Eels Like Modern Fishermen".Seeker.Retrieved2019-04-01.
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