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Introduction Introduction
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Exchange vs. Direct Procurement Exchange vs. Direct Procurement
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Mesolithic Regionalization Mesolithic Regionalization
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Flint Exchange as a Social Endeavour Flint Exchange as a Social Endeavour
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Conclusions Conclusions
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47 Flint Exchange
Get accessKristiina Johanson, University of Tartu
Dagmara H. Werra, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Aivar Kriiska, University of Tartu
Javier Mangado Llach, University of Barcelona
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Published:20 February 2025
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Abstract
Using three case studies, this chapter attempts to summarize the essence and nature of flint exchange in Mesolithic Europe. It seeks to understand the possible ways of differentiating between the acts of direct procurement and exchange of flint in the archaeological material. For that, it considers the distances between raw material sources and sites (the model of effective distance), the changing value ascribed to specific raw materials, and the hybrid motivations for flint travel. Considering the procurement costs and distances as well as value of different flints, economic, social, and symbolic motivations for flint procurement are discussed. The conclusion is reached that flint procurement strategies are often multifaceted with economic, social, and symbolic motivations intertwined in single acts. Although a general regionalization is seen since the Early Mesolithic in Europe, long-distance networking still exists, with flint exchange being part of that, demonstrating the social nature of flint.
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