Mesolithic dwelling structures from methodological approaches to archaeological interpretation

David Cuenca-Solana (1) , Igor Gutierrez-Zugasti (1) , Grégor Marchand (2)

1 Universidad de Cantabria [Santander]
2 CReAAH - Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire

The study of Mesolithic settlements is a key aspect to understanding the articulation of social and economic organizations of the last hunter-gatherers. Analyzing the spatial organization of settlements increases indeed our knowledge of activity areas, subsistence strategies, seasonality of occupations and social organization. At another “reading” level, spatial organization is a direct reflection of a “Weltanschauung”. It necessarily reproduces the links between humans and non-humans, both in the material world and elsewhere. Describing a Mesolithic habitat means gaining access to a form of world organization: obviously, the process is anything but simple!

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Archaeology and Prehistory

David Cuenca-Solana, Igor Gutierrez-Zugasti, Grégor Marchand. Mesolithic dwelling structures from methodological approaches to archaeological interpretation. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2018, 18, pp.902-904. ⟨10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.02.027⟩. ⟨hal-01808202⟩