Man and Sea in the Mesolithic

by Anders Fischer

Thirty papers investigate the economic importance of the coast and the opportunities it gave for the development of increased social complexity. Drawing on comparative evidence from America. south west Europe, the former Soviet Union and Japan, this volume concentrates on the Baltic and Scandinavia. Here recent experiments in the excavation of submerged settlements and other new work has produced a huge amount of new data until now almost unknown internationally.

350 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1995