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Personhood of objects. Artefacts made from animal remains and animal representations in the Mesolithic of Northern Europe

Unmodified animal remains, artefacts made from animal remains (tooth, bone, antler) as well as animal representations found in Mesolithic burials of Northern Europe have so far received a significant amount of attention. Generally, these finds have most often been interpreted as raw materials to be used by humans in the afterlife, sacrificial gifts, symbols of particular worldviews, indicators of social statuses or as personal adornments and amulets - as in the case of tooth pendants and similar ornaments. This contribution sets to explore options for broadening our understandings of such finds. With the help of ethnographic literature about near-contemporary eastern Siberian hunting and gathering communities and by exploring different notions of agency the paper seeks possibilities for viewing them as affective animated things and defining their personhood.

animals ; personhood ; objects ; agency ; Mesolithic ; hunter ; gatherers

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