The end of "splendid isolation": a continental perspective on the Old Quay discovery

• Autores: Grégor Marchand
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 89, Nº 346, 2015, págs. 974-976
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The discovery of Mesolithic arrowheads on the Isles of Scilly with clearly continental European roots challenges the most deeply embedded ideas of Mesolithic specialists. While the disturbed stratigraphic context prevents a full understanding of the complete technical system, we must draw some conclusions regarding the Neolithic transition, and the ways and means of prehistoric navigation. At a more methodological level, this important discovery raises questions about our reading of features of technology, such as the nature of the transfers and whether they were exchanges or copies.