Nieborowa – Campsites of a Mesolithic Community in the Context of Spatial-Functional Studies (Poland). Interpretation of the Settlement Model

ABSTRACT

The reconstruction of the spatial organisation of Mesolithic camps was presented using the example of two selected concentrations of flints from a site located in central eastern Poland. The basis for the spatial-functional studies was the use of the refitting of flint artefacts, identifying microwear on tools, and the analysis of the horizontal distribution of finds expressed through maps generated with the use of the Surfer software. This paper presents the outcomes of the authors’ studies in a wider European context using results obtained by researchers from other academic centres. The key question discussed in this paper is whether the processes generating the specific arrangements of finds in both campsites seem to be the same, and if so, whether their identification at the level of the selected areas of activity, which are the basis for the reconstruction of space use, is possible and to what extent.

KEYWORDS:

• Poland
• Mesolithic camp
• functional analysis
• spatial analysis
• methodology

Acknowledgements

The spatial-functional studies of the Mesolithic camps are conducted as a part of the National Science Center project No 2017/B/HS3/01224

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1 The location of 6 flints from trench 4 and 4 flints from trench 7 is not marked in Fig. 12 and 13 because their inventory numbers are illegible.