Replicating and Interpreting the Technology of Holocene Fishing: Bone Harpoons

Very limited study has been undertaken on the manufacture and usage of
barbed bone harpoons which are found in north and east Africa fishing sites.
This paper reports on a series of experimental projects on the manufactured
of barbed bone harpoon points from mammal bone, the methods of attaching
these bone points to spear shafts, and the use of these harpoon spears for
fishing . Additionally we will describe and report the results of the development
of a classification topology for worked bone harpoons.

Keywords: Holocene, Fishing, Worked Bone Harpoons, Experimental and
Actualistic Archaeology