Seals on the ice

The present study focuses on seal hunting during the Late Mesolithic Ertebølle culture and later during the Middle Neolithic Pitted Ware culture in the Baltic Sea. Chapter 12 explores how osteometrical data, relative frequencies of faunal assemblages, modern data on seal ecology and habitat use and strontium isotopic analysis can be combined and utilized to gain a more precise and holistic view of exploitation patterns, hunting strategies, landscape use and mobility patterns.