Leister

A leister is a type of spear used for spearfishing.^[1]

Leisters are three-pronged with backward-facing barbs, historically often built using materials such as bone and ivory, with tools such as the saw-knife.^[2]^[3] In many cases it could be disassembled into a harpoon allowing for greater functionality.^[4]

Leisters have been used by hunter-gatherer cultures throughout the world since the Stone Age and are still used for fishing by indigenous tribes and cultures today.^[5] ^[6]

References

Christopher Smith (2002). Late Stone Age Hunters of the British Isles. Routledge. p. 116.

External links

^ "Leister definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary". www.collinsdictionary.com. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
^ Painter, Floyd (1983). "Two Basic Paleo-Indian Lithic Traditions Evolving from a Southeastern Hearth (A Revolutionary Idea)". Archaeology of Eastern North America. 11: 65–79. ISSN 0360-1021. JSTOR 40914223.
^ "spear / fish-spear". British Museum. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
^ Christensen, Marianne; Legoupil, Dominique; Pétillon, Jean-Marc (2016), Langley, Michelle C. (ed.), "Hunter-Gatherers of the Old and New Worlds: Morphological and Functional Comparisons of Osseous Projectile Points", Osseous Projectile Weaponry: Towards an Understanding of Pleistocene Cultural Variability, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, Springer Netherlands, pp. 237–252, doi:10.1007/978-94-024-0899-7_16, ISBN 9789402408997
^ Kidder, Norm (2013). "Spears, Weirs and Traps". Primitive Ways. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ Lorenzi, Rossella (2015-04-30). "Stone Age People Hooked Eels Like Modern Fishermen". Seeker. Retrieved 2019-04-01.

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[1] "Leister definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary". www.collinsdictionary.com. Retrieved 2019-04-01.

[2] Painter, Floyd (1983). "Two Basic Paleo-Indian Lithic Traditions Evolving from a Southeastern Hearth (A Revolutionary Idea)". Archaeology of Eastern North America. 11: 65–79. ISSN 0360-1021. JSTOR 40914223.

[3] "spear / fish-spear". British Museum. Retrieved 2019-04-01.

[4] Christensen, Marianne; Legoupil, Dominique; Pétillon, Jean-Marc (2016), Langley, Michelle C. (ed.), "Hunter-Gatherers of the Old and New Worlds: Morphological and Functional Comparisons of Osseous Projectile Points", Osseous Projectile Weaponry: Towards an Understanding of Pleistocene Cultural Variability, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, Springer Netherlands, pp. 237–252, doi:10.1007/978-94-024-0899-7_16, ISBN 9789402408997

[5] Kidder, Norm (2013). "Spears, Weirs and Traps". Primitive Ways. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[6] Lorenzi, Rossella (2015-04-30). "Stone Age People Hooked Eels Like Modern Fishermen". Seeker. Retrieved 2019-04-01.

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