Leister

A leister used for spearfishing

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]

## See also

* Fishing
* Kakivak
* Trident

## References

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

## External links

1. ↑ "Leister definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary" (in en). https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/leister.
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.
3. ↑ "spear / fish-spear" (in en-GB). https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=537235&partId=1.
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" (in en), 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". http://www.primitiveways.com/fishing.html.
6. ↑ Lorenzi, Rossella (2015-04-30). "Stone Age People Hooked Eels Like Modern Fishermen". https://www.seeker.com/stone-age-people-hooked-eels-like-modern-fishermen-1769783941.html.

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