Fishing in the late Mesolithic and early Neolithic of the Russian plain: The case of site Zamostje 2

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[EN] The paper is devoted to the analysis of fishery as one of the most important parts of the economy in the late Mesolithic - early Neolithic periods in Central Russia. The used materials come from the excavation of the multilayer peat-bog site Zamostje 2 (Moscow region, Russia). Different kinds of evidence of fishing were analyzed: fish remains, bone tools (harpoon heads, barbed, fish hooks, knives from elk ribs), wooden artifacts (floats, paddles), finds of wooden constructions - fish traps and fish fence and, finally, coprolites. Due to this approach it is possible to distinguish differences in fishery strategies in the late Mesolithic and early Neolithic and ways of consuming fish.

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