Leister

For other uses, see Leister (disambiguation).

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

A leister used for spearfishing

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". 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.