Primary Knapping Methods in Upper Paleolithic Industries at the Ushbulak Site Based on the Results of Refitting (Layer 5.1)
https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2023-22-5-20-34
Abstract
Purpose. The aim of this study is detailed reconstruction of the reduction sequences of the layer 5.1 lithic industry.
Results. Through a comprehensive analysis of the material complex from the layer 5.1 we reconstructed three knapping strategies characterizing the industry. The first strategy is based on the usage of the narrow core working surface to obtain blades and lamellar flakes. The second strategy is the alternating usage of the working surface and striking platform aimed at blank production. The reduction sequence is characterized by the usage of narrow surfaces bounded by natural sides. The third strategy is the bladelets and microblades production using one narrow or two adjacent (narrow and wide) working surfaces. The comparison of the material complex of the layer 5.1 with the complexes of layers 7–6 indicates principal differences in the raw material preferences, primary knapping methods and toolkits.
Conclusion. Based on the lack of continuity of the primary knapping and the principles of spatial exploitation of Ushbulak site area, we suggest a complete change in the population of the Shilikta valley at the boundary of MIS 3 and MIS 2.
Keywords
Ushbulak,
Eastern Kazakhstan,
Upper Paleolithic,
reduction sequence,
primary knapping methods,
refitting
Supporting agencies: This study was funded by the RSF research project no. 21-78-10146 “The Upper Paleolithic mosaic – cultural and technological lithic industries variability in the piedmont regions of the Northern Central Asia in the second half of the Late Pleistocene”
About the Authors
G. D. Pavlenok
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Galina D. Pavlenok, Candidate of Sciences (History), Senior Researcher
Scopus Author ID 57199861603
WoS Researcher ID Q-5407-2016
RSCI Author ID 667031
Novosibirsk
E. N. Bocharova
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina N. Bocharova, Junior Researcher
Scopus Author ID 57200540517
WoS Researcher ID E-9361-2018
RSCI Author ID 725691
Novosibirsk
Zh. K. Taimagambetov
National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Zhaken K. Taimagambetov, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Sciences (History)
Scopus Author ID 55497438700
Astana
A. A. Anoikin
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anton A. Anoikin, Doctor of Sciences (History), Senior Researcher
Scopus Author ID 6504600196
WoS Researcher ID Q-2849-2016
RSCI Author ID 73176
Novosibirsk
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Pavlenok G.D., Bocharova E.N., Taimagambetov Zh.K., Anoikin A.A. Primary Knapping Methods in Upper Paleolithic Industries at the Ushbulak Site Based on the Results of Refitting (Layer 5.1). Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology. 2023;22(5):20-34. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2023-22-5-20-34
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