Northwestern Caucasus flint sources and epipaleolithic lithic materials characteristics, based on the petrography data Cover Image

Источники кремневого сырья и характеристики каменного инвентаря эпохи эпипалеолита на Северо-Западном Кавказе по данным петрографических исследований
Northwestern Caucasus flint sources and epipaleolithic lithic materials characteristics, based on the petrography data

Author(s): Marianna A. Kulkova, E. V. Doronicheva
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: stone raw materials; petrography; flint outcrops; Homo sapiens; Epipaleolithic; Northwestern Caucasus

Summary/Abstract: This paper represents new results about flint outcrops that were exploited in the Epipaleolithic in the Northwestern Caucasus. On the basis of study of archaeological materials from several basic sites in the region and petrography analyses the authors make conclusions about natural sources exploitation, mobility patterns, adaptations and cultural contacts of Homo sapiens in that period.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 260-280
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Russian