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TECHNIQUE AND TYPOLOGY OF STONE ITEMS OF LEVELS. I LOWER AND I OF MITOC-MALU GALBEN
Technique and typology of stone items of Levels. I Lower and I of Mitoc-Malu Galben

Author(s): Vasile Chirica, Bogdan Minea
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Cultural history, Ancient World
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Early Aurignacian; lithic technocomplex; knapping techniques; lithic typology; carinated items

Summary/Abstract: The paper describes in detail the discoveries of stone items in Aurignacian levels I Lower and I, of the large Paleolithic settlement of Mitoc-Malu Galben, on the Prut, in Botoșani County (NE of Romania). In a previous paper,published in 2015, we described the geo-pedological, stratigraphical situation and a short presentation of the lithic finds of the Aurignacian levels I-III of this site belonging to the Upper Paleolithic of the Carpathian-Dniestrean territory. In this paper we shall analyze in detail the lithic finds of the first two habitation level of the communities of Aurignacians, with the presentation of special elements of technique and lithic typology.

  • Issue Year: 39/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 159-178
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English
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