Bifacial backed knives (Keilmesser) in the Middle Paleolithic of the Upper Desna basin Cover Image

Двусторонне обработанные обушковые орудия (Keilmesser) в среднем палеолите Верхней Десны
Bifacial backed knives (Keilmesser) in the Middle Paleolithic of the Upper Desna basin

Author(s): Alexander K. Ocherednoy
Subject(s): History, Archaeology
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»

Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to bifacial backed knives (Keilmesser) from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Khotylevo I and Chaikovichi in the Upper Desna River basin, set within the urban boundaries of Bryansk. Morphological features of tools included in this group comply with the features of bifacial backed knives (Keilmesser). Presence of these knives in the Upper Desna River basin suggests a relation between some local Middle Palaeolithic sites with the area where such industrial type as Keilmessergruppe in Central and Eastern Europe was spread.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 227-233
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Russian