Journal
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 535, Issue -, Pages 104-116Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.09.047
Keywords
Middle palaeolithic; Lithic technology; Levallois concept; Altai mountains; Chaine operatoire
Funding
- Investments for the future Program IdEx Bordeaux, in the LIA ARTEMIR [ANR-10-IDEX-03-02]
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Recent anthropological and archaeological studies have established the significance of the Altai Mountains prehistoric sites, which illustrate complex peopling events. In this paper, we use the chaine operatoire technoeconomic approach to describe the reduction sequences from layers 5 and 3 of Ust'-Kanskaya cave, Gorny Altai, Russia. The Levallois concept is attested in both layers by the presence of cores, flakes, points and blades. However, the majority of the products do not correspond to the cores, which implies a shift at some point of the reduction sequence. Shorter reduction sequences that do not demand such a high degree of predetermination have also been identified. The two layers display similar technological features and can both be associated with the Levalloiso-Mousterian variant of the Altai Middle Palaeolithic.
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