Primary reduction technology in the Sukhaya Mechetka site assemblage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18961889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Don Heritage (Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University, corresponding author), Alexander Kolesnik (0000-0002-4933-8438, Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University), Alexander Otcherednoy (0000-0001-7616-5686, Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University), Kseniya Stepanova (0000-0002-2814-2639, Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University), Aleksei Danilchenko, Aleksey Danilchenko (0000-0003-2793-9088) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 67-99 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Camera praehistorica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2658-3828 • E-ISSN: 2658-6665 |
| Publisher | Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (The Kunstkamera) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.31250/2658-3828-2020-2-67-99 |
| OpenAlex | W3127231774 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
The Sukhaya Mechetka site in the Lower Volga region being widely known due to the unique preservation of cultural remains, their clear geological position and a rich set of tools has long become a kind of icon of the Middle Paleolithic of Eastern Europe. Improtantly the site was excavated over a wide area (about 650 square meters). During the excavation an assemblage of stone items including more than 350 tools, cores and about 10,000 flint and quartzite flakes of various types was collected. The neogene flint and the paleogene quartzite were used as raw materials approximately equally. According to our observations almost all available and suitable for processing stone rocks that were carried to the site as nodules, blocks, fragments and flakes were intensively used. Raw materials were collected in the immediate vicinity of the site. The signals of raw materials shortage and significant depth of its processing were detected. The distribution of the products of flint and quartzite raw materials on the site is irregular. Primary knapping was carried out according to typical Middle Paleolithic technologies. A small series of stone hammers display specific patterns of their use-wear. The cores and the flakes produced with these hammers were found. The complete sequence of preparation and flaking from the pre-cores to the residual forms has been documented. The shortage of high-quality raw material resulted in extremely complete usage of the most cores. Additionally many residual forms have been used for making tools. The cores can be divided into radial, cuboid and Levallois samples
Archaeology · Excavation · Faunal assemblage · Flake · Geography · Hammer · Knapping · Lithic technology · Metallurgy · Mining engineering · Scraper site · Engineering · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction · Marine and environmental studies · Materials Science · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |