Carinated Pieces in Paleolithic Assemblages of Central Asia1

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ID6037249
AutoresK Kolobova (0000-0002-5757-3251, Institute of Archaeology, autor correspondente), K A Kolobova, A I Krivoshapkin (0000-0002-5327-3438, Novosibirsk State University), K K Pavlenok (0000-0003-0205-2077, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography)
Ano2014
Volume42
Fascículo4
Páginas13-29
Data de publicação2014-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1563-0110 • E-ISSN: 1531-832X
EditoraInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.aeae.2015.06.003
OpenAlexW1140891172
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas13

Before the 1970s, Eurasian Aurignacian artifacts of the carinated type were interpreted as tools, specifically endscrapers or burins. At present, they are more and more often regarded as cores for bladelets with a curved profile. In the southeast, their distribution area was previously believed to extend to the southern part of the Afghan-Tajik depression. Recent studies in western Central Asia, however, suggest that the boundary passes across northwestern High Asia. In this area, carinated pieces are associated with the Kulbulakian culture (35–30 to 20 ka; the upper chronological limit may be even later). Comparison with tentatively contemporaneous Aurignacian industries of the Levant, Zagros, and Gorny Altai indicates a common evolutionary trend, regional specificity notwithstanding

Archaeology · Geography · Middle Paleolithic · Pleistocene · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology