THE MACROTOOLS IN THE ACHEULEAN COMPLEXES OF THE SOUTH-EAST DAGESTAN

  • A.G. Rybalko Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS Email: rybalko@archaeology.nsc.ru
  • A.V. Kandyba Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS Email: arhkandyba@gmail.com
DOI_disc_logo https://doi.org/10.14258/tpai(2020)3(31).-07
Keywords: Early Paleolithic, location, macrotools, double-sided processing

Abstract

The article discusses the development of forms of macrotools in the Acheulean industries of Southeast Dagestan. The group of sites from which the material in question originates is located on the border of the plain and foothills in the territory of the Darvagchay geoarchaeological region (the Republic of Dagestan). Based on the technical and typological indicators of stone artifacts, absolute and relative chronology, two culturalchronological complexes are identified. A detailed morphological characteristic of these products is given along with an initial analysis. Based on this, it was concluded that these sites present different chronological stages of the consistent development of one stone industry. Differences in the craftsmanship of the raw materials used, the variety of its shapes and sizes determined a large variability and, accordingly, low standardization of these tools. The Early Paleolithic complexes of this region have a number of morphological and typological features that distinguish them from the Acheulean industries of other regions of the Caucasus.

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Author Biographies

A.G. Rybalko, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Department of Stone Age Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the SB RAS

A.V. Kandyba, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher, Department of Stone Age Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, SB RAS

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Published
2020-09-02
How to Cite
Rybalko A., Kandyba A. THE MACROTOOLS IN THE ACHEULEAN COMPLEXES OF THE SOUTH-EAST DAGESTAN // THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2020. Vol. 31, № 3. P. 82-89 DOI: 10.14258/tpai(2020)3(31).-07. URL: http://journal.asu.ru/tpai/article/view/%2831%29.-07.
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Vol 31 No 3 (2020)
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MATERIAL ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGY

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