STONE INDUSTRY OF THE BARUN-ALAN-1, 8TH LAYER: VARIANT OF THE INITIAL UPPER PALAELITHIC FORMING IN WESTERN TRANSBAIKALIA
Abstract
Palaeolithic materials of multilayered archaeological site Barun-Alan-1 situated on the east of the Western Transbaikal were collected from two main lithological layers — 7 and 7g. At the same time the materials of the 7th layer distinctively differ from materials of the 7g layer that allows considering them as two different cultures (industries). Materials from the 7th layer and from the lower part of the 6th layer are distinguished as a separate archaeological culture named Khengerekte-Sukhotino. This culture existence time spans the period of sartan cooling in a whole. Archaeological materials of the 7g layer, laid under layer 7, have a series of similar features with the materials of the Western Transbaikalian Tolbaga culture dating back to the Initial Upper Palaeolithic. Taking into account natural science and chronological data obtained for the 7g layer, 7g layer was deposited in the period of the Karga interstadial, this fact indicated simultaneous development of the 7g industry and Tolbaga archaeological culture. Despite a series of similar characteristics between the industries of 7g layer and Tolbaga culture, there are distinctive diversities. First of all, it is figured out in levallois technique, which is presented in Barun-Alan-1 7g layer by classic variant, and also in dierent approaches to tools maintainence. The materials of the 8 layer which are analyzed entirely for the first time show the similarity with 7g layer materials and give supplementary information about time of the penetration of this industry presumably from Central Mongolia and as early as at the final stage of the Middle Palaeolithic or at the transitional stage from Middle to Upper Palaeolithic.Downloads
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