TRACEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS FROM THE NEOLITHIC BURIAL NO 8 OF MYS UYUGA BURIAL GROUND (WESTERN BANK OF LAKE BAIKAL)

Authors

  • Galina N. Poplevko Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation
  • Alexander A. Ulanov Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Lermontov St., 83, Irkutsk, 664074, Russian Federation
  • Dmitrii E. Kichigin Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Lermontov St., 83, Irkutsk, 664074, Russian Federation
  • Yuliana A. Emel’yanova Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Lermontov St., 83, Irkutsk, 664074, Russian Federation
  • Artur V. Kharinsky Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Lermontov St., 83, Irkutsk, 664074, Russian Federation

Keywords:

archaeology, Baikal region, Early Neolithic, Mys Uyuga burial ground, burial, trasology of granular rocks, unmodifi ed stone tools

Abstract

The paper deals with the traceological analysis of artifacts from the early Neolithic burial No 8 of the Mys Uyuga burial ground. The major part of the fi nds is represented by informal tools – fl attened pebbles of red slate with no retouching. The result of this study was the identifi cation of the functionality of the stone tools from the burial, including informal tools. This allowed the identifi cation the category of activity which most of the featured items are related to – stone processing. The products related to woodworking and tannery are represented by individual fi nds. Flattened pebbles, interpreted as skin scraper, represent informal tools as well. In addition, the results have allowed the correlation a group of work traces with the traces of processing on a combined fi shhook core. The functions of funeral inventory generally demonstrate a pattern that is not typical for the early Neolithic of the Baikal region, where objects related to the processing of hides, hunting and fi shing are predominant. However, the use of informal tools as scrapers for the hides reveals similarities with burial No 59 of Shamanka II burial ground.

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2020-06-30

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Poplevko, G. N., Ulanov, A. A., Kichigin, D. E., Emel’yanova, Y. A., & Kharinsky, A. V. (2020). TRACEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS FROM THE NEOLITHIC BURIAL NO 8 OF MYS UYUGA BURIAL GROUND (WESTERN BANK OF LAKE BAIKAL). Arkheologiia Evraziiskikh Stepei (Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes), (3), 257–265. Retrieved from https://evrazstep.ru/index.php/aes/article/view/310

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