Flint Inventory from the Ainikab 5 Site in the North-Eastern Caucasus
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2022.6.167.174Keywords:
archaeology, Early Paleolithic, Acheulean, Middle Pleistocene, Ainikab 5, handaxe, uniface, scraper, notched tool, North-East Caucasus.Abstract
The paper considers the characteristics of the stone inventory from the site of Ainikab 5 of the Early Paleolithic. The finds were made on the surface of a 100-meter terrace of the Usisha River. According to paleogeographic reconstructions the formation of this terrace dates back to the time of the Mindel-Ris interglacial which corresponds to the Early Khazar horizon of the Caspian stratigraphic scheme. The collection of flint artifacts includes single-platform cores, tools on flakes and fragments of flint raw materials, debitage. The tools with secondary treatment consist of the fragment of handaxe, various types of scrapers, notched tools, uniface, a small bifacial chopper and retouched flake. In cultural and chronological terms, archaeological materials from the Ainikab 5 site correspond to the Late Acheulean.
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