FEATURES OF THE USE OF BONES AS FUEL FOR CAMPFIRES IN THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC OF THE OF RUSSIAN PLAIN
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2020.5.17.24Keywords:
archaeology, Upper Paleolithic, Russian Plain, Willendorf-Kostenki culture, adaptation strategies.Abstract
The paper describes the distribution and variation of the use of bones as fuel on the basis of a study of Middle and Late Upper Paleolithic sites of the Russian Plain. These practices are compared with ethnographic data. The results of previous experiments to establish household characteristics of bone fuel are summarized. It was established that only bones with preserved bone marrow, which were fired with wood, could be used as fuel. The extraction and use of such bones was one of the mechanisms of human adaptation to cold climatic conditions in the absence of sufficient amounts of wood. The conclusions are supplemented and verified by conducting own experiments.
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