Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS, 18 Dvortsovaya emb., St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia  [andrei.sinitsyn@gmail.com]

Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS, 18 Dvortsovaya emb., St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia  [ksstepan@gmail.com]

Zoological Institute RAS, 1 Universitetskaya emb., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia [mammut2003@mail.ru]

Resume. In 2018 a mammoth rib fragment with an ivory point embedded in it was found at Kostenki 14 (Markina Gora) beneath the ash layer associated with the CI eruption. The authors provide a description of this unique find, paying special attention to its context.

Keywords: Kostenki, Upper Paleolithic, mammoth, hunting weapons, ivory point.

Received 14.12.2018.

DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2019-1-149-158

For citation: Sinitsyn A.A., Stepanova K.N., Petrova E.A. New direct evidence of mammoth hunting from Kostenki. Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2019 (1), 149-158 (in Russ.). DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2019-1-149-158 

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