Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS
Pervobytnaia arkheologiia. Zhurnal mezhdistsiplinarnykh issledovanii
Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Pervobytnaia arkheologiia. Zhurnal mezhdistsiplinarnykh issledovanii
Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies

Zhilin M. G., Ruev V. L. Geometric microliths from the Kukrek site (based on the materials excavated by G. A. Bonch-Osmolovsky in 1926–1927)

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Institute of Archaeology RAS, 19 Dm. Ulyanova St., Moscow, 117292, Russia [mizhilin@yandex.ru]

V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Academician Vernadsky Av., 4, Simferopol, 295007, Russia [vl.ruev@gmail.com]

Abstract. The paper presents the main results of a new detailed study of the collection of stone artifacts from the excavations of the Kukrek site in Crimea conducted by G. A. Bonch-Osmolovsky in 1926–1927. The available evidence allows to clearly distinguish the materials of the upper Mesolithic layer from those of the lower Mesolithic layer. The chronological interval between these layers exceeds two thousand years. As shown by the analysis of geometric micro liths, the upper Mesolithic layer of Kukrek has a lot in common with the industry of Alimovsky rockshelter which is close to the Shankoba industry of the Murzak-Koba Mesolithic culture. The lower Mesolithic layer can be attributed the Kukrek culture.

Keywords: Mesolithic, Mountainous Crimea, Kukrek site, geometric microliths.

Received 17.02.2023, accepted 20.04.2023

DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2023-1-85-101

For citation: Zhilin M. G., Ruev V. L. Geometric microliths from the Kukrek site (based on the materials excavated by G. A. Bonch-Osmolovsky in 1926–1927). Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2023 (1), 85–101. (in Russ.). DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2023-1-85-101

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