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

PAJIS

ISSN 2658-3925
Pervobytnaia arkheologiia. Zhurnal mezhdistsiplinarnykh issledovanii
Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies

Zakharikov A. P. Apprentice-made bifaces from the lower layers of Nepryakhino.

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Abstract. Quartzite assemblages of the lower layers of the Early Upper Paleolithic site of Nepryakhino (Saratov oblast, Russia) include numerous bifacially worked objects. They make up between 15% and 31% of formal tools. The paper deals with a group of 22 bifaces which differ from finished high-quality tools in their small size, low (2 or less) width/thickness ratio, deep and shortened flaking scars, battered edges. The author uses experimental and comparative evidence to argue that this group may reflect what is called apprentice knapping.

Keywords: Nepryakhino, bifaces, points, Early Upper Paleolithic, apprentice knappers’ products.

Received 05.02.2020, revised 08.03.2020, accepted 24.03.2020.

DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2020-1-123-134

For citation: Zakharikov A. P. Apprentice-made bifaces from the lower layers of Nepryakhino. Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2020 (1), 123-134 (in Russ.). DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2020-1-123-134

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