Transbaikal State University, 30 Alexandro-Zavodskaya St., Chita, 672039, Russia [frostius.81@mail.ru]
Abstract. The article attempts to analyze bifacially worked tools in the Stone Age industries of Transbaikalia. The most representative, in terms of the presence of bifaces, are the sites of the Sukhotino group. Based on diverse high-quality raw materials of the Titovskaya Sopka, bifacial technology can be traced here from the Initial Upper Paleolithic. The Final Paleolithic industries of the Ust-Menza archaeological complex are the second “center” of the presence of bifaces. They are connected with the Ust-Menza 1 site and demonstrate the processing of both smoky quartz in order to produce small bifaces, and a full-fledged technology for the production of plano-convex bifaces. The study of new materials from the Neolithic site of Berezovaya Griva leads to the conclusion that the traditions of the production of plano-convex bifaces in persisted in Transbaikalia till the Late Stone Age. There is a strong connection with mineral raw materials of a certain size and quality which are quite rare for Transbaikalia.
Keywords: Transbaikalia, Stone Age, bifaces, Sukhotino, Ust-Menza, raw materials.
Received 29.05.2023, accepted 21.06.2023
DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2023-2-133-144
For citation: Moroz P. V. Bifaces in the Stone Age of Transbaikalia. Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2023 (2), 133–144, DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2023-2-133-144
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