Transbaikal State University, 30 Alexandro-Zavodskaya St., Chita, 672039, Russia [frostius.81@mail.ru]
Tyumen Scientific Center SB RAS, 86 Malygin St., Tyumen, 625026, Russia [slavinski@yandex.ru; tsybankov@yandex.ru]
Institute of Natural Resources, Ecology and Cryology SB RAS, 16a Nedorezova St., Chita, 672014, Russia [yurgga@mail.ru]
Irkutsk State University, 1 Karl Marx St., Irkutsk, 664003, Russia [ryzhovyurij@yandex.ru]
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS, 3 Academician Koptyug St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia [kuzmin@fulbrightmail.org]
Abstract. This article deals with the materials of the Sukhotino workshop site in the Transbaikal region of Siberia, where the easternmost Late Middle Paleolithic and Initial Upper Paleolithic industries were discovered. Primary attention is given to reconstructing the knapping schemes used
by the inhabitants of the site. Of particular importance are the quantitatively rich assemblages from layers 3–5. Layers 3 and 4 yielded an Initial Upper Paleolithic industry. The Middle Paleolithic assemblage of Layer 5 contains solid evidence of the use of the convergent Levallois technique for obtaining unidirectional elongated points.
Keywords: Transbaikal, Titovskaya Sopka, Sukhotino workshop, Middle Paleolithic, Levallois technique, Initial Upper Paleolithic.
Received 28.02.2024, revised 27.04.2024, accepted 02.05.2024
DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2024-1-24-40
For citation: Moroz P. V., Slavinsky V. S., Vereshchagin S. B., Yurgenson G. A., Ryzhov Yu. V., Kuzmin Ya. V., Tsybankov A. A. The easternmost Late Middle Paleolithic and Initial Upper Paleolithic industries in Asia: assemblages of the Sukhotino workshop, Eastern Transbaikal, Russia. Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2024 (1), 24–40, DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2024-1-24-40
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