TY - JOUR

T1 - Signification des technologies bifaciales au Paléolithique moyen des montagnes de l'Altaï

AU - Kolobova, Ksenia A.

AU - Shalagina, Alena V.

AU - Chabai, Viktor P.

AU - Markin, Sergei V.

AU - Krivoshapkin, Andrei I.

N1 - Funding Information: Nous tenons à remercier A.P. Derevianko et M.V. Shunkov pour la possibilité de travailler sur les collections lithiques du faciès de Kara-Bom, attribuées au Paléolithique moyen. Nous remercions également les dessinateurs de l'Institut d'Archéologie et d'Ethnographie de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie (Branche de Sibérie), Nataliya Vavilina et Anastasiya Abdulmanova pour les illustrations, représentées dans cet article. L'article a été effectuée dans le cadre du Projet de la Fondation scientifique de Russie — Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Collaboration (projets 19-48-04107 et UT 41/8-1). Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Elsevier Masson SAS

PY - 2019/4/1

Y1 - 2019/4/1

N2 - Previously the single bifacial tools found in different industrial variants of the Altai Middle Paleolithic (Sibiryachikha and Kara-bom) were not considered to be cultural markers that could be used to differentiate the technological/cultural variants, but rather a bright, but situational manifestation of the typological variability, especially in the case of the Sibiryachika assemblages. As a result of recent studies of Chagyrskaya Cave, the key-site of Sibiryachikha, it was found that all the bifaces are made using plano-convex technology. In the Chagyrskaya Cave assemblage all stages of bifacial production have been found: pre-forms, bifacial tools and tools made on the bifacial thinning flakes, accompanied by numerous bifacial thinning flakes and bifacial thinning chips. A preliminary study of the bifaces from the second Sibiryachikha site, Okladnikov Cave evidenced the use of the same plano-convex technology. On the other hand, in the Kara-bom complexes (Kara-Bom, Ust-Karakol-1, Anuy-3), all bifacial tools are made using bi-convex bifacial technology. Thus, the criteria for the technological distinction of bifacial production assume special importance as a cultural marker that allows the differentiation the Altai Middle Paleolithic technological variants. Taking into account the fact that Chagyrskaya Cave and Okladnikov Cave are associated only with Neanderthal remains, it can be assumed that bifacial plano-convexe technology in the Middle Paleolithic of Altai is linked to the appearance and existence of their population in the region.

AB - Previously the single bifacial tools found in different industrial variants of the Altai Middle Paleolithic (Sibiryachikha and Kara-bom) were not considered to be cultural markers that could be used to differentiate the technological/cultural variants, but rather a bright, but situational manifestation of the typological variability, especially in the case of the Sibiryachika assemblages. As a result of recent studies of Chagyrskaya Cave, the key-site of Sibiryachikha, it was found that all the bifaces are made using plano-convex technology. In the Chagyrskaya Cave assemblage all stages of bifacial production have been found: pre-forms, bifacial tools and tools made on the bifacial thinning flakes, accompanied by numerous bifacial thinning flakes and bifacial thinning chips. A preliminary study of the bifaces from the second Sibiryachikha site, Okladnikov Cave evidenced the use of the same plano-convex technology. On the other hand, in the Kara-bom complexes (Kara-Bom, Ust-Karakol-1, Anuy-3), all bifacial tools are made using bi-convex bifacial technology. Thus, the criteria for the technological distinction of bifacial production assume special importance as a cultural marker that allows the differentiation the Altai Middle Paleolithic technological variants. Taking into account the fact that Chagyrskaya Cave and Okladnikov Cave are associated only with Neanderthal remains, it can be assumed that bifacial plano-convexe technology in the Middle Paleolithic of Altai is linked to the appearance and existence of their population in the region.

KW - Altai

KW - Bi-convex

KW - Bifacial technology

KW - Cultural marker.

KW - Middle Paleolithic

KW - Neanderthals

KW - Plano-convex

KW - Cultural marker

KW - NEANDERTHAL

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068776167&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.anthro.2019.06.004

DO - 10.1016/j.anthro.2019.06.004

M3 - статья

AN - SCOPUS:85068776167

VL - 123

SP - 276

EP - 288

JO - Anthropologie (France)

JF - Anthropologie (France)

SN - 0003-5521

IS - 2

ER -