Results of Functional Analisis of the Blades from the Terminal Paleolithic Site of Sholma in the Chuvash Volga Region
As a result of the excavations of the Sholma I site on the Tsivil River (right bank of the Volga, Chuvashia), carried out by the authors in 2007, 2011 and 2017, a significant assemblage of nuclei, plates and tools was obtained. This assemblage is characterizing the flint industry of the late Pleisto...
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| description | As a result of the excavations of the Sholma I site on the Tsivil River (right bank of the Volga, Chuvashia), carried out by the authors in 2007, 2011 and 2017, a significant assemblage of nuclei, plates and tools was obtained. This assemblage is characterizing the flint industry of the late Pleistocene (about 11.1 – 10.8 thousand CalBC). The paper presents the results of a functional study of a group of blades without secondary processing (355 copies), which for the most part bear traces of use as various knives, knife inserts, chisels, punctures, burins etc. Special attention should be paid to small fragmented blades, on the surface of which signs of projectile damage and breakage from impact are recorded, which served as the first inserts of the grooved arrowheads. The main occupation of the inhabitants of the hunter’s camp was specialized hunting for wild horses. For this purpose, the manufacture of composite projectile weapons using inserts (including small trapezoids) was practiced. The use-wear study of flint blades indicates a fairly wide range of labor operations: butchering, scraping, bone cutting, making bone tools (making grooves), woodworking. For these purposes, both specially designed tools and blades with a naturally sharp edge were used. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c7e55254dc944b2ca45fb0bf9015b6942025-08-20T02:55:58ZengState institution «Tatarstan Аcademy of Sciences»Археология евразийских степей2587-61122618-94882024-12-01681510.24852/2587-6112.2024.6.8.15Results of Functional Analisis of the Blades from the Terminal Paleolithic Site of Sholma in the Chuvash Volga RegionMadina Sh. Galimova0Natalia S. Berezina1Aleksandr Yu. Berezin2Evgenii P. Mikhailov3Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov Str., 30, Kazan, 420012, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian FederationChuvash State Institute for Humanities. Moskovsky Av., 29, corp. 1, Cheboksary, 428015, Russian FederationChuvash State Institute for Humanities. Moskovsky Av., 29, corp. 1, Cheboksary, 428015, Russian FederationChuvash State Institute for Humanities. Moskovsky Av., 29, corp. 1, Cheboksary, 428015, Russian FederationAs a result of the excavations of the Sholma I site on the Tsivil River (right bank of the Volga, Chuvashia), carried out by the authors in 2007, 2011 and 2017, a significant assemblage of nuclei, plates and tools was obtained. This assemblage is characterizing the flint industry of the late Pleistocene (about 11.1 – 10.8 thousand CalBC). The paper presents the results of a functional study of a group of blades without secondary processing (355 copies), which for the most part bear traces of use as various knives, knife inserts, chisels, punctures, burins etc. Special attention should be paid to small fragmented blades, on the surface of which signs of projectile damage and breakage from impact are recorded, which served as the first inserts of the grooved arrowheads. The main occupation of the inhabitants of the hunter’s camp was specialized hunting for wild horses. For this purpose, the manufacture of composite projectile weapons using inserts (including small trapezoids) was practiced. The use-wear study of flint blades indicates a fairly wide range of labor operations: butchering, scraping, bone cutting, making bone tools (making grooves), woodworking. For these purposes, both specially designed tools and blades with a naturally sharp edge were used.https://evrazstep.ru/index.php/aes/article/view/1424rchaeologymiddle volga regionterminal palaeolithicflint toolsbladesuse-wear analysisfunctional groups |
| spellingShingle | Madina Sh. Galimova Natalia S. Berezina Aleksandr Yu. Berezin Evgenii P. Mikhailov Results of Functional Analisis of the Blades from the Terminal Paleolithic Site of Sholma in the Chuvash Volga Region Археология евразийских степей rchaeology middle volga region terminal palaeolithic flint tools blades use-wear analysis functional groups |
| title | Results of Functional Analisis of the Blades from the Terminal Paleolithic Site of Sholma in the Chuvash Volga Region |
| title_full | Results of Functional Analisis of the Blades from the Terminal Paleolithic Site of Sholma in the Chuvash Volga Region |
| title_fullStr | Results of Functional Analisis of the Blades from the Terminal Paleolithic Site of Sholma in the Chuvash Volga Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Results of Functional Analisis of the Blades from the Terminal Paleolithic Site of Sholma in the Chuvash Volga Region |
| title_short | Results of Functional Analisis of the Blades from the Terminal Paleolithic Site of Sholma in the Chuvash Volga Region |
| title_sort | results of functional analisis of the blades from the terminal paleolithic site of sholma in the chuvash volga region |
| topic | rchaeology middle volga region terminal palaeolithic flint tools blades use-wear analysis functional groups |
| url | https://evrazstep.ru/index.php/aes/article/view/1424 |
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