The Stone Age of the Northern Aral Sea (on the Materials of Aral-4–6 Locations)

  • А.М. Чеха Altai State University (Barnaul, Russia); Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk, Russia) Email: chekhandrej@yandex.ru
DOI_disc_logo https://doi.org/10.14258/izvasu(2015)4.2-41
Keywords: Kazakhstan, North Aral Sea, surface occurrence of artifacts, Middle Paleolithic, bifaces

Abstract

The article deals with the materials of the surface bedding of the artifacts Aral-4–6, discovered by a joint Kazakh and Russian expedition during the investigation of the northern coast of the Aral Sea in 1998-1999. The limited time frame of the expedition prevented a detailed study of these items, so the archaeological material shows a selection of the most impressive products. So, the location of the Northern Aral Sea, Aral-4–6 is characterized by bilaterally processed items (bifaces). At present, Kazakhstan reveals three branches of Paleolithic industries with bifaces. These are north-western, western and central regions of the country. The results of research of Palaeolithic complexes of the Northern Aral Sea region leads to the conclusion that the location Aral-4–6 presents mixed complexes, the basic materials that are likely to refer to the final stage of the Middle — Upper Paleolithic. At the same time part of the collections on the basis of morphological traits can be related to the earlier stages of the Paleolithic.

DOI 10.14258/izvasu(2015)4.2-41

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Author Biography

А.М. Чеха, Altai State University (Barnaul, Russia); Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk, Russia)
младший научный сотрудник лаборатории междисциплинарного изучения археологии Западной Сибири и Алтая; младший научный сотрудник отдела археологии каменного века Института археологии и этнографии

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Чеха А. The Stone Age of the Northern Aral Sea (on the Materials of Aral-4–6 Locations) // Izvestiya of Altai State University, 1, № 4/2(88) DOI: 10.14258/izvasu(2015)4.2-41. URL: http://izvestiya.asu.ru/article/view/%282015%294.2-41.
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