Pages: 205-221

The article deals with bone and flint hunting projectile points of the Late Palaeolithic sites of Byki, situated in the Seym basin (Kursk oblast of Russia) and dated to between 18 000—14 000 uncal. years BP. The flint assemblages of Byki 1 and 7 (layers Ia & I) are charactrized by the presence of geometric microliths. The great similarity of the flint artifacts points to their industrial unity. The analysis of the osteological and paleogeographic evidence leads to the conclusion that the faunal assemblages of the sites belong to the boreal sub-group of the mammoth theriocomplex of Late Valdai. The basic game species were hare, Arctic fox, reindeer and horse. The authors pay particular attention to the question of the relationship between bone and stone hunting tools.

Keywords: Seym River basin, Late Palaeolithic, Byki sites, hunting weaponry.

Information about authors:

Akhmetgaleeva Natalia (Kurchatov, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Kurchatov State Museum of Local Lore. Molodezhnaya St., 12, Kurchatov, Kursk Oblast, 307251, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]

 Yuri Demidenko (Kiev, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Geroev Stalingrada Pr., 12, Kiev, 04210, Ukraine
E-mail: [email protected]