Pages: 201-218

New mesolithic site, investigated in 2014, is situated on the Bolshoi Salym river in the central part of the West Siberian Plain, in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. The collection contains about 2000 finds and includes all main types of stone artifacts charactristic of the Mesolithic industries. The assemblage is dominated by bladelets, 92,3% of which are less than 1 cm wide. Of special note among the specific features of the industry are the presence of geometric microliths, archaically looking burins on concave retouched truncation, and a zoomorphic pebble. These objects as well as the predominance of microliths and the composition of raw materials may be indicative of a population migration from the Middle Trans-Urals.

Keywords: West Siberian plain, Mesolithic, raw materials, stone inventory, microliths

Information about authors:

Marina Konovalenko (Nefteyugansk, Russian Federation). Research-and-production association “Northern archaeology-1” Ltd. 5p Driveway, 9, Nefteyugansk, 628305, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Julia Balueva (Nefteyugansk, Russian Federation). Research-and-production association “Northern archaeology-1” Ltd. 5p Driveway, 9, Nefteyugansk, 628305, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Yuri Serikov (Nizhny Tagil, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Russian State Professional-Pedagogical University, Nizhny Tagil Branch, Krasnogvardeiskaya St., 57, Nizhny Tagil, 622031, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]