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Afontova Gora II is a Late Palaeolithic site dated between 15000 and 11000 years BP. The archaeological material is typical for the Afontova culture. The lithic industry is characterized by pebble tools and sidescrapers, as well as narrowfront and wedge-shaped microcores associated with microblade production. Raw material is dominated by small and big pebbles of alluvial origin from the Yenisei river bed (siltstone, argillite, sandstone, dolerite, quartzite, microquartzite). Big cores are not numerous and belong to either single-platform or radial types. Wedge-shaped microcores show a low level of standardization. The tool assemblage is dominated by big scrapers represented by a big variety of forms. The site yielded a number of anthropological finds, including a mandible and five teeth, which appear to have belonged to a young female of 14—15 years old. One more bone, a vertebrae, belongs to another female, who was older than 20 years. Some nonutilitarian items, such as stone beads, a decorated ivory blade and ivory disks, were found too.
Keywords: North Asia, Siberia, Krasnoyarsk, Afontova Gora II, Afontova culture, Late Palaeolithic, Homo sapiens, nonutilitarian items, ivory artifacts
Information about authors:
Anatoly Derevianko (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences, Full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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Vyacheslav Slavinsky (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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Alexander Tsybankov (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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Danil Lysenko (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation). “Krasnoyarsk’s Geoarchaeology” Ltd. Mira Ave., 25/1, Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russian Federation
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Nikolay Drozdov (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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Sergey Gladyshev (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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Evgeny Rybin (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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Ivan Stasyuk (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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Vladimir Kharevich (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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Elena Akimova (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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Sergey Slepchenko (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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Ivan Zolnikov (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Doctor of Geology and Mineralogy. V. S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Koptyug Ave., 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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Alexey Klementiev (Irkutsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Lermontov St., 128, Irkutsk, 664033, Russian Federation
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Leonid Galukhin (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation). “Krasnoyarsk’s Geoarchaeology” Ltd. Mira Ave., 25/1, Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russian Federation
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Evgeny Bogdanov (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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