Pages: 129-152 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp261129152
Multifaceted burins on truncation represent a key category within the lithic assemblage of II cultural layer of Kostenki 17 — a unique industry of the initial stage of the Upper Palaeolithic. Despite their fundamental significance, these artefacts have not previously been the subject of a dedicated study. This article presents, for the first time, the results of a comprehensive technological, typological and use-wear analysis of burins on truncation from the II cultural layer of Kostenki 17. The study has revealed that these artefacts primarily functioned as bladelet cores and were used to produce small bladelets measuring 1.5–3 cm in length. A reconstruction of the bladelet production sequence, supported by the identification of diagnostic morphological features, has enabled the classification of the retouched multifaceted burins from the II cultural layer of Kostenki 17 as a distinct new type. This newly identified type has been designated the “Spitsynian-type burins”.
Keywords: Early Upper Palaeolithic, Kostenki, Protoaurignacian, Aurignacian, lithic technology, typology, burins, bladelet cores
Information about authors:
Anton Lada (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Institute for the History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-2066-5224
Alexander Bessudnov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-3785-6342
Vasilisa Smolkina (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0009-0003-5281-2297
Robert Dinnis (Aberdeen, UK). PhD. University of Aberdeen. St. Mary’s Building, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen, AB24 3UF, UK
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-0681-6775