Pages: 151-169

This paper presents new evidence on the raw material outcrops, associated with the Eastern Micoquian sites in the Northwestern Caucasus. On the basis of raw material studies the authors make preliminary conclusions on raw material acquisition strategies and human mobility during the Middle Palaeolithic.

Keywords: Palaeolithic, Northwestern Caucasus, flint, petrography, flint outcrops, raw material, Neanderthal

Information about authors:

Ekaterina Doronicheva (St.-Petersburg, Russia). PhD student. St.-Petersburg State University.
E-mail: [email protected]
Marianna Kulkova (St.-Petersburg, Russia). Candidate of geological sciences. Herzen State Pedagogical University.
E-mail: [email protected]