Pages: 131-150

As a result of excavations of the site of Doroshivtsy III in the Middle Dniester region, 7 Upper Palaeolithic cultural levels were discovered. With the exception of Level 1 with very few artifacts, all the other cultural levels could be defined as Gravettian. The richest collections are from levels 3 and 6. Level 6 is dated to 22 330±100 BP and represents an original UP industry with shouldered points and numerous backed tools. Doroshivtsy III together with Molodovo V (Level 7 and 8) and Zamostje I, which also contain shouldered points, testify to the originality of the Dniester Gravettian industries.

Keywords: Middle Dniester, Doroshivtsy III, Upper Palaeolithic, Gravettian, shouldered point

Information about authors:

Larissa Kulakovska (Kiev, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Archaeology Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
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Vitaly Usik (Kiev, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Archaeology Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
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Paul Haesaerts (Brussels, Belgium). Professor. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
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