Artifactual Remains from the Kushek-4 Site in the South of Turgai Depression
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2020-22-1-58-66
Abstract
The present article features a collection of prehistoric artifacts obtained at the Kushek-4 site. The excavations were conducted along the right bank of the Uly-Zhylanshik river in the south of the Turgay in 2006. The stone tools collected from the surface underwent a technical and typological analysis, which made it possible to date the site. The main parameters of the technical and typological analysis included primary rock flakes, morphological parameters and size of the plates, percentage ratio of ingots and tools from plates and rock flakes, methods of secondary processing, and the typological composition of the tool kit. The nature of the raw materials was an independent indicator. The technical and typological indicators of the stone tools from the Kushek-4 site corresponded to the second group of monuments of the Turgay Depression with their rich Neolithic material. The stone tools were homogeneous and dated from the late Mesolithic to the late Neolithic.
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Podzuban E.V. Artifactual Remains from the Kushek-4 Site in the South of Turgai Depression. The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2020;22(1):58-66. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2020-22-1-58-66
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