Mesolithic Sites in the Upper Tobol
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2021-23-4-897-910
Abstract
The article introduces prehistoric artifacts from the sites of Karasor-5, Karasor-6, and Karasor-7 obtained in 1998. The archaeological site of Karasor is located in the Upper Tobol region, near the town of Lisakovsk. Stone tools, pottery fragments, a ceramic item, and a bronze arrow head were collected from a sand blowout, which had destroyed the cultural layer. The paper gives a detailed description of the pottery. The stone tools were examined using the technical and typological analysis, which featured the primary splitting, the morphological parameters and size of plates, the ratio of blanks, plates, flakes, and finished tools, the secondary processing methods, and the typological composition of the tools. The nature of the raw materials was counted as an independent indicator. The pottery fragments, the bronze arrow head, and the ceramic item belonged to the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. The stone industry of the Karasor archeological cluster proved to be a Mesolithic monument of the Turgai Trough. The technical and typological analysis revealed a close similarity with the Mesolithic sites of the Southern and Middle Trans-Urals, as well as the forest-steppe part of the Tobol-Irtysh interfluve. The stone artifacts were dated from the Mesolithic to the Early Iron Age.
Supporting agencies: The author expresses sincere gratitude to the staff of the Lisakovsk History and Culture Museum of the Upper Tobol region – director Sh. E. Yermagambetova and vice-director Yu. P. Budanova – for the opportunity to process the collections from the Karasor-5, Karasor-6, and Karasor-7.
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E. V. Podzuban
Research, Restoration and Protection of Historic and Cultural Heritage Center
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kostanay
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Podzuban E.V. Mesolithic Sites in the Upper Tobol. The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2021;23(4):897-910. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2021-23-4-897-910
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