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4-2(88)2015
  HISTORICAL SCIENCE AND ARCHAEOLOGY

A.M. Chekha

The Stone Age of the Northern Aral Sea (on the Materials of Aral-4–6 Locations)

The article deals with the materials of the surface bedding of the artifacts Aral-4–6, discovered by a joint Kazakh and Russian expedition during the investigation of the northern coast of the Aral Sea in 1998-1999. The limited time frame of the expedition prevented a detailed study of these items, so the archaeological material shows a selection of the most impressive products. So, the location of the Northern Aral Sea, Aral-4–6 is characterized by bilaterally processed items (bifaces). At present, Kazakhstan reveals three branches of Paleolithic industries with bifaces. These are north-western, western and central regions of the country. The results of research of Palaeolithic complexes of the Northern Aral Sea region leads to the conclusion that the location Aral-4–6 presents mixed complexes, the basic materials that are likely to refer to the final stage of the Middle — Upper Paleolithic. At the same time part of the collections on the basis of morphological traits can be related to the earlier stages of the Paleolithic.

DOI 10.14258/izvasu(2015)4.2-41

Key words: Kazakhstan, North Aral Sea, surface occurrence of artifacts, Middle Paleolithic, bifaces

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CHEKHA A.M.
Altai State University (Barnaul, Russia); Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk, Russia)
E-mail: chekhandrej@yandex.ru

 

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