Evidence for kill-butchery events of early Upper Paleolithic age at Kostenki, Russia

John F. Hoffecker; I. E. Kuz'mina; E. V. Syromyatnikova; M. V. Anikovich; A. A. Sinitsyn; V. V. Popov; Vance T. Holliday

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.12.008

Evidence for kill-butchery events of early Upper Paleolithic age at Kostenki, Russia

John F. Hoffecker, I. E. Kuz'mina, E. V. Syromyatnikova, M. V. Anikovich, A. A. Sinitsyn, V. V. Popov, Vance T. Holliday

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Abstract

At least 10 early Upper Paleolithic (EUP) open-air sites are found at Kostenki on the west bank of the Don River in Russia. During the 1950s, A.N. Rogachev excavated concentrations of horse bones and teeth from EUP layers at Kostenki 14 and 15 exhibiting the characteristics of kill-butchery assemblages. Excavations at Kostenki 12 in 2002-2003 uncovered a large quantity of reindeer and horse bones in EUP Layer III that also might be related to kill-butchery events, and the partial skeleton of a sub-adult mammoth excavated during 2004-2007 in EUP Layer V at Kostenki 1 yields traces of butchery. The character of these large mammal assemblages - combined with the analysis of artifacts and features - suggests that both habitation areas and kill-butchery locations are represented in a "EUP landscape" at Kostenki.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1073-1089
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Archaeological Science
Volume	37
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.12.008
State	Published - May 2010

Keywords

Early upper Paleolithic
Eastern Europe
Kill-butchery sites
Zooarchaeology

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Archaeology
Archaeology

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