Stone Age Ivory Points from the Arctic Zone of Northeast Asia

We give a technological and typological description of two well-preserved points (one fragmented rod-shaped, the other double-slotted), made of mammoth ivory and found in the Ust-Yansky District of Sakha-Yakutia in 2016. Traces evidencing various stages of manufacture are described in detail. A succ...

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Main Authors: A. V. Kandyba, L. V. Zotkina, S. E. Grigoriev, S. E. Fedorov, M. Y. Cheprasov, G. P. Novgorodov, A. V. Petrozhitskiy, D. V. Kuleshov, V. V. Parkhomchuk
Other Authors: The study was carried out under State Assignment FWZG-2022-0003 “Northern Asia in the Stone Age: Cultural Dynamics and Environmental Context”. The authors are grateful to K.A. Kolobova, Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences, for consultations.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: IAET SB RAS 2024
Subjects:
traceological analysis
Pleistocene
Holocene
mammoth ivory
ivory points
Arctic
Sakha
Yakutia
Online Access:https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1776
https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2023.51.4.025-034
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Pleistocene
Holocene
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Pleistocene
Holocene
mammoth ivory
ivory points
A. V. Kandyba
L. V. Zotkina
S. E. Grigoriev
S. E. Fedorov
M. Y. Cheprasov
G. P. Novgorodov
A. V. Petrozhitskiy
D. V. Kuleshov
V. V. Parkhomchuk
Stone Age Ivory Points from the Arctic Zone of Northeast Asia
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Pleistocene
Holocene
mammoth ivory
ivory points
description We give a technological and typological description of two well-preserved points (one fragmented rod-shaped, the other double-slotted), made of mammoth ivory and found in the Ust-Yansky District of Sakha-Yakutia in 2016. Traces evidencing various stages of manufacture are described in detail. A succession of technological operations is reconstructed, from the preparation of preforms and further processing by planing and abrasion to final polishing. Spall negatives on artifacts are interpreted as post-depositional damage that could have occurred from the effect of cryogenic processes in sediments. The slotted specimen is decorated with five finely engraved arrows. The discovery context and the morphology of the rod-shaped specimen are similar to those of ivory points from the Yana sites, whereas the slotted one resembles those from Zhokhovo and other Northeast Asian sites of the same age. Radiocarbon analysis of the points supports these findings. The following conclusions are reached: the rod-shaped point dates to MIS 3, and the slotted one, to MIS 2; such points evidence an elaborate technology of ivory processing during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the high latitudes of Northeast Asia and an adaptation to the scarcity of lithic raw material in the region.
author2 The study was carried out under State Assignment FWZG-2022-0003 “Northern Asia in the Stone Age: Cultural Dynamics and Environmental Context”. The authors are grateful to K.A. Kolobova, Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences, for consultations.
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author A. V. Kandyba
L. V. Zotkina
S. E. Grigoriev
S. E. Fedorov
M. Y. Cheprasov
G. P. Novgorodov
A. V. Petrozhitskiy
D. V. Kuleshov
V. V. Parkhomchuk
author_facet A. V. Kandyba
L. V. Zotkina
S. E. Grigoriev
S. E. Fedorov
M. Y. Cheprasov
G. P. Novgorodov
A. V. Petrozhitskiy
D. V. Kuleshov
V. V. Parkhomchuk
author_sort A. V. Kandyba
title Stone Age Ivory Points from the Arctic Zone of Northeast Asia
title_short Stone Age Ivory Points from the Arctic Zone of Northeast Asia
title_full Stone Age Ivory Points from the Arctic Zone of Northeast Asia
title_fullStr Stone Age Ivory Points from the Arctic Zone of Northeast Asia
title_full_unstemmed Stone Age Ivory Points from the Arctic Zone of Northeast Asia
title_sort stone age ivory points from the arctic zone of northeast asia
publisher IAET SB RAS
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url https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1776
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op_source Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia; Vol 51, No 4 (2023); 25-34
Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии; Vol 51, No 4 (2023); 25-34
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spelling ftjarchaeology:oai:oai.nsc.elpub.ru:article/1776 2024-02-04T09:56:52+01:00 Stone Age Ivory Points from the Arctic Zone of Northeast Asia A. V. Kandyba L. V. Zotkina S. E. Grigoriev S. E. Fedorov M. Y. Cheprasov G. P. Novgorodov A. V. Petrozhitskiy D. V. Kuleshov V. V. Parkhomchuk The study was carried out under State Assignment FWZG-2022-0003 “Northern Asia in the Stone Age: Cultural Dynamics and Environmental Context”. The authors are grateful to K.A. Kolobova, Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences, for consultations. 2024-01-03 application/pdf https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1776 https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2023.51.4.025-034 eng eng IAET SB RAS https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1776/952 Albrecht G. 1977 Testing of materials as used for bone points in the Upper Paleolithic. In Méthodologie appliquée à l’industrie de l’os préhistorique. Paris: CNRS, pp. 122–199. Astakhov S.N. 1999 Paleolit Yeniseya. Paleoliticheskiye stoyanki Afontovoy Gory v g. Krasnoyarske. St. Petersburg.: Yevrop. Dom. Augustin F.J., Matzke A.T., Csiki-Sava Z., Pfretzschner H.-U. 2019 Bioerosion on vertebrate remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania and its taphonomic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 534 (109318). Bader O.N. 1998 Sungir. Paleoliticheskiye pogrebeniya. In Pozdnepaleoliticheskoye poseleniye Sungir (pogrebeniya i okruzhayushchaya sreda). Moscow: Nauch. mir, pp. 5–164. Basilyan A.E., Anisimov M.A., Nikolskiy P.A., Pitulko V.V. 2011 Woolly mammoth mass accumulation next to the Palaeolithic Yana RHS site, Arctic Siberia: Its geology, age, and relation to past human activity. Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 38: 2461–2474. Cheprasov M.Y., Obade T.F., Grigoriev S.E., Novgorodov G.P., Marareskul V.A. 2015 Noviye mestonakhozhdeniya mamontovoy fauny i paleoliticheskiye stoyanki v basseyne srednego techeniya r. Kolyma. Vestnik SVFU im. M.K. 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Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, No. 1: 41–53. https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1776 doi:10.17746/1563-0110.2023.51.4.025-034 Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia; Vol 51, No 4 (2023); 25-34 Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии; Vol 51, No 4 (2023); 25-34 1563-0110 traceological analysis Pleistocene Holocene mammoth ivory ivory points info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2024 ftjarchaeology https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2023.51.4.025-034 2024-01-09T18:04:05Z We give a technological and typological description of two well-preserved points (one fragmented rod-shaped, the other double-slotted), made of mammoth ivory and found in the Ust-Yansky District of Sakha-Yakutia in 2016. Traces evidencing various stages of manufacture are described in detail. A succession of technological operations is reconstructed, from the preparation of preforms and further processing by planing and abrasion to final polishing. Spall negatives on artifacts are interpreted as post-depositional damage that could have occurred from the effect of cryogenic processes in sediments. The slotted specimen is decorated with five finely engraved arrows. The discovery context and the morphology of the rod-shaped specimen are similar to those of ivory points from the Yana sites, whereas the slotted one resembles those from Zhokhovo and other Northeast Asian sites of the same age. Radiocarbon analysis of the points supports these findings. The following conclusions are reached: the rod-shaped point dates to MIS 3, and the slotted one, to MIS 2; such points evidence an elaborate technology of ivory processing during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the high latitudes of Northeast Asia and an adaptation to the scarcity of lithic raw material in the region. 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