Upper Paleolithic of Middle Dniester: Doroshivtsi III site
As a result of excavations of the Doroshivtsi III open-air site in the Middle Dniester region, seven Upper Paleolithic cultural levels were discovered in the 12 m thick loess profile. With the exception of level 1 with very few artifacts, all other cultural levels could be determined as Gravettian....
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Published in | Quaternary international Vol. 359-360; pp. 347 - 361 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier Ltd
02.03.2015
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Summary: | As a result of excavations of the Doroshivtsi III open-air site in the Middle Dniester region, seven Upper Paleolithic cultural levels were discovered in the 12 m thick loess profile. With the exception of level 1 with very few artifacts, all other cultural levels could be determined as Gravettian. The richest collections belong to level 3 and 6. Level 6 is dated to 22,330 ± 100 BP, and represents an original UP industry with shouldered points, a small amount of burins, and numerous backed tools made mainly on microblades.
Doroshivtsi III, together with Molodovo V (level 7 and 8) and Zamostya I with shouldered points in the tool-kit, which are usual, was named “atypical” previously. However, they represent a sub-type of this specific kind of tool, giving evidence of the originality of Dniester Gravettian industries, and their distinction from the Willendorf-Pavlov-Kostenki group. |
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ISSN: | 1040-6182 1873-4553 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.10.034 |