Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - Middle Palaeolithic industrial variability and tool treatment debitage diversity:
some intercorrelation studies for the Crimean Micoquian
AU  - Demidenko Y E
Y1  - 2015
VL  - 53
IS  - 1-2
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 127
EP  - 155
KW  - Middle Palaeolithic – Neanderthals – Crimean Micoquian – tool treatment debitage classification –
intercorrelation in between tool typology and tool treatment debitage
N2  - 
N2  - Industrial variability within the Middle Paleolithic Micoquian complex of the Crimea is reflected in the
varied occurrence and frequencies of stone tools. Aside from bifacial shaping / thinning flakes and blades within the
debitage (items ? 3 cm), there are 5 chip types and their subdivisions (mostly items > 1.5–2.9 cm) reflecting differing
primary and secondary reduction strategies for Crimean Micoquian Tradition (CMT)assemblages. Detailed study of
such chips provides valuable insights into tool production, reshaping and rejuvenation. There is increasing intensity of
secondary treatment and re-treatment of flint, and associated activities from Ak-Kaya-genuine assemblages (ephemeral
killing / primary butchery stations) through Starosele assemblages (various short-term primary and/or secondary
butchery camps) to the Kiik-Koba assemblages (short-term primary and secondary butchery camps). The study confirms that CMT variability reflects a spectrum of anthropogenic and natural influences rather than representing discrete cultural traditions.
ER  -