Email this article Techno-morphological features of items made of antler from the site near the village of Michnievičy (north-western Belarus)
- Authors: Malyutina A.A.1, Vashanov A.N.2, Tkacheva M.I.2, Tkach E.S.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
- Issue: Vol 8, No 4 (2019)
- Pages: 116-122
- Section: Historical Sciences and Archaeology
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2309-4370/article/view/34476
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/snv201984201
- ID: 34476
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The paper presents the results of a techno-morphological analysis of items made of antler obtained as a result of the collections from the 1960s–1990s from the site near the village of Michnievičy Smorgon District of the Grodno Region (north-western Belarus). Currently, more than 100 artifacts are known from this site, as well as a large number of fauna residues with no visible traces of processing. Radiocarbon dating was obtained for some categories of products, which link them to 9–2 thousand BC. The largest part of the collection refers to the period of the Mesolithic – Neolithic. At the first stage of work, the most expressive and numerous group of artifacts made of horn (24 exemplars), stored in the fonds of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, was selected for a techno-morphological analysis. The degree of preservation of the external surface of objects is relatively good, which made it possible to analyze macro-traces related to the technology of manufacturing various categories of products, on the basis of which a process flow was proposed – from the selection of raw materials to the finished product. The analysis of the technological traces recorded on the products allowed us to highlight the differences in the manufacturing processes of the oldest tools. In addition, on the basis of the macro signs of utilitarian wear, preliminary observations on the functional using of objects were obtained. According to technological and morphological features, the whole of the analyzed material was divided into conditional categories of instruments with a selected «heel» and without it. The presence or absence of this element, apparently, influenced the method of using objects in various household situations.
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Anna Andreevna Malyutina
Institute of History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: kostylanya@yandex.ru
junior researcher of Experimental-Traceology Laboratory
Russian Federation, Saint-PetersburgAleksandr Nikolaevich Vashanov
Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Email: vashanau@gmail.com
researcher of Archeology of Primitive Society Department
Belarus, MinskMariya Ivanovna Tkacheva
Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Email: tkachova.maryia@gmail.com
researcher of Conservation and Use of the Archaeological Heritage Department
Belarus, MinskEvgenia Sergeevna Tkach
Institute of History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: evgeniia.tkach@gmail.com
candidate of historical sciences, junior researcher of Paleolithic Department
Russian Federation, Saint-PetersburgReferences
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