Analysis of a lithic assemblage from the multi-component habitation site Gorelyi Les, Siberia

• Author / Creator

  Kurzybov, Petr

• The research presented in this thesis examines a lithic assemblage from the multi-component habitation site Gorelyi Les in the Belaia river valley, Cis-Baikal region, Siberia. The distinctive traits of this collection are the relatively small size of the lithic assemblage and the large proportion of debitage. The chosen methodological framework for this research concentrates on obtaining maximum information from the available materials through application of typological, technological, use-wear, and spatial analyses.
  The results suggest that there were differences in the organization of the technological process of lithic tool manufacture during the Early Neolithic and Late Neolithic. During the Early Neolithic, lithic tool manufacture and use were rather intensive and diversified, while during the Late Neolithic, tool manufacture and use were limited to a narrower range of technological operations and functions.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Small size lithic assemblage
  • Debitage
  • Stone tools functions
  • Habitation site
  • Lithic analysis
  • Neolithic
  • Siberia
  • Use-wear analysis
  • Lithic technology
  • Cis-Baikal
  • Hunter-gatherers

• Graduation date

  Spring 2011

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Arts

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3N63Z

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.