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Preliminary results of archaeological studies at the lower Paleolithic site of Darvagchai-1 in Dagestan

Preliminary results of archaeological studies at the lower Paleolithic site of Darvagchai-1 in... PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE DOI: 10.1134/S1563011007040020 A.P. Derevianko and V.N. Zenin Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia E-mail: VZenin@archaeology.nsc.ru PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES AT THE LOWER PALEOLITHIC SITE OF DARVAGCHAI-1 IN DAGESTAN* Introduction Derevianko, 2005; Derevianko, Amirkhanov, Zenin, Anoikin, Tsybankov, 2005; Derevianko, Amirkhanov, Until recently, few Paleolithic research projects have Zenin, Anoikin, Tsybankov, Kulik, 2005; Derevianko, been carried out in Dagestan in the Caucasus. The fi rst Zenin, Anoikin, 2005; Derevianko, Anoikin, Leshchinskiy, information on Lower Paleolithic artifacts collected Slavinsky, Borisov, 2006; Derevianko, Anoikin, Slavinsky, from the surface in the vicinity of the village of Gedjuh Borisov, 2006). Predominantly small artifacts were was provided by M.Z. Panichkina in the late 1930s. recovered from the soft sediment of marine and littoral Later, V.G. Kotovich made an archaeological survey of origin. Relative estimates of the age and the morphological this area in the 1950s (Kotovich, 1964). He identifi ed features of the major tool categories from Darvagchai-1 the artifacts recovered from the Chumus-Inits site as allow us to identify this technocomplex as the Lower the earliest (Acheulian) implements despite the total Paleolithic industry of small tools (Derevianko, 2006). absence http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia Springer Journals

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Copyright © 2007 by A.P. Derevianko and V.N. Zenin
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Social Sciences, general; Archaeology; Regional and Cultural Studies; Anthropology
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1563-0110
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PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE DOI: 10.1134/S1563011007040020 A.P. Derevianko and V.N. Zenin Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia E-mail: VZenin@archaeology.nsc.ru PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES AT THE LOWER PALEOLITHIC SITE OF DARVAGCHAI-1 IN DAGESTAN* Introduction Derevianko, 2005; Derevianko, Amirkhanov, Zenin, Anoikin, Tsybankov, 2005; Derevianko, Amirkhanov, Until recently, few Paleolithic research projects have Zenin, Anoikin, Tsybankov, Kulik, 2005; Derevianko, been carried out in Dagestan in the Caucasus. The fi rst Zenin, Anoikin, 2005; Derevianko, Anoikin, Leshchinskiy, information on Lower Paleolithic artifacts collected Slavinsky, Borisov, 2006; Derevianko, Anoikin, Slavinsky, from the surface in the vicinity of the village of Gedjuh Borisov, 2006). Predominantly small artifacts were was provided by M.Z. Panichkina in the late 1930s. recovered from the soft sediment of marine and littoral Later, V.G. Kotovich made an archaeological survey of origin. Relative estimates of the age and the morphological this area in the 1950s (Kotovich, 1964). He identifi ed features of the major tool categories from Darvagchai-1 the artifacts recovered from the Chumus-Inits site as allow us to identify this technocomplex as the Lower the earliest (Acheulian) implements despite the total Paleolithic industry of small tools (Derevianko, 2006). absence

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