Open AccessTechno-morphological features of items made of antler from the site near the village of Michnievičy (north-western Belarus)
Author(s) -
Anna Malyutina,
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Vashanov,
Mariya Ivanovna Tkacheva,
Evgenia Sergeevna Tkach
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
samarskij naučnyj vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-3016
pISSN - 2309-4370
DOI - 10.17816/snv201984201
Subject(s) - antler , french horn , geography , macro , product (mathematics) , archaeology , computer science , mathematics , sociology , pedagogy , programming language , geometry
Thepaperpresents the results of a techno-morphological analysis of itemsmade of antlerobtained as a result of the collectionsfrom the1960s1990s from thesitenear the village of MichnievičySmorgon District of the Grodno Region (north-western Belarus).Currently, more than 100 artifacts are known fromthissite, 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 92 thousand BC. The largest part of the collection refers to the period of the MesolithicNeolithic. 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-tracesrelated to the technology of manufacturing various categories of products, on the basis of whicha process flowwas 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 oldesttools. In addition, on the basis of the macro signs of utilitarian wear, preliminary observations on the functionalusingof objects were obtained. According totechnological and morphological features, thewhole of theanalyzed 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.