Обработка бивня мамонта в верхнем палеолите Арктической Сибири (по материалам Янской стоянки)
Processing of the Mammoth Tusk in the Upper Palaeolithic of the Arctic Siberia (with Particular Reference to the Materials of the Yana Site)

Summary/Abstract: Processing of mammoth ivory is recognized widely as one of the most important characteristics of the material culture of the ancient man. In fact, the production of ivory tools is the most important innovation of the Upper Palaeolithic. The Yana site materials provide exceptionally rich and complete data set for understanding of the ivory technologies. Technological operations have been tightly connected with the size and shape of the desirable product, but also were determined by the raw material properties. Several technological cycles are recognized, including production of long ivory shafts by exfoliation with the use of wedging. Similar technologies were widely spread across Upper Palaeolithic of Northern Eurasia.

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