Functional characterization of Mousterian tools from the Caucasus using comprehensive use-wear and residue analysis.

E V Doronicheva, L V Golovanova, J V Kostina, S A Legkov, G N Poplevko, E I Revina, O Y Rusakova, V B Doronichev

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E V DoronichevaANO Laboratory of Prehistory, Liflyandskaya street 6M, St. Petersburg, Russia, 190020. edoronicheva87@yandex.ru.

L V GolovanovaANO Laboratory of Prehistory, Liflyandskaya street 6M, St. Petersburg, Russia, 190020.

J V KostinaA.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy prospekt 29-2, Moscow, Russia, 119991.

S A LegkovA.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy prospekt 29-2, Moscow, Russia, 119991.

G N PoplevkoLaboratory for Experimental-Traceological Studies, Institute for the History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences, Dvortsovaya embankment 18, St. Petersburg, Russia, 191186.

E I RevinaRostov Regional Museum of Local Lore, Bolshaya Sadovaya street 79, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 344006.

O Y RusakovaA.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy prospekt 29-2, Moscow, Russia, 119991.

V B DoronichevANO Laboratory of Prehistory, Liflyandskaya street 6M, St. Petersburg, Russia, 190020.

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The authors discuss functional characterization of Mousterian tools on the basis of their use-wear and residue analysis of five lithic tools from Mezmaiskaya cave and Saradj-Chuko grotto in the North Caucasus. The results represent the first comprehensive use-wear and residue analysis carried out on Mousterian stone artefacts in the Caucasus. This study unequivocally confirms the use of bitumen for hafting stone tools in two different Middle Paleolithic cultural contexts defined in the Caucasus, Eastern Micoquian and Zagros Mousterian.

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DOI10.1038/s41598-022-20612-x

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