Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 39 (1) 2011

Annotation:  Three Scenarios of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition. Scenario 2: The Middle to Upper Paleo Chronology and Periodization of the Neolithic in the Upper and Middle Kama Region Paleolithic Art of the Carpathian-Dniester Region Raw Materials and Paste from Wheel-Thrown Ceramics from the Gnezdovo Burial Ground The Origins of Lead Archaeological Artifacts Using Mass Spectrometry Analysis Kelteminar Arrowheads from the Altai Dagger from the Late Bronze Age Settlement on the Lyuskus River The Archekas Celt and the Issue of the Seima-Turbino Period in the Kuznetsk Basin and in the Achins Bone Anthropomorphic Sculpture from the Ust-Polui Sanctuary Images in Bronze from the Sarovka Ritual Complex: Reconstructing Semantics Information-Theoretical Database Management System in the Context of Monuments Dating to the Pre-Sc Ritual Complexes of the Bolshoye Storozhevoye Fortifi ed Settlement in the Middle Don Area Erlik Khan in the Traditional Worldview of the Khakas Copper Casting in the Daily Life and Ritual Practices of Komi Old Believers Dogs in the Traditional Worldview of the Chuvash People A Proximal Pedal Phalanx of a Paleolithic Hominin from Denisova Cave, Altai Secular Dental Changes in the Populations of the Armenian Highland: Evolutionary and Ecological Asp A Nonmetric Cranial Study of the Andronovo Series from the Altai   

Kelteminar Arrowheads from the Altai

Yu.F. Kiryushin, K.Yu. Kiryushin, and V.P. Semibratov.

Kelteminar arrowheads are rarely found at Neolithic sites outside Western Central Asia. In the Altai, the settlements of Tytkesken-2 and 6 in the middle Katun basin have yielded the largest collection of arrowheads of this type (7 and 1 specimens, respectively). Two more arrowheads were found at Peresheyechnoye VI (Gulbische) and Krivoye-1 in the Southwestern Altai. The Kelteminar arrowheads from the Altai can be classifi ed into three types according to their technical and typological features: the Southern Kyzylkum, Khorezmian, and Tytkesken. The arrowheads were imported to the Altai in the course of the ethnic-cultural contacts of the local populations with the bearers of the Kelteminar culture. Possibly, the Kelteminar traditions developed in the Altai, resulting in the formation of the Tytkesken type of arrowheads.

Keywords: Neolithic, Chalcolithic, settlement, classifi cation, typology, asymmetrical arrowhead on blade, Kelteminar culture, convergent development.