Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 45 (1) 2017   DOI: 10.17746/1563-0110.2017.45.1.003-014

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New Findings on the Middle Paleolithic of the Eastern Adriatic:
The Earliest Settlement at Bioce, Montenegro

A.P. Derevianko¹, M.V. Shunkov¹, L. Bulatovic², K.K. Pavlenok^{1, 3}, V.A. Ulyanov^{1, 4}, M.B. Kozlikin¹, and A.V. Kandyba¹

¹Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

²Public Institution “Museums and Galleries”, Mark Milanova 4, 32000, Podgorica, Montenegro

³Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

⁴Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia

Excavations of undisturbed Pleistocene deposits at the Bioce rock shelter layers 4 and 3 by the joint Russian-Montenegrin expedition yielded the first evidence of Middle Paleolithic occupation. Primary reduction techniques are described, and a typology of the lithic industry is proposed. The techniques were quite simple, including parallel, multidirectional, and centripetal fl aking suggestive of the Levallois tradition. Flakes were mostly small, short, and robust, with a straight profile. Most tools are single or double side-scrapers. Atypical end-scrapers, spurred and notcheddenticulate tools, and fl akes with irregular retouch are few. The closest technological and typological parallels are with Crvena Stijena layers XXII–XVIII, correlating with MIS 5c-b. This industry is based on Levallois and radial/discoid cores; elongated blanks are few. The most frequent tools are side-scrapers and backed knives. Finds from Bioce span a long period of occupation and testify to cultural evolution, suggesting, for the first time, that this site may be a key to understanding the cultural processes taking place during the Middle Paleolithic of the region.

Keywords: Eastern Adriatic, Pleistocene, Middle Paleolithic, Bioce rock shelter, stratigraphy, lithic industry, chronology.