Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 39 (4) 2011

Annotation:  The Upper Paleolithic Site of Dodekatym-2 in Uzbekistan Daggers from the Fofonovo Burial Ground in the Collection of the Museum of the Buryat Scientifi c C Hundidero: MIS 4 Open Air Neanderthal Occupations in Sierra de Atapuerca Absolute and Relative Chronology and Cultural Attribution of Neolithic Sites in the Kulunda Steppe Technological Analysis of Ceramics from Early Sarmatian Burials in the Southwestern Urals Archaeological Studies of the Kamenny Ambar (Olgino) Fortifi ed Settlement Silver Dish with Fighting Scenes from the Lower Ob Region Lacquer Cups of the Western Han Dynasty (Noin Ula, Mongolia): An Analysis of Inscriptions Tinder Bag with a Chinese Inscription Ancient Agriculture in Western Siberia: Problems of Argumentation, Paleoethnobotanic Methods, and A Red Marals at Satakular in the Alai The “Kirghiz Frontier” and the Frontier Volosts of the Tomsk Uyezd in the 17th Century: Formulation Sacred Space and the Art of its Representation in the Ethnic Culture of Northern Asia: Artifacts of Pottery Making in the Village of Balkhar, Dagestan The Diet of Siberian Peasants on Lenten Days (the 19th Century) Craniometric Characteristics of the Ust-Ishim People (the Southern Taiga Part of the Irtysh Basin,   

Daggers from the Fofonovo Burial Ground in the Collection of the Museum of the Buryat Scientifi c Center: Experimental Use-Wear Analysis

P.V. Volkov P.V. and E.D. Zhambaltarova.

Based on use-wear and technological analysis of daggers from the Fofonovo burial ground of the Western Trans-Baikal region, certain features relevant for their cultural attribution are examined. Lithic elements of composite tools have been defi ned as the heads of daggers that were used for butchering large game animals. These thoroughly made dagger heads show evidence of advanced lithic technologies. They possibly were used in ritual ceremonies.

Keywords: Neolithic, microblades, composite tools, reconstruction of technologies, daggers, hunting.