Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
Lomonosov Moscow State University, faculty of history, department of archaeology, Moscow
Plohenko B.G., e-mail: Plohenkobg@yandex.ru
This work is devoted to opportunities and prospects of dental cement analysis. In case of faunal remains that are found on archaeological sites, the season of the animal death will correspond to the time of hunting, and the number of the set materials together with archaeological methods will indicate the duration of the existence of the monument. In this paper, we used the results of the analysis of horses, bison and reindeer teeth selected from the faunal collection of the main cultural layer Kamennaya Balka II (date interval 14,557–16,643 y.a, after calibration date – 17,100–17,300 y.a.), originating from the South-Western part of the site, excavated in 1979–1995 (about 60 samples). During the selection special attention was paid to the presence of well-preserved lower part of the tooth, which is necessary to determine the age and season of death. From all samples, only 17 allowed us to obtain some results, with only 9 samples gave the definition of the season. Also this method allows to estimate the age composition of the hunting which is represented in the faunal remains in the site. This method in combination with other archaeological and natural scientific methods can give accurate and the most complete data and is necessary in the study of sites of different epochs and cultures.
archaeology, analysis of dental cement, the Upper Paleolithic, determining season of the animal death
Цит.: Plohenko B.G. Analysis of dental cement – opportunities and prospects in the study of archaeological sites (illustrated by materials Kamennaya Balka II) // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2015; 2/2015; с. 130-135
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