Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
1) Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia; 2) Lomonosov Moscow State University, Geological Faculty, Department of Geology and Geochemistry of Fossil Fuels, Leninskie Gory, 1, Moscow, 119234, Russia; 3) Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsouznaya st., 123, Moscow, 117647, Russia; 4) The Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Department of Stone age archaeology, Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117292, Russia
Medvedev Stanislav Pavlovich, Researcher, ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0916-184X; stas-roi@mail.ru; Kandinov Mikhail Nikolaevich, PhD, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8095-0978, kmn_49@mail.ru; Korost Dmitry Viacheslavovich, PhD, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8957-6871, dkorost@mail.ru; Lavrov Alexander Vadimovich, PhD, lavrov_av@inbox.ru; Uspenskaya Olesya Igorevna, PhD, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7830-8660, adamena@mail.ru.
Introduction. During the 2018 year fieldworks at the Avdeevo Palaeolithic site it was investigated the territory near (about 8 m) the second settlement unit (Avdeevo 2). There were collected some flint artifacts and identifiable mammalian bones and teeth, among them was a perforated wolf (Canis lupus) vertebra caudal. Materials and methods. This item is Canis lupus vertebra caudal with a through hole located along its main axis. Morphological, microware and CT analysis were made to investigate this artifact. Results and discussion. Bone item was attributed as a wolf (Canis lupus) ninth tail (caudal) vertebra. Its entries have abrupt subcircular and suboval form with curled edges angular parts. Main perforation shape is a through crook canal with an obtuse angle joint in the middle part of the canal length. Perforation diameter varies along it axis. There are small recessions near the entries of the canal, a surface structure is spongy. And that is why we suppose that this perforation could appear by anthropogenic origin. Conclusion. We can’t make an unambiguous conclusion about the origin of the perforation in this vertebra. But our assumption about its anthropogenic cause is based on the results of Morphological, microware and CT analysis.
archeology; Upper Palaeolithic; Avdeevo; Gravettian; Kostenki-Avdeevo culture; Canis lupus; vertebra caudal
DOI: 10.32521/2074-8132.2020.2.147-151
Цит.: Medvedev S.P., Kandinov M.N., Korost D.V., Lavrov A.V., Uspenskaya O.I. Perforated Canis lupus vertebra caudal from the Avdeevo Upper Palaeolithic site // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2020; 2/2020; с. 147-151
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