Mammoth ivory technologies in the Upper Palaeolithic: a case study based on the materials from Yana RHS, Northern Yana-Indighirka lowland, Arctic Siberia

World Archaeology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 333-389

  Pitulko, Vladimir V ^a   Pavlova, Elena Y ^b   Nikolskiy, Pavel A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE   (Russian Federation)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic Siberia; ivory technologies; mammoth; Pleistocene; Stone Age; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; IVORY; MAMMOTH; MATERIAL CULTURE; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE;

ARCTIC; SIBERIA;

NES;

EID: 84930088426     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2015.1030508     Document Type: Article

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