Chipped Flint Technologies in Swiderian Complexes of the Ukrainian Polissya Region
Volume 7 (2006), pp. 109–119
Pub. online: 20 December 2006
Type: Article
Open Access
Received
20 December 2005
20 December 2005
Published
20 December 2006
20 December 2006
Abstract
The Swiders of Ukrainian Polissya used mainly local raw materials. The final preparation of pre-core for usage was forming the platform and the working surface. The main Swiderian type of core of Ukrainian Polissya is double opposite platform cores with one working surface. A typical form of Swiderian pressure cores of Ukrainian Polissya is cone-shaped and pencil-shaped. Microblades were made to be inserts into arrowheads of organic material. The joining of organic and stone elements for producing narrow-slot points is not traditional for Swiderian technology in Ukrainian Polissya. The technology, which fuses organic materials with stone elements for producing narrow-slot points, is typical of Steppe cultures. This tradition is from Kukrek Culture.