Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies 2018, 6(2), 53-62

DOI: 10.24411/2310-2144-2018-00011

Half-finished grooved cheek-pieces from Late Bronze Age settlement of Lebyazhinka V

Usachuk, A.N.

Museum of Local Lore, Donetsk, Ukraine; E-mail: doold@mail.ru

Abstract

The article is devoted to half-finished grooved cheek-pieces that were found among the materials of the multi-stratum settlement of Lebyazhinka V in Krasnoyarsk district of Samara region. In comparison with shield cheek-pieces, the grooved ones are rare findings but the half-finished cheek-pieces are even rarer. The findings of the Lebyazhinka V settlement were dropped at the initial stages of their making that permits us to investigate traces of the very first operations of skilled bone carvers. The half-finished grooved cheek-pieces from the Lebyazhinka V settlement supplement a very small group of similar artifacts from different regions of the Eurasian steppe.

Keywords: grooved cheek-piece, half-finished cheek-piece, bone, use-wear analysis, manufacturing technology, settlement, Bronze Age.

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