https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=294 Publications de Auteurs Vadim Cohen fr 0 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=597 The current state of hunter‑gatherer research is specifically concerned with a multi‑aspectual approach to archaeological data. Its particular contribution lies in developing a comprehensive definition of culture. The paper undertakes to discuss the Crimean Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic records from different points of view, namely ecology, technology, typology, subsistence strategy, mortuary practices and symbolism. The method points to the notion that landscape diversity and ungulate biology are useful to the definition of mobility. The particular evidence of the mutilated hands as part of specific ritual activity, as well symbolic depictions on the pit grave ceiling, mark the mortuary practice. The model biases relations of the social and economic factors specific to this case. mar., 12 mai 2026 16:09:52 +0200 mar., 12 mai 2026 16:09:59 +0200 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=597 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=588 The debates on understanding of Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Eastern Europe are on the spot now. Nevertheless, not much attention is being paid to taxonomy as a key tool of data analysis. The proposed taxonomical approach challenges the ternary schema, which consists of such interrelated taxons as "technocomplex", "industry", and "type of industry". A wide sample of archaeological data has been analyzed in terms of various comparative strategies. The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Eastern Europe has been understood as a nonlinear/multidimensional process. Its archaeological interface points to the notion of two "lines of development" termed as transitional and early Upper Palaeolithic industries, in which technological and typological variability has been documented.The group of transitional industries appears within two technocomplexes: the Epimicoquian and the Levallois‑Mousterian of Tabun D tradition. The first comprises several industries with a distinctive combination of Micoquian and Upper Palaeolithic traits and rooted the Middle Palaeolithic Micoquian. The second is distinguished by a particular technology providing Levallois recurrent bipolar reduction and volumetric reduction within the same knapping context. The industries which belong to this technocomplex are geographically diverse: Kremenician (western Volhynia), Bohunician (Central Europe), Temnata cave I, VI (Balkans), Levallois‑Mousterian of Tabun D and Emiran (Near East). The consideration tentatively assumes that the bearers of this tradition, presumably anatomically modern humans, came to inhabit part of Europe. Three technocomplexes have been described within the Early Upper Palaeolithic line of development: the Aurignacian, the Archaic Gravettian, and the Epimicoquian. Each of them is represented by a number of industries which have been spread throughout the different territorial groups. mar., 12 mai 2026 15:36:49 +0200 mar., 12 mai 2026 15:36:55 +0200 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=588 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=587 This paper is devoted to the study of lithic typology and technology of the West Ukrainian Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transitional site Kulychivka. The site was excavated by V.P. Savchuk between the years 1968‑1987. Discussed in the paper is the lithic assemblage from the III‑d cultural layer of the lower‑most one recovered during the 1979 field campaign. A limited series of artifacts discovered during subsequent years of investigation of the site is also involved for comparison. Kulychivka typology comprises component Upper Palaeolithic types, where scrapers, followed by retouched blades, burins, etc., are characteristic. Typical Levallois points add originality of the assemblage. Kulychivka technology involves two modes of exploitation of raw materials, namely flat (Levallois) and volumetric (parallel or prismatic); knapping on narrow lateral face. Both modes are characterized by specific traits; though rare, there are examples of combination of the two. The original appearance of the Kulychivka assemblage allows to define a distinct Kremenician industry. The closest analogy of Kremenician of Western Ukraine is represented by the Moravian Bohunician. Regional Middle Palaeolithic records show no clear and doubtless forerunners of Kremenician.This paper discusses typological and technological aspects of the Kulychivka industry. It is mainly based on analysis of the assemblage of the III‑d (lower) Upper Palaeolithic layer from the excavations by V.P. Savchuk in 1979 conducted on an area of ca. 108 square meters. Additional extra materials coming from later V.P. Savchuk field campaigns were also used, but are represented in the present paper more briefly. According to the excavator, the area excavated in 1979 yielded the hearth (250 × 160 × 614 centimeters) and two concentrations of finds, one of which - oval in shape, 4 × 2,5 m in area - yielded up to 78 % of flints (Savchuk, 1979). The lithic series of the III‑d layer of Kulychivka from the Depository of Ternopil Museum of Local Studies consists of 6408 pieces and were analyzed by the present authors. Additionally, the data on ca. 600 technologically meaningful artifacts from the Lviv Archaeological Institute were also involved. mar., 12 mai 2026 15:34:26 +0200 mar., 12 mai 2026 15:34:33 +0200 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=587 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=305 mar., 12 mai 2026 09:59:03 +0200 mar., 12 mai 2026 09:59:08 +0200 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=305 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=300 mar., 12 mai 2026 09:58:20 +0200 mar., 12 mai 2026 09:58:26 +0200 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=300 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=293 mar., 12 mai 2026 09:57:50 +0200 mar., 12 mai 2026 09:57:56 +0200 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-5535/index.php?id=293