nscArchaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of EurasiaАрхеология, этнография и антропология Евразии1563-0110IAET SB RASnsc-182Research ArticlePALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGEПАЛЕОЭКОЛОГИЯ. КАМЕННЫЙ ВЕКCONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE LATE PLEISTOCENE LITHIC INDUSTRIES OF THE CENTRAL ZAGROS: A TYPO-TECHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LITHIC ASSEMBLAGES FROM GHAR-E KHAR CAVE, BISOTUN, IRANПОЗДНЕПЛЕЙСТОЦЕНОВЫЕ КАМЕННЫЕ ИНДУСТРИИ ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОГО ЗАГРОСА: ТЕХНИКО-ТИПОЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ КАМЕННЫХ КОМПЛЕКСОВ ПЕЩЕРЫ ГХАР-Е-КХАР, БИСОТУН, ИРАНШидрангС.ShidrangS.

доктор наук, научный сотрудник лаборатории по изучению доисторического прошлого, среды, антропологии, палеоэкологии и культурного наследия (объединенная исследовательская группа 5199)

sshidrang@gmail.comБиглариФ.BiglariF.

доктор наук, глава отдела палеолита

fbiglari@gmail.comБордЖ.-Г.BordesJ.-G.

доктор наук, ассоциированный профессор, лаборатория по изучению доисторического прошлого, среды, антропологии, палеоэкологии и культурного наследия (объединенная исследовательская груп-па 5199)

jg.bordes@pacea.u-bordeaux1.frЖоберЖ.JaubertJ.

профессор, лаборатория по изучению доисторического прошлого, среды, антропологии, палеоэкологии и культурного наследия (объединенная исследовательская группа 5199) 

j.jaubert@pacea.u-bordeaux1.frУниверситет Бордо, Франция Université de Bordeaux, Bâtiment B8, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, CS 50023, 33615 PESSAC CEDEX, FranceФранцияUniversité de Bordeaux, Bâtiment B8, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, CS 50023, 33615 PESSAC CEDEX, FranceFranceНациональный музей Ирана, Иран National Museum of Iran, 30 Tir St., Emam Khomaini Ave., Tehran, IranИранNational Museum of Iran, 30 Tir St., Emam Khomaini Ave., Tehran, IranIslamic Republic of Iran2016300320164412738Copyright © Shidrang S., Biglari F., Bordes J., Jaubert J., 20162016Шидранг С., Биглари Ф., Борд Ж., Жобер Ж.Shidrang S., Biglari F., Bordes J., Jaubert J.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/182

The paper presents a typo-technological analysis of the lithic assemblages from the 1965 excavation of Khar cave in mountainous region of Central Zagros, Iran. Khar cave is one of the rare excavated Paleolithic sites in Zagros region with a stratifi ed sequence encompassing archaeological materials from both MIS 2 and MIS 3. The research is based on typo-technological characteristics of artifacts from the both parts of the Khar cave lithic assemblage, which are stored in the National Museum of Iran and in the Montreal University and have not been properly studied in terms of technology. The paper addresses the issue of Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Zagros, technological characteristics of Baradostian/Zagros Aurignacian industries, and the possibility of industrial evolution from the late Baradostian to the early Zarzian. Despite the small size of the assemblage, the analysis illustrates a sequence of changes and continuity in core reduction strategies and tools production in Khar cave, beginning from Late Middle Paleolithic to Epipaleolithic. However based on the current state of data, the paper reaches a conclusion that our technological data supporting the hypothesis of Middle to Upper Paleolithic continuity in Zagros are insuffi cient and we can neither confi rm nor reject the possibility of a gradual transition in this region.

В статье представлен технико-типологический анализ каменного комплекса, открытого в 1965 г. в пещере Кхар – одной из немногих палеолитических стоянок в горной области на западе Ирана в Загросе, где прослежены стратифицированные отложения, содержащие последовательно залегавшие культурные остатки периодов МИС 2 и МИС 3. Исследование опирается на технико-типологические характеристики артефактов из обеих частей коллекции стоянки в пещере Кхар, которые хранятся в Национальном музее Ирана и Университете Монреаля и ранее не получили должного освещения, особенно с точки зрения технологии. Обсуждаются проблема перехода от среднего к верхнему палеолиту в Загросе, технологические характеристики индустрий барадоста/загросского ориньяка и возможность эволюции традиций от позднего барадоста к раннему зарзи. Анализ коллекции, несмотря на ее малочисленность, позволяет выявить преемственность в стратегиях редукции нуклеусов и методах изготовления орудий в пещере Кхар от позднего этапа среднего палеолита до эпипалеолита. Однако на основании имеющихся данных сделан вывод о том, что технологических свидетельств для подтверждения гипотезы о преемственности между традициями среднего и верхнего палеолита в Загросе недостаточно, подтвердить или исключить возможность постепенного перехода в этом регионе невозможно.

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