[ Enter the Past ] Vienna - Austria, 8-12 April 2003
 
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A.V. Postnov, A.A. Anoykin, N.A. Kulik
Inst. Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
 
Connection between stone tool types of Denisova Cave and their petrophysical features
 

The artefacts of Denisova Cave were brought together into a database in the form of a dual matrix, which took into account stratigraphic position, morphology, petrophysical and petrographical parameters. To understand the dependency between certain types of raw material and the tool types, correlation graphs were built on a unified database of 1,488 pieces, irrespective to the location or cultural-chronological position of the tool forms. The graphs involved six basic rocks which were used for the making of the tools of Denisova Cave: sandstones, aleurolite, jasperoid, hornfels, aphyric effusives, and porphyric effusives. Connection between some types of raw material and some tool forms can be traced with a fair degree of certainty.
Key words: Connection, tool types , raw materials , Paleolithic, database

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