A collection of artefacts made from boar tusks. From the trypillia culture settlement at „Berezovskaya Ges”

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https://doi.org/10.26485/AAL/2022/68/11

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Chalcolithic, Ukraine, forest-steppe Bug region, settlement «Berezovskaya GES», wild boar, canines, tools, technological and use-wear analysis, experimental work.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present to the academic community previously unpublished materials from the excavation of a settlement at «Berezovskaya GES» belonging to the Trypillia culture, located in the forest-steppe Bug region. The group of materials under study is а collection of tools made from wild boar tusk. The assembly comprises a large number of tools with varying degrees of use-wear, among them are preforms, blanks and debris. The tools underwent technical, morphological and traceological studies with the results being discussed in the article.

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2022-12-20

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Hrytsiuta, O., & Siekerska, O. (2022). A collection of artefacts made from boar tusks. From the trypillia culture settlement at „Berezovskaya Ges”. Acta Archaeologica Lodziensia, 68, 155–164. https://doi.org/10.26485/AAL/2022/68/11

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