Lugovskoe: Geoarchaeology and culture of a paleolithic site

Artifacts were fi rst discovered at Lugovskoe in 1999 during the collection of faunal remains (Pavlov, Maschenko, 2001). The small collection included small debris, fl akes, a blade with a retouched proximal edge, and two large artifacts: a hammerstone made on a quartzite pebble, and a bidirectional core made on a gray fi ne-grained sandstone cobble. These artifacts suggested that the mammoth assemblage was associated with a Paleolithic site. To examine this, two experts, V.N. Zenin and S.V. Leshchinskiy, were invited by the KhantyMansiysk Museum of Nature and Man in September 2002. Faunal remains were studied by E.N. Maschenko of the Moscow Paleontological Institute, Moscow, and A.F. Pavlov of the Museum of Nature and Man, KhantyMansiysk. In this way, multidisciplinary studies of the site began (Pavlov et al., 2002; Maschenko et al., 2003). DOI: 10.1134/S1563011006010038