THE UISPP JOURNAL
Liubov V. Golovanova, Vladimir B. Doronichev, Ivan G. Shirobokov – A MORPHO-TECHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF BIFACES FROM THE SATANI-DAR LOCALITY IN ARMENIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE LATE ACHEULEAN WITH LARGE FLAKE BIFACES IN THE CAUCASUS
In the Caucasus, one of the largest collections of Acheulean bifaces is known from the Satani-Dar locality in Armenia. Since the mid-20th century, bifaces from this site have been described using both traditional typological methods and a technological chaîne opératoire approach characteristics. In this paper, we report results of a morpho-technological analysis of biface reduction undertaken by L. Golovanova, verifying significance of variability in the morphometric datа using modern statistical methods. The analysis indicates that in the Satani-Dar site there are three biface groups, differentiated on the basis of morphological features. A comparison of the biface groups using statistical tests and principal component analysis confirms this apparent division. Our study indicates that these biface groups represent distinct tool models. The results suggest that a morphological variability is mainly related to the technological sequence applied to produce tools on different blanks. We discuss significance of these results for modern research of the Late Acheulean in the Caucasus.
Reference as:
Golovanova LV, Doronichev VB, Shirobokov IG. 2022. A morpho-technological analysis of bifaces from the Satani-Dar Locality in Armenia: a case study of the Late Acheulean with large flake bifaces in the Caucasus. UISPP Journal 4, pp 90–107. https://doi.org/10.62526/983WK5
