Unusual Items: Tiny, Pointed, Made of Ivory
Journal: Stratum plus Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology
Year: 2023

The paper presents the first publication of unique ivory micro-artefacts identified in materials of the multilayered Palaeolithic sites Medzhibozh A and Zaskalnaya V. The objects under discussion represent the oldest currently known instances of anthropogenic modification of tusk material using the bipolar-on-anvil knapping and trimming techniques and retouching. Medzhibozh A is located in the Southern Bug valley; layer I—II with a Mammuthus trogontherii tusk artefact is dated to the Middle Plei