Principal Approaches to the Study of Middle Palaeolithic Bone Retouchers
Journal: Stratum plus Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology
Year: 2022

Research in recent years has demonstrated complex Neanderthal activity, comparable to that of anatomically modern humans, in the context of bone tool production, pigments, adhesive compositions and non-utilitarian activities. The most numerous and widespread bone tools in Eurasian and African Middle Paleolithic are retouchers, which have been investigated for more than a century. The paper discusses various research approaches to the study of bone retouchers and the scientific results obtained t