Stone Industry of the Potapovy Luzhki - III Settlement: New Origins About Samus Culture

Samus culture sites have been widely known in Western Siberia for over half a century. One of them is the Potapovy Lushchki - III settlement, which was discovered and explored in 2020-2021 in the vicinity of Tomsk. As a result of field research, a collection of stone products was obtained, which was studied in order to substantiate the characteristics of the stone industry that existed in the settlement. The description and analysis of the collection were carried out using categorization and cluster analysis methods using the STATISTICA 10.0, PASW Statistic and E4 software packages. Based on the statistical occurrence of leading groups of features, the most stable ones in the described industry were identified. Then, using the method of analogies and comparative analysis, a correlation of these features with the materials of previously known complexes was performed. As a result of the analysis of this collection, a multicomponent composition of the industry with a selective strategy for the utilization of raw materials was established. Details of splitting and utilization of products were revealed, which are epochal features of the industry: the coexistence of several splitting and processing techniques, the preferred design of tools on flakes, the use of ground forms from soft rocks as abrasives and sinkers. The cultural features of the industry of this settlement included a variety of secondary processing methods and a significant proportion of re-designed tools on fragments of utilized flakes.

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