The Denticulate Mousterian as a supposedly distinct facies in Western Central Asia
К. А. КолобоваInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, RussiaA. KrivoshapkinInstitute of ArchaeologyК. К. ПавленокInstitute of Archaeology and EthnographyDamien FlasDepartment of Prehistory, University of Liège, Place du XX Août 7, Bat. A1 4000, Liège, BelgiumА. П. ДеревянкоInstitute of ArchaeologyU. IslamovInstitute of Archaeology, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Akademika V. Abdullaeva 3, Samarkand, 140051, Uzbekistan
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The Middle Paleolithic industry of Kulbulak – a key stratified site in Uzbekistan – has been described as the Denticulate Mousterian. Our findings suggest that this definition is problematic because the principal diagnostic feature of this facies – the denticulate outline of tools – has resulted from natural processes. Accordingly, in our view, no such facies exists either at Kulbulak or in Western Central Asia at large.
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