Stone tools of Khoid Tamir valley

Outils lithiques de la Vallée du Haut Tamir

ХОЙД ТАМИРЫН ГОЛЫН ХӨНДИЙН ЧУЛУУН ЗЭВСГҮҮД

Ya. Tserendagva (1) , Jamiyan-Ombo Gantulga (1) , Jérôme Magail (2)

1 MAS - Mongolian Academy of Sciences
2 Musée d'anthropologie préhistorique de Monaco

This article narrate about the stone tools which founded by Mongol-Monaco joint expedition from the Khoid Tamiryn gol site. Although the quantities of above stone tools of Khoid Tamiryn gol site are counted in a few numbers, but possible to study their type of stone tool productivity and chipping techniques. It is complicated to determine the concerning date when stone tools have been found from the surface, instead of cultural layer. However, there is a possibility to identify the chronology by their making technique, tool type and erosion. The most spectacular finding was a chopping type tool. This tool made from fine-grained siltstone (aleurolite). Although the chopping is considered as one of main representative of the lower Paleolithic, the stone tools on our hands has a probability to relate to the later period. Erosion-weathering is average. According to the chipped technique, erosion, and main purpose, it is possible to concern to the middle Paleolithic age. The manufacturing method of above campsites of the Tsats tolgoi and Khuruugyn uzuur are certainly similar and its technique, initial chipping and condition is probably related to the Upper Paleolithic period, prevailing the ancient style of initial chipped micro-cores and also bifacial chipping method. The burin, scraper and picker, which were among the tool collection, have been used as the main materials to identify the chronology. A large number of the weapon and tool stones among the stone tools which have been found from above two sites are proves that these sites were the campsites of Paleolithic people who resided there for a for a time. Above stated two campsites are similar by all things with the stone tools of settlements and campsites which have been found earlier from the Khoid Tamiryn gol site and also similar to making techniques and types of Paleolithic findings of the Moiltyn am, Orkhon-1 and Orkhon sites of Upper Paleolithic. The chopper style of tools are very different from other tools and made by identical technique of chopping tools of the Moiltyn am sites` lower layer.

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Ya. Tserendagva, Jamiyan-Ombo Gantulga, Jérôme Magail. ХОЙД ТАМИРЫН ГОЛЫН ХӨНДИЙН ЧУЛУУН ЗЭВСГҮҮД. STUDIA ARCHAEOLOGICA, XXX (1-14), pp.5-20, 2011, 978 - 99962 - 1 - 229 - 1. ⟨hal-02498141⟩