EARLY PALEOLITHIC LOCATION AINIKAB 6 IN CENTRAL DAGESTAN

Abstract

The article analyzes archaeological materials from the Ainikab 6 Early Paleolithic site in Central Dagestan. Location Ainikab 6 is located on the southeastern outskirts of the village. Ainikabmakhi on the remnant of the 145-meter terrace of the Usisha River. The considered stone inventory comes from the pebble-gravel deposits of the terrace. According to the geological and geomorphological data, the age of the archaeological finds coming from the alluvium of the 145-meter terrace is estimated within the framework of the Baku horizon of the Caspian regional stratigraphic scheme (800-500 thousand years ago). The collection includes single single-platform cores, large and small tools made from flakes and fragments of flint raw materials, debitage. The tool set is represented by various types of choppers, a flat pick, scrapers, knives, scrapers. The stone inventory also contains archaic axes and a cross-bladed biface. The presence of axes in the stone inventory indicates that the monument belonged to the Acheulean industry.