SOME ASPECTS OF FUNCTION OF SEVERAL STONE TOOLS IN EASTERN MANYCH CATACOMB CULTURE

Abstract

Stone tools found in burials that belong of Eastern Manych catacomb culture in the North-Western Caspian steppe. On the basis of morphological analysis the author proposes the ways of use of these artifacts, justifies the criteria of functional attribution of stone items.

Keywords

• stone tools
• funeral rite
• typological method
• eastern manych catacomb culture (emcc)