Paleo-economy in Rudnaya Neolithic culture (on the base of stone tools use-wear analysis)

Research is devoted to the consideration of the earliest Neolithic in the Primorye (Rudninskaya culture), which existed from the middle of V to VII century BC. The main source for the study of economic activity of the ancient population are functional studies of stone tools from archaeological collections. Based on material of settlement Rudnaya Pristan' presents a comparative analysis of the ancient economies of the two regions – Primorye and the Amur region of the Far East of Russia. In paleoeconomy analysis were used the statistics of Osipovka and Gromatukha cultures (Amur region). Share category of hunting tools on the most numerous for tools Gromatukha culture. The share of this category of weapons in the findings is much smaller and relatively minimal for Rudnaya collection. The opposite picture is displayed on the chart when comparing fractions fishing gear. In Gromatuha tools is minimal, and radically different from the value of these shares in the toolkits Osipovka and Rudnaya cultures. It is this disparity may be the main characteristic of a Rudnaya culture. It should be noted and a relatively significant share of guns opposed categories related to the processing of organic and inorganic materials that are not directly related to hunting or fishing. The data obtained by the economic activities of carriers Rudnaya culture can be defined as a relatively focused, primarily, on the fishery with a relatively developed economy, mainly related to the processing of organic materials, in particular – the wood. Comparison of data on economic activity of Rudnaya culture with the results of the planned research similar indicators chronologically later cultures of Primorye, should, as expected, to show the features of the dynamics in the evolution of the population paleoeconomy during its adaptation to climate change in the region during the Holocene.