The new anthropomorphic figurine from the Khotylevo 2 upper Paleolithic site (location C, 2020 excavations)

The paper publishes an anthropomorphic figurine from the excavations of an area of location C at Khotylevo 2 site conducted in 2020. It provides typological, technological and stylistical characteristics of the item and describes its archaeological context. The authors conclude that this item features a male figure and can be categorized as a point with an anthropomorphic end-piece. Stylistically, this figurine is analogous to the male figurine from excavation pit 7 of location A at Khotylevo 2. The archaeological context of the published figurine is typical for Khotylevo 2. It is linked to the periphery of an assemblage of items found along the circle or the oval of shallow pits, mammoth bones and groups of flat mammoth bones sunk intentionally into soil together with the skulls. The find of 2020 provides a ground for singling out a special type of Eastern Gravettian figurines that complement characteristics of the Khotylevo material culture.