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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Bone-carving handicraft of Middle and Low Volga regions based on analysis of the bone pieces and defective products from Bilyar and Samosdelka sites</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>Bone-carving handicraft of Middle and Low Volga regions based on analysis of the bone pieces and defective products from Bilyar and Samosdelka sites</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Palceva</surname><given-names>Dinara U.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Palceva</surname><given-names>Dinara U.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>umnica_85@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2" /></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Burzhakov</surname><given-names>Ramil A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Burzhakov</surname><given-names>Ramil A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>umnica_85@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3" /></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Sjanova</surname><given-names>Oksana A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sjanova</surname><given-names>Oksana A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>umnica_85@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">student</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">student</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff4"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">student</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">student</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2012</year></pub-date><issue>4</issue><fpage>20</fpage><lpage>27</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2012/issue/4/article/2">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2012/issue/4/article/2</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/4(33)/20-27.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/4(33)/20-27.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Based on these results it can be argued the presence of home carving handicraft production at the sites, due to the fact that the main characteristic of the craft – a high percentage of rejects and similar preparations, indicating the standardization and production volume is missing.    The article discusses some lesser known issues of mutual influence of cultures of medieval population of the two regions based on the study of material culture of archaeological monuments of the Middle and Lower Volga regions, Bilyar and Samosdelskiy hillfort. The analysis bone workpieces and defective products offers a new perspective on the dynamics of such branch of medieval production as the bone cutting one.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Based on these results it can be argued the presence of home carving handicraft production at the sites, due to the fact that the main characteristic of the craft – a high percentage of rejects and similar preparations, indicating the standardization and production volume is missing.    The article discusses some lesser known issues of mutual influence of cultures of medieval population of the two regions based on the study of material culture of archaeological monuments of the Middle and Lower Volga regions, Bilyar and Samosdelskiy hillfort. The analysis bone workpieces and defective products offers a new perspective on the dynamics of such branch of medieval production as the bone cutting one.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Material culture</kwd><kwd>Medieval production</kwd><kwd>the medieval population</kwd><kwd>Bilyar</kwd><kwd>Samosdelskiy hillfort</kwd><kwd>Bone-production</kwd><kwd>Craft.</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Material culture</kwd><kwd>Medieval production</kwd><kwd>the medieval population</kwd><kwd>Bilyar</kwd><kwd>Samosdelskiy hillfort</kwd><kwd>Bone-production</kwd><kwd>Craft.</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>