Lozovskaya O.V.

Key words: Stone Age, Mesolithic, Neolithic, peat-bog sites, organic materials, wooden artifacts, woodworking, Zamostye 2 dwelling site, Volga-Oka interfluve
Wooden items are extremely rare finds at Stone Age dwelling sites. Only about 30 wooden items are known for the Paleolithic period. Mesolithic and Neolithic items have only been preserved in the humid conditions of peat-bog sites. In this regard, the collection of wooden artifacts from Zamostye 2 (in the Moscow oblast’) dwelling site, which has Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic layers (6th – beginning of the 5th millennia BC), is undoubtedly of interest. The assemblage includes handles of polished axes and adzes, implements for hunting and fishing, fragments of crockery, objects of “art”, flattened points, and numerous details of unknown tools and constructions. Many of the items are unique and have no analogies in materials from synchronous sites. The surface of many of the artifacts is well-preserved, hence it became possible to undertake a selective technological analysis of the traces of treatment. The analysis revealed specific details of the treatment techniques for items from different layers, in particular, of the relief working of the surfaces with a stone adze, which is characteristic of the lower layer.