Attributive approach to reconstruction of «сhaine operatoire» of knapped technology

At this moment majority of specialist in archaeology of stone age have a common view, that a nature of variability of tool morphology could not be determine without understanding of lithic reduction processes. Up-to-date researchers use method of «chaine operatoire» as a methodological tool to technological studies. This method integrated is a number of present approaches: refitting, experimental searching and attributive approach. If the first two approaches are widespread in the Russian school of Paleolithic researches, attributive approach on the contrary is used in technological studies seldom at this moment. The goal of present article is review of issues connected with the using of attributive approach and history of his theoretical bases, and identification his place in the methodological system of analysis of Paleolithic assemblages.