Bone offerings from a neolithic grave at Mergen’ 7

The paper analyzes artifacts from a grave discovered near a dwelling ofthe Kozlovo culture at the Neolithic settlement of Mergen’ 7. The use-and-wear analysiswas performed to determine functions of the grave offerings consisting of bone toolsand implements. This analysis provided additional data on ideological concepts ofthe Neolithic population inhabiting the forest-steppe Ishim River region.