Amirkhanov Kh.A.

Key words: Oldowan, stone tools, typology, Dagestan, Ainikab I, Mukhkai I, II, gigantolith tools.
The article gives a characteristic of an uncommon category of Oldowan tools from Central Dagestan. Materials from the multilayer sites of Ainikab I and Mukhkai I and II are used to illustrate the occurrence of especially large bifacial tools in Oldowan base camp inventory on the territory in question. Typologically the tools are of the same shape as Oldowan choppers and picks.