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Chagyrskaya Cave:A Middle Paleolithic Site In The Altai |
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| Authors: | A.P. Derevianko S.V. Markin V.S. Zykin V.S. Zykina V.S. Zazhigin A.O. Sizikova E.P. Solotchina L.G. Smolyaninova A.S. Antipov |
| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia;2. Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. Akademika Koptyuga 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia;3. Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky Per. 7, Moscow, 119017, Russia |
| Abstract: | This article presents the results of multidisciplinary studies conducted at Chagyrskaya – an Upper Pleistocene karst cave in the northwestern Altai where Middle Paleolithic stone tools and fossil remains of Neanderthals were found. Taphonomic aspects of the site are addressed, and results of science-based analyses including radiocarbon and paleomagnetic dating are presented. The deposits are similar to loess-like Upper Pleistocene loams of Western Siberia. Among the Middle Paleolithic industries of the Altai, the Chagyrskaya industry is paralleled only by that of Okladnikov (formerly Sibiryachikha) Cave. Both represent a local Middle Paleolithic Mousteroid facies, named Sibiryachikha after the eponymous site. |
| Keywords: | Geology granulometric analysis chemical analysis micromorphological analysis paleomagnetic analysis loess small mammals Middle Paleolithic. |
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