Alexey Klementiev
Biographic Data
| ID | 830889 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexey Klementiev |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexey |
| FAMILY NAME | Klementiev |
| SIGNATURE | KLEMENTIEV A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of the Earth’s Crust |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2129-7072 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 45 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 45 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Is there an Aurignacian in the Lake Baikal region of eastern Siberia? Deciphering mixed assemblages
Defining the Contribution of Animals and Humans to Bone Accumulation in Pleistocene Deposits Using Spatial Statistics (With Special Reference to the Main Chamber of the Tsagaan Agui Cave)
Identifying agents of bone accumulation in caves is often complicated by intense activity of carnivores. A methodology based on studying the density of finds and testing correlation between bones and lithic artifacts was applied to the Pleistocene layers of the Main Chamber in Tsagaan Agui Cave. Principal component analysis was performed to reduce data dimensionality, and its results were grouped using clustering. As a result, a group of layers (…
Results of the 2025 Excavations at Tsagaan-Agui Cave, Gobi Altai
This paper presents the results of recent investigations conducted at Tsagaan Agui Cave, located in the Gobi Altai of southern Central Mongolia, during 2021–2025. Pit 2 in the Main Chamber revealed a stratigraphic sequence spanning from the Middle to the Late Pleistocene and identified seven cultural layers. In 2025, Pit 2 was expanded, and deposits containing cultural layers 1–4 were examined in the newly opened units. Layer 1 contained several …
Raptorial Birds as Taphonomic Agents for Small Mammal Remains in Pleistocene Deposits at Tsagaan Agui Cave, Mongolia
The Afontova Gora IV (Ovrazhnaya) Site
We analyze a part of the Paleolithic layer of Afontova Gora IV (Ovrazhnaya) in Krasnoyarsk, evidencing intentional exploitation of outcrops of red sandstone and other local rocks. We describe archaeological finds and faunal remains, identify species important for subsistence. Based on the results of the intrasite spatial analysis, we separate an area of domestic activities centered on an open hearth. Scar-patterns and raw material links were anal…
Bone-bearing Locality Yasnoe-1 in the Early Upper Palaeolithic of Central Siberia
The paper presents the materials of an Early Upper Palaeolithic site discovered during archaeological exploration in the areas of new buildings in the northeastern outskirts of Krasnoyarsk in 2018. Сhronostratigraphic data allows us to attribute the site to the earliest stage of the Upper Palaeolithic in the Late Kargian interglacial stage (MIS 3, 34.000-27.000 BP). The taphonomic conditions of the culture-containing layer are similar to a wide r…
The Afontova Gora IV (Ovrazhnaya) Site
В статье представлен анализ участка палеолитического слоя стоянки Афонтова Гора IV (Овражная) в г. Красноярске с признаками целевой эксплуатации выходов красноцветных песчаников и иных местных пород. Характеризуются археологические материалы, состав фаунистических остатков, даются видовые определения объектов промысла. На основе планиграфического анализа в структуре стоянки выделен участок со следами хозяйственно-бытовой деятельности, основным эл…
Raptorial Birds as Taphonomic Agents for Small Mammal Remains in Pleistocene Deposits at Tsagaan Agui Cave, Mongolia
Статья посвящена реконструкции влияния хищных птиц на тафоценоз мелких млекопитающих в пещере Цагаан-Агуй и определению состава последних для климатической и палеоландшафтной характеристики окрестностей пещеры в период накопления слоев 4 и 5.1-5.3 Большого грота. Изучены скопления костей мелких млекопитающих, обнаруженные в этих слоях в 2022-2023 гг. (раскоп 2) и связанные, вероятно, с периодическим функционированием гнезд крупных пернатых хищник…
Lithic Industry in Khairkhan Cave, Mongolia
Discovered in 2022 in the southwest of the Khangai Mountains and located in a separate limestone massif, Khairkhan Cave is the only Paleolithic site in the area and the first cave site in the mountainous country in general. Less than 200 km away there is the Khoid-Tsenkheriyn-Agui Cave, known for its Paleolithic paintings. The Khairkhan Cave deposits were studied in 2022, revealing a stratigraphic sequence of four layers, the first three of which…
Using Virtual Endocast to Measure Total Endocranial Volume of Orkhon Hyena Fossils
During 2021–2024, the Russian-Mongolian-American expedition studied the Pleistocene faunal complexes of the Khangai and Gobi Altai Mountains and Mongolia in general. The species composition of these complexes remained poorly studied due to their fragmentation and small number of animal bone remains. New finds make it possible to significantly expand the list of Pleistocene mammal species that inhabited this territory, as well as to reinterpret sa…
Survey Operations at Paleolithic Locations in the Mongolian Altai and Jargalant Ridge
The Russian-Mongolian expedition conducted the survey in the Mongolian and Gobi Altai in 2024. This research was aimed to search for the new Paleolithic sites: exposed on the surface and stratified, of open and cave types. Herein, we provide the results of the work in the Mongolian Altai and the Jargalant ridge in the Western Mongolia. In the Bayan-Ölgii aimag, we surveyed the floodplain terraces in the Tsengel somon area. Previously, assemblages…
Excavations in the Main Chamber of Tsagaan Agui Cave in 2024
Tsagaan Agui Cave is a unique archaeological site in North and Central Asia, since it contains Upper and Middle Pleistocene deposits with well-preserved paleontological material and cultural remains down to its oldest layers. Since 2021, we have studied the northern part of the main chamber of Tsagaan Agui. Excavation pit 2 is located under an opening in the cave ceiling, open to the sky, which makes it possible to trace the boundary between rela…
The Solnechny Site and the Late Upper Paleolithic Culture of the Middle Yenisei Region
The Palaeolithic site of Solnechny was discovered in in the city of Krasnoyarsk (Middle Siberia) in 2017. The site is located on the high terrace levels of the left side of the Yenisei River valley, at a considerable distance from the modern river bed. During the salvage excavations in 2019 and 2020 the site was studied over an area of more than 3500 square meters. The rich Paleolithic cultural layer was included in the profile of modern chernoze…
A New Type of IUP Settlement in the Selenga River Basin, Northern Mongolia
В статье представлены результаты раскопок новой стоянки начального верхнего палеолита Харганын-Гол-13, расположенной в долине притока р. Селенги на севере Монголии. Долина Селенги и ее притоков, соединяющая Западное Забайкалье и Северную Монголию, являлась одним из важнейших коридоров, по которым двигались популяции начального верхнего палеолита. Здесь выявлена зона наибольшей концентрации расположенных поблизости от источников сырья стоянок этог…
Early Neolithic Complexes of the Buguldeika 1 Geoarchaeological Site (Western Coast of Lake Baikal)
For the first time, the materials of the Early Neolithic complexes (cultural layers 7 and 8) of the multilayered site Buguldeika 1 on western coast of Lake Baikal, excavated in 2016 by A. A. Timoschenko and E. N. Bocharova, are introduced in full. A comparative analysis of materials from layers 7 and 8 showed that these complexes are largely homogeneous in nature (in terms of production and typology of ceramics and stone items). The differences l…
Beyond 55° North latitude
A Late Paleolithic Housing and Utility Complex at Afontova Gora IV (Ovrazhnaya)
The study focuses on a specific area of Afontova Gora !V (0vrazhnaya)-a newly discovered Late Paleolithic site in Krasnoyarsk. We describe the diversity of cultural and utilitarian traditions at Afontova Gora and tackle the problem of detecting remains of dwellings in the structure of Paleolithic deposits. Brief information on the geomorphology and stratigraphy of the site and on the location of archaeological features in the paleorelief of Afont…
A New Type of IUP Settlement in the Selenga River Basin, Northern Mongolia
Here we outline the results of excavations at a recently discovered Initial Upper Paleolithic site, Kharganyn Gol-13, located on a tributary of the Selenga River in northern Mongolia. The Selenga valley and those of its tributaries were key routes along which humans dispersed during the Initial Upper Paleolithic. The concentration of sites of that period is highest here. Most are situated near outcrops of lithic raw material and are classifi ed a…
Aktas—an “Ephemeral” Upper Paleolithic Site in North Kazakhstan
В статье представлены данные, полученные на новом этапе исследований верхнепалеолитической стоянки Актас, первые работы на которой были проведены в 1982-1983 гг. Памятник расположен в Северном Казахстане, где палеолитические объекты очень редки. В работе приводятся материалы по стратиграфии, палеонтологии, археологии и хронологии стоянки. На памятнике выделены шесть литологических слоев, два из которых (3 и 4) содержат многочисленные фаунистическ…
North Angara Early Holocene hunter–gatherers
Paleolithic Site Tri Skaly in Western Transbaikalia as a Hunter-Gatherers’ Base Camp
Purpose. In 2015 a new archaeological site Tri Skaly were found in the lower part of the Khilock River basin (Western Transbaikalia). This site is of a large interest in the sense of investigations concerned early stages of the Upper Palaeolithic in Transbaikal, because it is westernmost among similar sites and located in the area where such sites were not known earlier. The purpose of this investigation is defining the functional purpose of the …
Aktas—an “Ephemeral” Upper Paleolithic Site in North Kazakhstan
This paper presents new findings from field studies at Aktas, an Upper Paleolithic site first excavated in 1982 and 1983. It is located in North Kazakhstan, where Paleolithic sites are quite rare. We describe the stratigraphy, paleontology, archaeology, and chronology of Aktas. Six lithological layers are distinguished, two of which (3 and 4) abound in faunal remains. Chronology was generated from a new series of OSL-ages. The accumulation of lay…
Shelter in an extreme environment
Beginning in the Middle Palaeolithic, human populations penetrated areas of Central Asia that are today characterised by extremely arid conditions. Mongolia's Gobi Desert comprises one such region. Tsagaan Agui Cave presents an example of the later Pleistocene occupation of this area, containing stratified evidence of diachronic, intense human and animal occupation
Late Pleistocene Paleoenvironments and Episodic Human Occupations in the Orkhon Valley of Central Mongolia
В статье рассматриваются результаты нового цикла исследований палеолитических памятников в долине р. Орхон (Центральная Монголия) — Мойлтын ам, Орхон-1, Орхон-7. Основное внимание уделяется памятнику Мойлтын ам, материалы которого представляют культурно-стратиграфическую последовательность от финального среднего до позднего верхнего палеолита. Полученные результаты анализов редкоземельных элементов, Sr-изотопов и фаунистических остатков соотносят…
Faunal Materials in the Context of Cultural Layers of the Krutaya Site (Group of Sites of Afontova Gora)
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A new Upper Paleolithic occupation at the site of Tolbor-21 (Mongolia)
Late Pleistocene Paleoenvironments and Episodic Human Occupations in the Orkhon Valley of Central Mongolia
Here, we present initial results of a new course of research being carried out at the Moiltyn-am, Orkhon-1, and Orkhon-7 Paleolithic sites in the Orkhon River Valley, central Mongolia. Our research focuses on the Moiltyn-am site, which preserves a cultural and chronological sequence from the Final Middle to the Late Upper Paleolithic. Results from analyses of rare earth elements, Strontium (Sr) isotopes, and faunal assemblages are correlated with…
Middle Palaeolithic human dispersal in Central Asia
Excavations of Dwelling of Mongolian Period on the Nur-Tukhum Archaeological Complex
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Beyond 55° North latitude
A Late Paleolithic Housing and Utility Complex at Afontova Gora IV (Ovrazhnaya)
The study focuses on a specific area of Afontova Gora !V (0vrazhnaya)-a newly discovered Late Paleolithic site in Krasnoyarsk. We describe the diversity of cultural and utilitarian traditions at Afontova Gora and tackle the problem of detecting remains of dwellings in the structure of Paleolithic deposits. Brief information on the geomorphology and stratigraphy of the site and on the location of archaeological features in the paleorelief of Afont…
Shelter in an extreme environment
Beginning in the Middle Palaeolithic, human populations penetrated areas of Central Asia that are today characterised by extremely arid conditions. Mongolia's Gobi Desert comprises one such region. Tsagaan Agui Cave presents an example of the later Pleistocene occupation of this area, containing stratified evidence of diachronic, intense human and animal occupation
The Solnechny Site and the Late Upper Paleolithic Culture of the Middle Yenisei Region
The Palaeolithic site of Solnechny was discovered in in the city of Krasnoyarsk (Middle Siberia) in 2017. The site is located on the high terrace levels of the left side of the Yenisei River valley, at a considerable distance from the modern river bed. During the salvage excavations in 2019 and 2020 the site was studied over an area of more than 3500 square meters. The rich Paleolithic cultural layer was included in the profile of modern chernoze…
North Angara Early Holocene hunter–gatherers
Iron age societies of Western Transbaikalia
Transbaikalian Archaeozoology of the Russian Period
Chronostratigraphy of the Orkhon-1 Middle Paleolithic Site in Central Mongolia
Excavations of Dwelling of Mongolian Period on the Nur-Tukhum Archaeological Complex
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New Evidence on Late Pleistocene Paleofauna of Mongolia (Materials from the Moiltyn-Am Site)
Faunal Assemblage and Spatial Structure of the Initial Upper Paleolithic Site in Northern Mongolia (Tolbor-21)
Geochronological and Archaeological Records of the Orkhon-7 site
New Data on the Paleolithic of the Irkutsk-Cheremkhovo Plain
Horse Breeding in Lower Angara Region
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Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes in the Mammal Bone Remains of Early and Middle Holocene from the Site Ostrov Listvenichnyi (Point 2)
Стабильные изотопы углерода и азота костных остатков млекопитающих
Transbaikalian Archaeozoology of the Russian Period
Middle Palaeolithic human dispersal in Central Asia
A new Upper Paleolithic occupation at the site of Tolbor-21 (Mongolia)
Late Pleistocene Paleoenvironments and Episodic Human Occupations in the Orkhon Valley of Central Mongolia
В статье рассматриваются результаты нового цикла исследований палеолитических памятников в долине р. Орхон (Центральная Монголия) — Мойлтын ам, Орхон-1, Орхон-7. Основное внимание уделяется памятнику Мойлтын ам, материалы которого представляют культурно-стратиграфическую последовательность от финального среднего до позднего верхнего палеолита. Полученные результаты анализов редкоземельных элементов, Sr-изотопов и фаунистических остатков соотносят…
Faunal Materials in the Context of Cultural Layers of the Krutaya Site (Group of Sites of Afontova Gora)
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Holocene Archaeological Material from Tsagaan Agui Cave Recovered During the 2021 Excavation Campaign
Tsagaan Agui Cave, situated in Tsagaan Tsakhir limestone massif in the Gobi Altai Mountains of southern Mongolia, is the one of the rare stratified Holocene archaeological sites known in the Gobi Desert. During 1995-2000 excavation campaigns, cultural material spanning the late Bronze Age through the ethnographic present was recovered. In 2021, an excavation pit (2021/1) was dug in the gallery that joints the cave’s Main and Small Chambers, and a…
Studies of Paleolithic Sites in Ikh-Tulberiin-gol River Valley (Northern Mongolia) in 2021
The authors present results of excavations of the Tolbor 21 and Tolbor 4 sites, situated in the Tolbor River valley, a tributary of the Selenga River, Northern Mongolia. In 2021, studies of the multilayered Tolbor-21 site that documents human habitation throughout the Upper Paleolithic were resumed. We focus on the stratigraphy, spatial distribution of the finds, zooarcheological data and description of lithic artifacts recovered from the continu…
Studies at the Aktas Upper Paleolithic site in North Kazakhstan in 2021
In May 2021, a joint expedition of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS and the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan carried out archaeological survey at the Aktas site in northern Kazakhstan. The Aktas site is located on the flat top of a hill (420 m) with a quartzite rocky outcrop. The site was studied by V.N. Matvienko in 1982-1983. At that time, a representative collection of faunal remains (several thousand items) was …
Preliminary Results of the 2021 Excavation Campaign at Tsagaan Agui Cave in the Gobi Altai Region, Mongolia
Middle and Upper Paleolithic human migrations and dispersals throughout Central Asia are usually associated with middle altitudes and mild steppe and forest-steppe environments with herds of large game mammals. However, since at least the Middle Paleolithic, human populations penetrated areas of Central Asia characterized by extreme arid climatic and environmental conditions in modern times. Investigation of archaeological sites in such regions d…
Ostrich Eggshell Morphology Based on Pleistocene and Holocene Samples from Mongolia
Ostrich eggshell bead-making appears relatively early in regions inhabited by ostriches. This type of personal ornamentation emerged in Central Asia together with human populations associated with the laminar Initial Upper Paleolithic culture about 45,000 uncal BP or slightly earlier. Eggshell beads and pendants occur in Central Asia until the Middle Holocene, while the technology of bead-making underwent changes throughout this period. Although …
Indigenous Dogs of Baikal Region from Ivolginsk Fortress (Western Transbaikalia)
Archaeological sites of Baikal region have rich collections of canid remains. By the Iron Age dogs become abundant in some Transbaikalia archaeological sites, especially in Xiongnu complexes. Ivolginsk Fortress is one of Transbaikalia's most important Xiongnu sites, where a dog is the first (in faunal collections of 1955–1974 excavations) and the fourth (in faunal collection of 2017 excavation) numerous among domestic animals. However, the dog re…
Archaeozoological Data of Xiongnu Burial and Settlement Complexes in Transbaikalia
At present, significant archaeozoological material has been accumulated from the Transbaikal archaeological sites of the Xiongnu era. This material was obtained both from settlement complexes and from burial structures. An important point is the comparison of these functionally different sites. One of the directions in this case is the correlation of archaeozoological materials. Our work provides information on the osteological collection from th…
Iron age societies of Western Transbaikalia
Late Pleistocene Paleoenvironments and Episodic Human Occupations in the Orkhon Valley of Central Mongolia
Here, we present initial results of a new course of research being carried out at the Moiltyn-am, Orkhon-1, and Orkhon-7 Paleolithic sites in the Orkhon River Valley, central Mongolia. Our research focuses on the Moiltyn-am site, which preserves a cultural and chronological sequence from the Final Middle to the Late Upper Paleolithic. Results from analyses of rare earth elements, Strontium (Sr) isotopes, and faunal assemblages are correlated with…
Aktas—an “Ephemeral” Upper Paleolithic Site in North Kazakhstan
В статье представлены данные, полученные на новом этапе исследований верхнепалеолитической стоянки Актас, первые работы на которой были проведены в 1982-1983 гг. Памятник расположен в Северном Казахстане, где палеолитические объекты очень редки. В работе приводятся материалы по стратиграфии, палеонтологии, археологии и хронологии стоянки. На памятнике выделены шесть литологических слоев, два из которых (3 и 4) содержат многочисленные фаунистическ…
North Angara Early Holocene hunter–gatherers
Paleolithic Site Tri Skaly in Western Transbaikalia as a Hunter-Gatherers’ Base Camp
Purpose. In 2015 a new archaeological site Tri Skaly were found in the lower part of the Khilock River basin (Western Transbaikalia). This site is of a large interest in the sense of investigations concerned early stages of the Upper Palaeolithic in Transbaikal, because it is westernmost among similar sites and located in the area where such sites were not known earlier. The purpose of this investigation is defining the functional purpose of the …
Geography (39 works) · Archaeology (36 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (34 works) · Geology (33 works) · Paleontology (27 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 works) · Pleistocene (21 works) · Biology (12 works) · Middle Paleolithic (11 works) · Upper Paleolithic (11 works)