Mikhail V Shunkov
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 633602 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Mikhail V Shunkov |
| NOMBRES | Mikhail V |
| APELLIDO | Shunkov |
| FIRMA | SHUNKOV M V |
| AFILIACIONES | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1388-2308 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 111 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 261 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 111 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 11 |
Seasonal Cycles and Behavioral Strategies of the Paleolithic Dwellers in Denisova Cave
A model of seasonal cycles in the subsistence strategy of Middle and Upper Pleistocene humans in and around Denisova Cave, the Anuy River valley, northwestern Altai, is proposed. On the basis of the year-round monitoring of temperature changes in the cave and around it, certain regularities of circadian and seasonal fluctuations are evaluated. Findings suggest that the climatic situation in winter was more comfortable in the cave than in the Anuy…
Seasonal Cycles and Behavioral Strategies of the Paleolithic Dwellers in Denisova Cave
Обсуждается одна из возможных моделей сезонных циклов активности палеолитического человека в Денисовой пещере и ее окрестностях в долине р. Ануй на северо-западе Алтая во второй половине среднего и в верхнем плейстоцене. На основе данных круглогодичного мониторинга температурного режима внутри пещерной полости и за ее пределами выявлены некоторые закономерности суточных и сезонных флуктуаций. Как показали эти наблюдения, в зимнее время температур…
A Climatostratigraphy of Pleistocene Deposits in the East Chamber of Denisova Cave
Представлены результаты детального климатостратиграфического расчленения плейстоценовых осадков в восточной галерее Денисовой пещеры, расположенной на северо-западе Алтая. Палинотафономическое и палиноморфологическое изучение растительных микроостатков из образцов отложений позволило определить в составе автохтонного комплекса палинофлоры пыльцу и споры более 140 таксонов высших растений. Сравнительный анализ современной древесной и кустарниковой…
Bone Tool and Personal Ornaments from the Holocene Deposits of Denisova Cave
Purpose. In the course of many years of research at Denisova Cave, numerous archaeological materials were obtained reflecting various aspects of the economic activity in the karst cavity by various human populations from the early stages of the Middle Paleolithic until the near past. In the article we introduce previously unpublished data on bone tools and personal ornaments from Holocene deposits of Denisova Cave into scientific circulation. Res…
A Climatostratigraphy of Pleistocene Deposits in the East Chamber of Denisova Cave
We present a detailed climatostratigraphic subdivision of Pleistocene deposits in the East Chamber of Denisova Cave, northwestern Altai. On the basis of the taphonomic and morphological analysis of pollen from those deposits, over 140 taxa of higher plants were identified. A comparative analysis of modern tree and shrub vegetation in the Upper Anuy valley and that reconstructed from remains in the East Chamber reveals a much greater diversity of …
Pleistocene Communities of Large Mammals near Denisova Cave
This article outlines the results of the analysis of animal bone remains from Pleistocene deposits in Denisova Cave, Altai, presenting the longest and most complete Paleolithic record in North and Central Asia. The faunal sample comprises 158,000 bone and tooth fragments from lithological layers 15–9 in the cave’s East Chamber, spanning the period from MIS 7 to 2. The fossils represent 35 species of large mammals from six orders: rodents, lagomor…
Pleistocene Communities of Large Mammals near Denisova Cave
Приводятся результаты исследования костных остатков животных из плейстоценовых отложений Денисовой пещеры на Алтае, где изучена наиболее полная и продолжительная палеолитическая летопись на территории Северной и Центральной Азии. Рассматривается палеонтологическая коллекция, включающая 158 тыс. фрагментов костей и зубов из литологических слоев 15-9 в восточной галерее пещеры, время накопления которых соответствует интервалу морских изотопных стад…
Unshaped Bone Tools of the Final Upper Paleolithic from Kaminnaya Cave in the Altai
This article introduces into scientific use a collection of unshaped bone tools discovered in Kaminnaya Cave in the northwest Altai. The cultural and chronological column of this site currently represents the most complete sequence of the final Upper Paleolithic in the region. The cave lithic industry has been described in detail previously. In order to identify possible practice of bone use in toolmaking activities of the late Paleolithic inhabi…
Features of Cryptoclimate and Condensation of Atmospheric Moisture in the South Chamber of Denisova Cave
For the first time in Denisova Cave, we conducted combined observations on the condensation of atmospheric moisture, temperature, humidity, and air circulation inside the karst cavity, which served as a refuge for ancient people during about 300,000 years. Observations confirmed the previously stated conclusions about the stabilizing effect of the rock massif on the course of air temperatures and revealed a sharp differentiation of temperature an…
Middle Paleolithic Hammerstones and Retouchers from the South Chamber of Denisova Cave
The authors analyze the tool kit of Middle Paleolithic inhabitants of Denisova Cave, which they used for the percussive processing of lithic raw materials – primary reduction and secondary modification of blanks. The primary source for this study is collection 2025 from layers 18–12 in the South Chamber of the cave; the sediments were accumulated during the MIS 7–4. Artefacts made of organic materials include bone retouchers, while lithic tools i…
Archaeological Collection from Ust-Kanskaya Cave in the Biysk Museum of Local History
The article analyzes a non-stratified lithic complex collected in 1964 by the staff of the V.V. Bianki Biysk Museum of Local History in Ust-Kanskaya Cave in Central Altai. The collection comes from the dump of the 1954 excavations conducted by the expedition led by S.I. Rudenko. A total of 150 items, divided into three cultural and chronological groups, are considered. The majority of the materials are attributed to the Middle Paleolithic. Primar…
Middle Paleolithic Industries from the South Chamber of Denisova Cave
This article considers lithic industries from the Middle Paleolithic layers in the central part of the South Chamber of Denisova Cave located in Altai. The most ancient finds are associated with the thickness of Layers 18 and 17, which were accumulated during MIS 7. The industry of the initial Middle Paleolithic from this part of the section is characterized by the use of radial cores to obtain shortened and short blanks, on which various side-sc…
Rocks and Their Sources in the Upper Paleolithic of the Altai
On the basis of the analysis of thin leaf-shaped bifacial points, which are very elaborate and sensitive to the quality of rocks, we reconstruct the adaptive strategies of humans at the early stages of the Upper Paleolithic. Mineral raw materials and their exploitation relating to different resource bases of the central (the Ursul River basin) and northwestern (the Anuy River basin) parts of the Altai region are analyzed. To attribute the rock so…
Methodological Issues in Pollen Analysis of Pleistocene Deposits in Denisova Cave
Денисова пещера на северо-западе Алтая является наиболее информативным палеолитическим комплексом Северной Азии. Толща плейстоценовых отложений пещеры содержит находки (каменные индустрии и антропологические останки), характеризующие развитие культурных традиций денисовцев во второй половине среднего и в верхнем плейстоцене. Статья посвящена методическим вопросам палеогеографической интерпретации палинологических записей, получаемых для четвертич…
Rocks and Their Sources in the Upper Paleolithic of the Altai
В статье на основе анализа материала тонких листовидных бифасиальных наконечников — наиболее требовательных к качеству камня и сложных в исполнении изделий — реконструируются сырьевые и адаптационные стратегии, характерные для населения Алтая ранних этапов верхнего палеолита. Минеральное сырье и его использование анализируются с учетом условий разных ресурсных баз центральной (долина р. Урсул) и северо-западной (долина р. Ануй) частей региона. Дл…
The Origin of Biogenic Horizons in the Pleistocene Strata of Denisova Cave
В статье представлены результаты исследования методами минералого-геохимического анализа среднеплейстоценовых осадков слоя 21 в центральном зале Денисовой пещеры на Алтае. Работа проведена с целью выявления комплекса типоморфных минералогических и геохимических характеристик, которые присущи специфическим черноокрашенным горизонтам или линзам и надежно отличают их от всех прочих типов отложений в Денисовой пещере. Впервые полученные минералого-ге…
Material Composition of Pleistocene Deposits in the South Chamber of Denisova Cave
Geochemical and mineralogical markers of the materials from geogenic, biogenic, and anthropogenic sources were identified in layers 18 and 13 sampled at various locations in the southern chamber of Denisova Cave. The validity of these markers for comparison and correlation of the layers from different parts of sedimentary sequences, including those from disturbed areas, was established. Archaeological artefacts indicate that during the formation …
New Results of Studying the Middle Paleolithic Complexes in the South Chamber of Denisova Cave
This article discusses collections of lithic artifacts from the Middle Pleistocene strata in the central part of the South Chamber in Denisova cave. In 2024, sediments of lithological layers 19.2–16.1 were excavated. No archaeological evidence was found in layers 19.2 and 19.1 which, according to preliminary data, were accumulated at the turn of MIS 9 and 8. Industry of the Initial Middle Paleolithic, consisting of over 1300 objects, was discover…
New Data on the Structure of Pleistocene Deposits of the Early Paleolithic Karama Site
The article provides new research materials on the Early Paleolithic Karama site in the Anui River valley in the northwest Altai. To clarify information about the history of the valley development at the stages immediately preceding the formation of deposits of excavation 1, reconnaissance excavation 7 was laid in the instrumental part of the ledge of the terraced surface whereon excavation 2 is located, downhill towards excavation 1, in the tran…
Zooarchaeological Evidence for the Use of Animal Resources by the Paleolithic Inhabitants of Denisova Cave
This article discusses a collection of bone remains with traces of anthropogenic impact from the Paleolithic layers of Denisova cave, which covers a wide chronological range of the second half of the Middle and Upper Pleistocene. Over a thousand bone fragments with distinctive traces of human modification by cutting, scraping, splitting, and chopping, have been examined. Incisions associated with cutting soft tissues off bones were the most commo…
New Data on the Middle Paleolithic Lithic Industries from the Entryway Zone of Denisova Cave
This article presents the archaeological collection from layers 10–8 in the entryway area of Denisova cave, obtained during the excavations in 1991 and 1996. In total, over 2000 lithic artifacts have been analyzed. According to paleogeographic data, layer 10 emerged under favorable climatic conditions corresponding to substage MIS 5e, which were consistent with the Blake paleomagnetic event of 104,000–120,000 established for this part of the cros…
Acheulo-Yabrudian Cultural Complex in the Levant and Questions of the Altai Middle Paleolithic Genesis
Purpose . At the present stage of research, with the expansion of the source base, it became necessary to update the previously put forward thesis about the close similarity of the most ancient lithic industry from the Denisova Cave with the materials of the Acheulo-Yabrudian Cultural Complex in the Levant. Results . To identify possible cultural connections of the initial stage of the Middle Paleolithic of Altai Mountain with Near Eastern indust…
Methodological Issues in Pollen Analysis of Pleistocene Deposits in Denisova Cave
Denisova Cave, in the northwestern Altai, is a key Paleolithic complex in North Asia. Pleistocene deposits in the cave contain lithic industries and human fossils documenting the evolution of the cultural traditions of Denisovans in the second half of the Middle and in the Upper Pleistocene. This study addresses methodological issues in paleogeographic interpretation of pollen records relating to Quaternary deposits of cave sites. We present the …
Early Upper Paleolithic Tubular Beads from the Main Chamber of Denisova Cave
The authors present the results of a technological and functional analysis of bone tubular beads from the Upper Paleolithic layer 11 in the Main Chamber of Denisova Cave, northwestern Altai. Tubular beads are among the most widespread categories of Early Upper Paleolithic ornaments from the cave. The technological sequence of operations has been reconstructed. It included several stages: selection of blank, planing, manufacture of preform by trun…
The Origin of Biogenic Horizons in the Pleistocene Strata of Denisova Cave
We outline the results of mineralogical and geochemical analyses of Middle Pleistocene sediments of layer 21 in the Main Chamber of Denisova Cave, Altai. The aim of the study was to reveal a set of mineralogical and trace element markers of the black-colored horizons or lenses and to distinguish them from other types of cave sediments. Results were matched with those relating to a similar set of markers of black-colored horizons in the Holocene p…
The Sibiryachikha Facies of the Middle Paleolithic of the Altai
The Middle Paleolithic industry of the Sibiryachikha facies is described on the basis of two stratified sites in the Altai – Okladnikov Cave (formerly Sibiryachikha) and Chagyrskaya Cave. Stratigrtraphic, environmental, and chronological aspects are discussed. The structure of two cave sites is analyzed. Petrographic properties of raw material are described and the typology and technology of the lithic industry are compared with those of other lo…
A Paleolithic Bracelet From Denisova Cave
The collection of personal adornments and artifacts suggestive of symbolic behavior from the Early Upper Paleolithic deposits of Denisova Cave, Altai, is one of the earliest and the most representative of the Upper Paleolithic assemblages from Northern and Central Asia. Especially important is a fragment of a bracelet of dark-green chloritolite, found near the entrance to the eastern gallery of the cave in the upper part of stratum 11. The estima…
Initial Upper Palaeolithic ornaments and formal bone tools from the East Chamber of Denisova Cave in the Russian Altai
Who Were the Denisovans
We provide a comprehensive summary of data relating to the origin, chronology, and culture of the Denisovans— a separate hominin population, fi rst described in 2010 on the basis of aDNA extracted from fossils found in Denisova Cave, in the northwestern part of the Russian Altai. We cite the results of morphological and genomic studies of the teeth and postcranial bones of those hominins. On the basis of a large series of optical and radiocarbon …
The Morphology of Permanent Molars from the Paleolithic Layers of Denisova Cave
The article describes the morphology of two permanent molars from the Pleistocene layers of Denisova Cave, the Altai Mountains. Denisova 4 is an upper left third or second molar, and Denisova 8 is an upper left third molar. Both specimens were examined using the extended trait battery. Results indicate a high informative potential of dental traits for the analysis of group variation within the genus Homo. They support the view that Denisovans, or…
The Northern Dispersal Route
Archaeological evidence indicates that the original settlement of the Altai occurred by ∼800 ka. The next major wave of hominin migration occurred by approximately 500-400 ka, followed by another one at ∼300 ka. Archaeological findings indicate a continuous evolution of lithic industries between 80 and 10 ka across the Altai. At about 55-45 ka, a small group of Neanderthals appeared in the Altai, producing various forms of lithics at places such …
Unshaped Bone Tools from Denisova Cave, Altai
The initial manuscript, validated by all the authors, was largely modified without informing the first two signatories before being formatted for publication. To not block the release of the issue in press, the order of the authors has been changed, the first two authors (becoming respectively the 4th and 3rd) acknowledging the raw data but not their interpretation nor their overall perspective.Le manuscrit initial, validé par tous les auteurs, f…
Raman spectroscopy of lipid micro-residues on Middle Palaeolithic stone tools from Denisova Cave, Siberia
Ushbulak—A New Stratified Upper Paleolithic Site in Northeastern Kazakhstan
We present the findings of excavations at the stratified site of Ushbulak, discovered during a joint Russian-Kazakhstan research project in 20I6. The site is located in the Shilikty Valley, northeastern Kazakhstan, at the junction of routes connecting southwestern Central Asia, southern Siberia, and northern China. On the basis of stratigraphy, chronology, and technological evidence, we identify three technological complexes, relating to the Meta…
Ushbulak-1
In world archaeology, there has always been a problem regarding the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition. Late twentieth-century research has attempted to address this issue through the recognition of Initial Upper Palaeolithic (IUP) lithic industries. These assemblages were first characterised through evidence from the sites of Boker Tachtit and Ksar Akil (the Levant), and they are now identified in many regions of Eurasia, including Central …
Dynamics of the Altai Paleolithic industries in the archaeological record of Denisova Cave
Pleistocene Environments of Northwestern Altai
Based on an in-depth palynological analysis of stratified Paleolithic sites in the northwestern Altai, the succession of climatic, floral, and phytocenotic changes is reconstructed that occurred in the northwestern Altai during the alternating cold and relatively warm stages of the Pleistocene and which were critical to human survival and adaptation. Features of climatic optima and pessima are matched with the region's sequence of warm and cold p…
Early Upper Paleolithic Serpentine Ornaments from Ust-Karakol, Northwestern Altai
We describe the spatial context, technology, and possible function of serpentine-antigorite artifacts discovered at the Ust-Karakol Early Upper Paleolithic site in the Altai Mountains. The ornaments were made locally, with a single manufacturing process. They were fragmented either at the preform stage or at the stage of final trimming. There are no use-wear traces. The chaine operatoire included the preparation of blanks, biconical drilling, and…
A Neanderthal Refugium in the Eastern Adriatic
On the basis of mineralogical analysis of the tephra layer in the Bioce rock shelter in Montenegro, we revise the cultural and population changes in the eastern Adriatic at the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition. The disappearance of Neanderthals from that region was traditionally attributed to the Campanian Ignimbrite eruption ~40 ka BP. Comprehensive studies at Bioce by the Russian-Montenegrin expedition in 2010-2015 have resulted in a hypo…
Ushbulak — A New Stratified Upper Paleolithic Site in Northeastern Kazakhstan
Ушбулак — новая многослойная стоянка верхнего палеолита на северо-востоке Казахстана DOI: 10.17746/1563-0102.2019.47.4.016-029 А.А. Анойкин1, Г.Д. Павленок1, В.М. Харевич1, Ж.К. Таймагамбетов2, А.В. Шалагина1, С.А. Гладышев1, В.А. Ульянов1, 3, Р.С. Дуванбеков2, М.В. Шуньков1 1Институт археологии и этнографии СО РАН пр. Академика Лаврентьева, 17, Новосибирск, 630090, Россия 2Национальный музей Республики Казахстан Казахстан Республикасы Yлтты музе…
New Findings on the Middle Paleolithic of the Eastern Adriatic
Excavations of undisturbed Pleistocene deposits at the Bioče rockshelter layers 4 and 3 by the joint Russian-Montenegrian expedition yielded the fi rst evidence of Middle Paleolithic occupation. Primary reduction techniques are described and a typology of lithic industry is proposed. Techniques were quite simple, including parallel, orthogonal, and centripetal fl aking suggestive of the Levallois tradition. Flakes were mostly small, short, and ro…
A Micro Computerized Tomography (X-Ray Microscopy) of the Hand Phalanx of the Denisova Girl
In 2010, the complete mitochondrial genome of a fossil hominin from Denisova Cave, Altai was sequenced on the basis of mtDNA extracted from the hand phalanx of a girl. Modern micro tomographic techniques mark a new stage in the morphological study of extant and fossil hominins, offering opportunities to work with fragmentary material. We have used the nondestructive method of micro computerized tomography for a comparative histological assessment…
Examining collagen preservation through glutamine deamidation at Denisova Cave
Evolution of the Quaternary Environment in the Northwestern Altai
Stratified Paleolithic sites in the northwestern Altai are highly relevant to the reconstruction of environmental and human evolution in North and Central Asia. Multidisciplinary studies into these sites have focused on archaeological, geological and paleontological analysis, as well as on the reconstruction of relief, vegetation, fauna, and climate in the Middle and Upper Pleistocene. Analyses of modern environments have resulted in models which…
Rocks and Their Sources in the Upper Paleolithic of the Altai
On the basis of the analysis of thin leaf-shaped bifacial points, which are very elaborate and sensitive to the quality of rocks, we reconstruct the adaptive strategies of humans at the early stages of the Upper Paleolithic. Mineral raw materials and their exploitation relating to different resource bases of the central (the Ursul River basin) and northwestern (the Anuy River basin) parts of the Altai region are analyzed. To attribute the rock so…
Methodological Issues in Pollen Analysis of Pleistocene Deposits in Denisova Cave
Denisova Cave, in the northwestern Altai, is a key Paleolithic complex in North Asia. Pleistocene deposits in the cave contain lithic industries and human fossils documenting the evolution of the cultural traditions of Denisovans in the second half of the Middle and in the Upper Pleistocene. This study addresses methodological issues in paleogeographic interpretation of pollen records relating to Quaternary deposits of cave sites. We present the …
The Earliest Paleolithic Assemblages from Denisova Cave in the Altai
The article presents the results of multidisciplinary studies of the Early Middle Paleolithic assemblages from the lower part of the Denisova Cave Pleistocene sequence in the East Chamber and the Main Chamber of the cave. Data on geochronology, small and large vertebrate fauna, palynology, stratigraphy and micromorphology of sediments containing the earliest archaeological fi nds at the site, as well as on petrography, traceology and archaeozoolo…
Small Blade Technology in the Early Upper Paleolithic Industries From Denisova Cave
The paper discusses the results from an analysis of five cores associated with Layer 11 in the Southern Chamber of Denisova Cave, intended to obtain small elongated blanks such as bladelets and small blades. Analysis of a lithic reduction sequence employed in the research has made it possible to clearly recognize the phases in producing flake scars on lithic artifacts through the preparation of core blanks, and in core reduction, as well as to de…
Robusticity of Hand Phalanges
Cross-sectional geometry of middle phalanges of hand digits 2–4 in fi ve European and Asian Neanderthals (La Ferrassie 1, Kiik-Koba 1, Okladnikov 2 and 5, and Chagyrskaya 16-3-12) and fi ve Cro-Magnons (Kostenki 14, Telmanovskaya TII 175 and TII 173, Sungir 1, and Abri Pataud 26227) was estimated by means of microtomography. Both Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons reveal a wide range of individual variability in the inner robusticity indices. Both the …
Middle Palaeolithic assemblages from Denisova Cave
Purpose. Comprehensive archaeological studies conducted in the East Chamber of Denisova Cave during 2005-2011 in the Altai region have made it possible to obtain a representative collection of archaeological evidence attributed to the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. Middle Palaeolithic finds were recovered in the greatest numbers. This research mainly focuses on establishing relationships between the new middle Palaeolithic archaeological record d…
Autumn. Weddings in Yakonur. The clan movement among the Altai natives
Summer. Peasant trades in the land of Soloneshnoe
International symposium “Early Human Habitation of Central, Northern, and Eastern Asia
Spring Russian orthodoxy in the Altai
[Current Issues in the Pleistocene Peopling of Continental Asia] on the Characteristics of the Altai Middle Paleolithic
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Aleksey Pavlovich Okladnikov on the Centenary of His Birth (October 3, 1908 – November 18, 1981)
A Paleolithic Bracelet From Denisova Cave
The collection of personal adornments and artifacts suggestive of symbolic behavior from the Early Upper Paleolithic deposits of Denisova Cave, Altai, is one of the earliest and the most representative of the Upper Paleolithic assemblages from Northern and Central Asia. Especially important is a fragment of a bracelet of dark-green chloritolite, found near the entrance to the eastern gallery of the cave in the upper part of stratum 11. The estima…
Evolution of the Quaternary Environment in the Northwestern Altai
Stratified Paleolithic sites in the northwestern Altai are highly relevant to the reconstruction of environmental and human evolution in North and Central Asia. Multidisciplinary studies into these sites have focused on archaeological, geological and paleontological analysis, as well as on the reconstruction of relief, vegetation, fauna, and climate in the Middle and Upper Pleistocene. Analyses of modern environments have resulted in models which…
Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia
Using DNA extracted from a finger bone found in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia, we have sequenced the genome of an archaic hominin to about 1.9-fold coverage. This individual is from a group that shares a common origin with Neanderthals. This population was not involved in the putative gene flow from Neanderthals into Eurasians; however, the data suggest that it contributed 4–6% of its genetic material to the genomes of present-day Melanesians…
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A Micro Computerized Tomography (X-Ray Microscopy) of the Hand Phalanx of the Denisova Girl
In 2010, the complete mitochondrial genome of a fossil hominin from Denisova Cave, Altai was sequenced on the basis of mtDNA extracted from the hand phalanx of a girl. Modern micro tomographic techniques mark a new stage in the morphological study of extant and fossil hominins, offering opportunities to work with fragmentary material. We have used the nondestructive method of micro computerized tomography for a comparative histological assessment…
Forever Striving Ahead
The Sibiryachikha Facies of the Middle Paleolithic of the Altai
The Middle Paleolithic industry of the Sibiryachikha facies is described on the basis of two stratified sites in the Altai – Okladnikov Cave (formerly Sibiryachikha) and Chagyrskaya Cave. Stratigrtraphic, environmental, and chronological aspects are discussed. The structure of two cave sites is analyzed. Petrographic properties of raw material are described and the typology and technology of the lithic industry are compared with those of other lo…
Early Palaeolithic of Central and Northern Asia
Lower Palaeolithic The latest available archaeological, anthropological and genetic evidence suggests that Africa is the motherland of humankind. The most ancient human sites with stone tools of the Oldowan type dating from 2.6 to 2.0 Ma are located mostly in the area of the East African Rift. Around 2 Ma, early hominins crossed the boundaries of Africa and colonised a considerable portion of Eurasia. The earliest human populations of the first m…
The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains
Separating endogenous ancient DNA from modern day contamination in a Siberian Neandertal
Significance Strict laboratory precautions against present day human DNA contamination are standard in ancient DNA studies, but contamination is already present inside many ancient human fossils from previous handling without specific precautions. We designed a statistical framework to isolate endogenous ancient DNA sequences from contaminating sequences using postmortem degradation patterns and were able to reduce high-contamination fractions to…
Development of a Virtual 3d Model of Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains1
The study addresses the implementation of the project "A Virtual Model of Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains" generating a 3D model of the cave and pinpointing certain key finds. The project includes the elaboration of software for interactive visualization in the virtual space of the cave. Apart from information about this unique site, the model is aimed at solving certain research problems. This is the first Russian attempt to create a virtua…
Pleistocene Environments of Northwestern Altai
Based on an in-depth palynological analysis of stratified Paleolithic sites in the northwestern Altai, the succession of climatic, floral, and phytocenotic changes is reconstructed that occurred in the northwestern Altai during the alternating cold and relatively warm stages of the Pleistocene and which were critical to human survival and adaptation. Features of climatic optima and pessima are matched with the region's sequence of warm and cold p…
International Symposium “Cultural Developments in the Eurasian Paleolithic and the Origin of Anatomically Modern Human” July 1–7, 2014
Recently, many petroglyph assemblages have been discovered in the southern part of Iranian Baluchistan. This article aims to introduce two assemblages found during a field survey in the Kajou Valley, Qasr-e Qand District. The motifs have been realized by incision or abrasion among which various human, animal and geometric motifs are grouped in hunting or combat scenes. Chronologically, they are not contemporaneous and a stratigraphy of motifs can…
A Middle Paleolithic Stone Tool Industry from Layer 12 in the East Chamber of Denisova Cave
The paper discusses data resulted from an analysis of the middle Middle Paleolithic stone tool industry from deposits comprising layer 12 in the East Chamber of Denisova Cave. The collection of stone artifacts from this part of the excavation section totals more than 6000 specimens. The primary flaking technique used in the stone tool industry from layer 12 can be characterized by utilizing parallel-sided, radial and Kombewa cores. A small group …
Bats (chiroptera) and other small mammals (rodentia, lagomorpha, carnivora) from the pleistocene site trlica (Montenegro)
Two bats, Rhinolophus cf. macrorhinus anomalidens and Myotis blythii longocaninus are reported for the first time from the Paleolithic site of Trlica in Montenegro. In addition, the previous list of small mammals from Trlica is now supplemented by Cricetus praeglacialis, Cricetulus sp., Mimomys pliocaenicus, M. ex gr. savini, Terricola sp., Lagurus ex gr. transiens, Microtus nivaloides, Pliolagus sp., Martes sp. and small Vulpes sp. Based on the …
Early Upper Paleolithic Stone Tool Industries from the East Chamber of the Denisova Cave
This publication presents results from an analysis of the early Upper Paleolithic stone tool industries associated with the deposits that constitute layers 11.2 and 11.1 in the East Chamber of the Denisova Cave. The collection of lithic artifacts, including a total of more than 4,000 specimens, has been recovered from this part of the excavation profile. In stone tool industries attributed to the time at issue, primary reduction strategy can be c…
New Findings on the Middle Paleolithic of the Eastern Adriatic
Excavations of undisturbed Pleistocene deposits at the Bioče rockshelter layers 4 and 3 by the joint Russian-Montenegrian expedition yielded the fi rst evidence of Middle Paleolithic occupation. Primary reduction techniques are described and a typology of lithic industry is proposed. Techniques were quite simple, including parallel, orthogonal, and centripetal fl aking suggestive of the Levallois tradition. Flakes were mostly small, short, and ro…
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