Arina M Khatsenovich
Biographic Data
| ID | 203593 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arina M Khatsenovich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arina M |
| FAMILY NAME | Khatsenovich |
| SIGNATURE | KHATSENOVICH A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8093-5716 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 71 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 138 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 71 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
An Increase in Small Flake Sharp-edge Productivity Across the Initial–Early Upper Paleolithic at Tolbor (Mongolia)
The Upper Paleolithic archaeological record of the Tolbor Valley (northern Mongolia) documents a shift in emphasis from large-blade production to smaller-format bladelet production, characteristic of the Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) to Early Upper Paleolithic (EUP) transition in Central and Northeast Asia. This periodization is often associated with, respectively, early dispersal and permanent instalment of Homo sapiens populations in eastern …
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 (…
Distribution of finds as a reflection of natural and cultural processes (evidence from archaeological horizon 4 of the Tolbor-4 site, Northern Mongolia)
Целью статьи является реконструкция пространственной организации человеческой деятельности на стоянке Толбор-4 в финале раннего верхнего палеолита по материалам археологического горизонта 4, а также определение степени деформации горизонта природными процессами. В качестве основного источника исследования используются данные о местоположении (координаты) находок, извлеченных раскопками 2005 г. С помощью статистических методов выявляются закономер…
New Site Delgertsogt in the Selenga Corridor and its Place in the Regional Initial Upper Paleolithic
The paper presents a study of the Delgertsogt site in Eastern Mongolia, representing a new archaeological complex of the Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP). The site is located in the basin of the Kherlen River, a tributary of the Selenga, the site marks one of the branches of the northern route of expansion of Homo sapiens. The Initial Upper Paleolithic populations occupied certain geographical zones and natural corridors: the Danube Valley in Cent…
Possible Evidence of Early Middle Paleolithic Human Occupation in the Selenga River Basin: Northern Mongolia and Western Transbaikalia
The authors present data of a comparative analysis of the stratigraphic and typological evidence from two stratified sites attributed to the early stages of the Middle Paleolithic: the lower horizons of the Khotyk site in Transbaikalia and the lower horizons of the Tolbor-21 site in Northern Mongolia. In some areas of Tolbor-21, several levels of archaeological material relating to various stages of the Late Pleistocene have been recorded beneath…
Pit in Archaeological Horizon 4/5 of the Tolbor-21 Site: Technological Set and Settlement Activity at the Boundary of the Initial and Early Upper Paleolithic in Northern Mongolia
The article presents an analysis of materials from archaeological horizon (AH) 4/5 of the Tolbor-21 site (Northern Mongolia) dated to the boundary between the Initial and Early Upper Paleolithic (ca. 42–40 ka BP). The study focuses on archaeological finds originating from a spatially pronounced depression of uncertain genesis, overlain by AH4 sediments and intruding into the deposits of AH5, which contained concentrations of lithic artifacts and …
Changes in the Morphology of Laminar Products in the Upper Paleolithic Industries of Tolbor-4 (Mongolia)
The article provides the analysis of blade product morphology from the cultural and chronological sequence of the Tolbor-4 site (Northern Mongolia), covering the periods of the Initial, Early, and Late Upper Paleolithic (ca. 45,000–12,000 BP). During the site occupation, homogeneous local raw material was used, which makes it possible to exclude the influence of raw material factor on the morphology of knapped products. The study was primarily ai…
Spatial Analysis of Archaeological Horizon of the Final Early Upper Paleolithic at Tolbor-21 site (Northern Mongolia)
The article provides a spatial analysis of Archaeological Horizon 2 (AH2) at the Tolbor-21 site, containing rare evidence of human presence in Northern Mongolia during the climatic change era associated with the Last Glacial Maximum. The collection from this horizon serves as a source for reconstructing the characteristics of lithic industry of the final Early Upper Paleolithic (EUP). The enclosing lithological layer has undergone significant pos…
Alagnur Depression: In Search of a Human Dispersal Corridor Between Mongolia and Dzungaria During the Pleistocene
This article provides the results of reconnaissance surveys carried out in the Alagnur Depression situated in western Mongolia between the Mongolian and Gobi Altai ranges. This area is regarded as a potential corridor for human migrations linking Central Mongolia and Dzungaria during the Pleistocene. Although stratified Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites have been investigated in central Mongolia, possible sublatitudinal routes of dispersal and t…
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
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…
Chronology and Models for Industry Expansion in the Initial Upper Paleolithic of Western Eurasia: View from the East
This article overviews the chronology, cultural characteristics, and interregional parallels of the western region of the Initial Upper Paleolithic technocomplex in comparison with the Initial Upper Paleolithic complexes of Southern Siberia and Central Asia. The distribution of this technological and typological set, possible similarities and differences in the diffusion patterns of the Initial Upper Paleolithic technocomplex of Eurasia in terms …
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…
Late Paleolithic Assemblages of the Tobor-4 Site (Northern Mongolia): Archaeological Horizons 3–1 (Excavations of 2017)
A representative chronostratigraphic record of the Upper Paleolithic sequence in Mongolia was studied using the sediments from the Tolbor-4 site located in the valley of the Ikh-Tulburiin-gol (the Tolbor Valley) – the tributary of the Selenga River. This article discusses the cultural features of the Late Upper Paleolithic industries from archaeological horizons 3–1, excavated at the Tolbor-4 site in 2017. A radiocarbon date of 14,547 ± 73 (AA-93…
Geoarchaeological Research at the Paleolithic Sites of Northern Tien Shan in Kyrgyzstan in 2024
In the 1990s, the Russian-Kyrgyz archaeological expedition discovered and studied the open-air sites of Tosor on the southern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul and Yutash-sai in the Alai Range. The industries of these sites were tentatively attributed to the Middle and Upper Paleolithic. However, the absence of organic materials in the layers did not make it possible to obtain absolute chronological definitions for these complexes. Although the situation w…
Initial Stage of the Early Upper Paleolithic of Northern Mongolia: Archaeological Horizon 3 (Excavation Pit 2) of the Tolbor-21 Site (Evidence of Excavations in 2016–2017)
This article discusses the basic features of reduction technology and typological composition of the toolkit at the initial stages of the Early Upper Paleolithic using the assemblage from archaeological horizon 3 (excavation pit 2) at the Tolbor-21 site in Northern Mongolia, excavated in 2016 and 2017. For establishing the processes at the boundary of IUP and EUP, this assemblage was compared with assemblage from archaeological horizon 4 at the s…
Taphonomic Features of Lithic and Bone Finds: Use of Fabric Analysis for Identifying the Impact of Natural Processes on the Formation of Archaeological Horizons
Fabric analysis is a method of determining the role of natural processes in the formation of archaeological horizon based on orientations and inclination angles of finds. A system of indices (isotropy and elongation indices) characterizes mutual location of long axes of objects. Plotted on ternary diagram, the indices show what kind of natural processes affected the archaeological horizon, since each area of the diagram corresponds to a certain p…
Spatial Structures of the Initial/Early Upper Paleolithic at Tolbor-21, Northern Mongolia
В статье рассмотрены планиграфические структуры археологического горизонта 4 стоянки Толбор-21 (по материалам 2015-2017 гг.). Присутствие неутилитарных предметов, фаунистических остатков со следами воздействия человека, свидетельств использования огня делает эту стоянку у выходов каменного сырья перспективной для реконструкции пространственной организации у населения ранних этапов верхнего палеолита на территории Северной Монголии. Планиграфическ…
A New Type of IUP Settlement in the Selenga River Basin, Northern Mongolia: The Kharganyn Gol-13 Short-Term Occupation Site
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…
The Middle Paleolithic of Tsagaan Agui Cave in the Gobi Altai region of Mongolia and its Siberian and Central Asian links
The open-air site of Tolbor 16 (Northern Mongolia): Preliminary results and perspectives
Middle and Upper Paleolithic Levallois technology in eastern Central Asia
A new Upper Paleolithic occupation at the site of Tolbor-21 (Mongolia): Site formation, human behavior and implications for the regional sequence
New evidence for Paleolithic human behavior in Mongolia: The Kharganyn Gol 5 site
Long distance transport and use of mica in the Initial Upper Paleolithic of Central Asia: An example from the Kharganyn Gol 5 site (northern Mongolia)
Intentional fragmentation of blades in the initial upper Paleolithic industries of the Kara-Bom site (Altai, Russia)
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: New archaeological investigations in the Orkhon Valley, Mongolia
Beyond 55° North latitude: Expanding the northern boundary of initial upper Paleolithic dispersal
The Concepts, Chronology and Dispersal Routes of the Initial Upper Paleolithic of South Siberia and Central Asia
The article considers the chronology and distribution of the earliest blade of the Initial Upper Paleolithic in Central and Eastern Eurasia. Based on a review of the available evidence, it is concluded that the spread of the Initial Upper Paleolithic tradition is relatively rapid, with the difference between the older dates from the Altai Upper Paleolithic laminar assemblages (ca 45–49 ka BP, Kara-Bom UP2 level), and the younger dates from the in…
Shelter in an extreme environment: The Pleistocene occupation of Tsagaan Agui Cave in the Gobi Desert
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
Sedimentary Rocks Exploitation in Upper Paleolithic Knapping Technology in the Territory of Central Asia and South Siberia
Study of petrographic composition is important for understanding how humans exploited available resources. Stone raw material played a pivotal role in the subsistence life of paleopopulations, influencing knapping technology, tool typology, routes of population movements within the home area, and possibly the size of the region. Petrographic study of assemblages, related to Initial Upper Paleolithic tradition in Central Asia – South Siberia, and …
The Middle Paleolithic of Tsagaan Agui Cave in the Gobi Altai region of Mongolia and its Siberian and Central Asian links
Spatial Structures of the Initial/Early Upper Paleolithic at Tolbor-21, Northern Mongolia
This article describes the spatial structures of archaeological horizon 4 at Tolbor-21 in northern Mongolia, on the basis of data from 2015–2017. The presence of non-utilitarian items, faunal remains with traces of human impact, and the use of fi re render this site near outcrops of raw materials promising for the reconstruction of the spatial organization of Early Upper Paleolithic sites in northern Mongolia. Spatial analysis included visual obs…
Evidence of wildfire versus anthropogenic combustion features: Spatial and macro-charcoal analyses of the final middle Paleolithic horizon at Orkhon 7, central Mongolia
Intentional fragmentation as a specific initial Upper Paleolithic technology at the Kara-Bom site (Mountain Altai, Russia)
Purpose. Recent investigations have highlighted an Asian variant of the so-called Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) broadly comparable in age and material culture to techno-complexes further to the west, but also showing distinct derived features. Several principal common technological features characterize the IUP in East Asia. The main targeted products of flaking were medium or large blades, the latter sometimes of very significant size, and the…
The open-air site of Tolbor 16 (Northern Mongolia): Preliminary results and perspectives
The Influence of Paleoenvironmental Condition on the Cultural Continuity of Upper Paleolithic in Mongolia
Since its earliest stages, the development of the Upper Paleolithic of Mongolia was impacted by several hiatuses observable in cultural and stratigraphic sequences. These breaks may be linked with the most significant alternations of climate and with corresponding ecological responses. The LGM was one such major climate change and is correlated with an interruption of human settlement throughout the region under analysis. The paucity of dated ass…
The impact of the LGM on the development of the Upper Paleolithic in Mongolia
Stratigraphy and Cultural Sequence of the Tolbor 21 Site (Northern Mongolia): The Results of the 2014–2016 Excavation Campaigns and Perspectives of Further Investigations
The Tolbor-21 site is located in North Mongolia in the valley of the Tulburiingol river. The excavations of 2014-2016 revealed the cultural sequence of development of the monument’s complexes throughout the entire length of the Upper Paleolithic. Cultural residues of the early Paleolithic, and possibly an initial Upper Paleolith from the site excavation are dated within two radiocarbon definitions: 44,640 ± 690 (MAMS-14933) from pit 1 (the depth …
New evidence for Paleolithic human behavior in Mongolia: The Kharganyn Gol 5 site
Small-blade Production in the Initial and Early Upper Paleolithic of Northern Mongolia
Обширную территорию пояса гор Южной Сибири и восточной части Центральной Азии от Горного Алтая на западе до Центральной Монголии на востоке занимают индустрии центральноазиатской-южносибирской культурной общности начального верхнего палеолита (НВП). Возраст основной части этих объектов находится в пределах 45,000 – 35,000 л.н.(здесь и далее даются некалиброванные хронологические определения). Каменную технологию этого культурной общности характер…
Reconnaissance of Paleolithic Sites in the Middle Kharganyn Gol River (Mongolia)
New Research at the Moiltyn-am Site in Central Mongolia
Chronostratigraphy of the Orkhon-1 Middle Paleolithic Site in Central Mongolia
Lithic Technology of the Middle Upper Paleolithic in Northern Mongolia (cultural horizon 2 of Tolbor 21 site): Problem Statement
Каменная технология среднего этапа верхнего палеолита Северной Монголии (культурный горизонт 2 стоянки Толбор-21
Intentional fragmentation of blades in the initial upper Paleolithic industries of the Kara-Bom site (Altai, Russia)
Sedimentary Rocks Exploitation in Upper Paleolithic Knapping Technology in the Territory of Central Asia and South Siberia
Study of petrographic composition is important for understanding how humans exploited available resources. Stone raw material played a pivotal role in the subsistence life of paleopopulations, influencing knapping technology, tool typology, routes of population movements within the home area, and possibly the size of the region. Petrographic study of assemblages, related to Initial Upper Paleolithic tradition in Central Asia – South Siberia, and …
Middle and Upper Paleolithic Levallois technology in eastern Central Asia
Intentional fragmentation as a specific initial Upper Paleolithic technology at the Kara-Bom site (Mountain Altai, Russia)
Purpose. Recent investigations have highlighted an Asian variant of the so-called Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) broadly comparable in age and material culture to techno-complexes further to the west, but also showing distinct derived features. Several principal common technological features characterize the IUP in East Asia. The main targeted products of flaking were medium or large blades, the latter sometimes of very significant size, and the…
The Experience of Cluster Analysis for Studying the Planigraphy of Upper Paleolithic Horizons of Tolbor-21 Site (Northern Mongolia)
Относительно хорошая сохранность культурных отложений памятника Толбор-21 способствовала изучению планиграфии горизонтов верхнего палеолита. В статье представлены результаты пространственного анализа этих материалов с помощью кластеризации. Благодаря учету всех трех координат каждой находки кластеризация прослеживает вертикальное распределение находок, обнаруживает выбросы из основного горизонта концентрации. Это дает возможность выделить участки…
Model of Technological Development in the Industries of Early Stages of the Upper Paleolithic in Northern Mongolia: According to the Results of New Excavations of the Tolbor-4 Site
In 2017, after a long break, new excavations of the Tolbor-4 site in Northern Mongolia were carried out. As a result, a new stratigraphic section was obtained and the cultural sequence of cultural complexes was revealed. It was determined that the materials of the early Upper Paleolithic industries show a sequential evolution from the archaeological horizons 5b and 5a of the initial Upper Paleolithic, through the horizon of the Early Upper Paleol…
New Evidence on Late Pleistocene Paleofauna of Mongolia (Materials from the Moiltyn-Am Site)
New Chronology and Cultural Attribution of Archaeological Complexes at the Moiltyn Am Site in Central Mongolia
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: Research Problems
Middle Palaeolithic human dispersal in Central Asia: New archaeological investigations in the Orkhon Valley, Mongolia
Cluster Analysis for Spatial Distribution of Lithic Artifacts at the Tolbor-4 Site (Northern Mongolia) During Final MIS-3
В статье рассматриваются комплексы археологического горизонта 4 (раскопки 2005 г.) многослойной палеолитической стоянки Толбор-4, расположенной в бассейне среднего течения реки Селенга. Все стоянки этого региона были расположены на выходах высококачественного каменного сырья и определялись как мастерские. Комплекс археологического горизонта 4 относится к заключительным этапам ранней стадии верхнего палеолита и датируется на основе радиоуглеродных…
Geometric Microliths in Upper Paleolithic of Northern Mongolia: Microwear Analysis and Purpose of Use
Middle Upper Paleolithic of Northern Mongolia is currently more likely an ephemeral definition, than a clearly determined cultural event. Some complexes that could be related to this stage according to their stratigraphic position in sequence, are scanty and not dated. Albeit, about 16 000 years BP people occupied the Middle Selenga valley left complexes of artifacts that are still hard to determine by its genesis or cultural attribution. Compare…
Comparison Study of Cultural Layers Preservation at the Moiltyn Am Site (Central Mongolia)
Archaeological sites with unclear conditions of sediment accumulation and stratigraphic disturbances are always complicated to research. Usually other sites in the region with better preservation of cultural layers helps to understand and divide them into cultural chronological stages. However lack of such sites results in the need to find other approaches and research methods to study stratigraphic positions of cultural horizons. Purpose. This a…
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