Gunchinsuren Byambaa

Biographic Data

ID203595
NAMEGunchinsuren Byambaa
GIVEN NAMESGunchinsuren
FAMILY NAMEByambaa
SIGNATUREBYAMBAA G
AFFILIATIONSMongolian Academy of Sciences
ORCID0000-0001-5052-5081
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS54
TOTAL CITATIONS139
AUTHOR COUNT54
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX7

  • An Increase in Small Flake Sharp-edge Productivity Across the Initial–Early Upper Paleolithic at Tolbor (Mongolia)

    Open AccessCorey L Johnson, Tsedendorj Bolorbat et al.ARTICLEJournal of Paleolithic Archaeology2026

    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 …

  • Sedimentological characteristics of four palaeolakes in the Tsakhiurtyn Hundi Lakeland (Gobi Desert, Mongolia)

    Open AccessR Sikora, Mirosław Masojć et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2026References: 59

    We describe the sedimentological properties of four palaeolake basins located in the Tsakhiurtyn Hundi Lakeland, situated at the southern edge of the Arts Bogd massif in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. The palaeolakes – Talingaryn Shal, Chavgantsyn Shal, Zuun Khuree, and Luulityn Toirom – are part of the endorheic Shereegiin Gashuun Basin. In this study, we reconstruct the local palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic conditions from the Pleistocene to th…

  • Distribution of finds as a reflection of natural and cultural processes (evidence from archaeological horizon 4 of the Tolbor-4 site, Northern Mongolia)

    Open AccessDaria V Marchenko, Arina M Khatsenovich et al.ARTICLENations and religions of the…2025

    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…

  • 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

    Open AccessEvgeny P Rybin, Daria V Marchenko et al.ARTICLEProblems of Archaeology…2025

    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)

    Open AccessEvgeny P Rybin, Daria V Marchenko et al.ARTICLEProblems of Archaeology…2025

    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…

  • Results of the 2025 Excavations at Tsagaan-Agui Cave, Gobi Altai

    Open AccessArina M Khatsenovich, A M Klementiev et al.ARTICLEProblems of Archaeology…2025

    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 …

  • The earliest Holocene wanderers through the Gobi Desert evidenced by the radiocarbon chronology of the lakeshore settlement near the Tsakhiurtyn Hondi, Mongolia

    Open AccessPrzemysław Bobrowski, Maciej Jórdeczka et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2025Cited by: 1References: 2

    We report a set of radiocarbon dating of prehistoric settlements located on the paleolake Baruun Khuree shores in the Gobi-Altai area, southern Mongolia. The obtained series of 11 AMS 14 C measurements on charcoal and other charred plant macro-remains can be associated with one of the earliest episodes of the Holocene highly mobile desert-adapted hunter-gatherers activities from the Gobi desert (ca. 11,250–10,500 cal BP). Exploiting a wide range …

  • Raptorial Birds as Taphonomic Agents for Small Mammal Remains in Pleistocene Deposits at Tsagaan Agui Cave, Mongolia

    Open AccessDaria V Marchenko, A S Samandrosova et al.ARTICLEArchaeology Ethnology and…2025References: 13

  • Raptorial Birds as Taphonomic Agents for Small Mammal Remains in Pleistocene Deposits at Tsagaan Agui Cave, Mongolia

    Daria V Marchenko, A S Samandrosova et al.ARTICLEArchaeology Ethnology and…2024

    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

    Open AccessArina M Khatsenovich, Tsedendorj Bolorbat et al.ARTICLEProblems of Archaeology…2024

    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…

  • Excavations in the Main Chamber of Tsagaan Agui Cave in 2024

    Open AccessArina M Khatsenovich, Y Tserendagva et al.ARTICLEProblems of Archaeology…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)

    Open AccessEvgeny P Rybin, Arina M Khatsenovich et al.ARTICLEProblems of Archaeology…2024

    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…

  • 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)

    Open AccessEvgeny P Rybin, Arina M Khatsenovich et al.ARTICLEProblems of Archaeology…2024

    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…

  • The Initial Upper Paleolithic from Tolbor-16, Mongolia: Characteristics of the Lithic Assemblage and Their Evolutionary Implications

    Open AccessNicolas Zwyns, Tsedendorj Bolorbat et al.ARTICLEJournal of Paleolithic Archaeology2024References: 82

    According to fossil evidence, the Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) refers to archaeological assemblages associated with the early dispersal of Homo sapiens across Eurasia. These assemblages are often described as exhibiting a combination of Middle and Upper Paleolithic typo-technological features or, more broadly, as a technology in progression from the former to the latter. Genetic evidence indicates that as members of our species moved across Eu…

  • Palaeolakes, caves and settlement during the Pleistocene and Holocene around Tsakhiurtyn Hundi, Mongolia

    Open AccessMirosław Masojć, Gunchinsuren Byambaa et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2024Cited by: 1References: 3

    The authors present results from a new research project focusing on the prehistory of the area surrounding a vast flint outcrop in Mongolia, called Tsakhiurtyn Hundi, in the borderland between the Gobi-Altai Mountains and Gobi Desert. They present the discovery of a cave and the results of its exploration, confirming its use by Pleistocene hunter-gatherers

  • Spatial Structures of the Initial/Early Upper Paleolithic at Tolbor-21, Northern Mongolia

    Daria V Marchenko, Arina M Khatsenovich et al.ARTICLEArchaeology Ethnology and…2023

    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

    Evgeny P Rybin, Daria V Marchenko et al.ARTICLEArchaeology Ethnology and…2023

    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

    Open AccessArina M Khatsenovich, Evgeny P Rybin et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Research in Asia2023Cited by: 1References: 19

  • Spatial Structures of the Initial/Early Upper Paleolithic at Tolbor-21, Northern Mongolia

    Open AccessDaria V Marchenko, Arina M Khatsenovich et al.ARTICLEArchaeology Ethnology and…2023Cited by: 1References: 11

    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…

  • A New Type of IUP Settlement in the Selenga River Basin, Northern Mongolia: The Kharganyn Gol-13 Short-Term Occupation Site

    Open AccessEvgeny P Rybin, Daria V Marchenko et al.ARTICLEArchaeology Ethnology and…2023References: 8

    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…

  • Final Phase of Early Upper Paleolithic of Northern Mongolia: Lithic Technology and Regional Analogies: Tolbor-4 Site, Horizons 4a and 4b

    Open AccessEvgeny P Rybin, Gunchinsuren Byambaa et al.ARTICLETeoriya i praktika arkheologicheski…2022

    The article considers the lithic assemblage of archaeological horizon 4a of Tolbor 4 site in Northern Mongolia (excavation campaign of 2017) in the context of development of Early Upper Paleolithic lithic industries during MIS-3 stage. On the basis of radiocarbon dates, stratigraphic position and techno-typological features of lithic assemblage this complex along with the industry of archaeological horizon 4b of Tolbor 4 is classified as terminal…

  • Chronology of Archaeological Complexes with Geometric Microliths in Northern Mongolia

    Arina M Khatsenovich, Evgeny P Rybin et al.ARTICLEStratum plus Archaeology and…2022

    Upper Palaeolithic microlithic complexes in Northeast Asia are usually included in the spectrum of non-geometric industries. Mongolia, which is considered a possible crossroads of Middle and Upper Paleolithic migration routes due to its environmental and geographic conditions, is the only exception in this vast region. The Tolbor cluster of sites in the Middle Selenga Basin contains lithic complexes with trapezes and segments. We define the chron…

  • Early Stages of the Upper Paleolithic in the Selenga River Basin: Technological Variability, Subsistence, Settlement Systems

    Evgeny P Rybin, Evgeny Rybin et al.ARTICLEStratum plus Archaeology and…2022

    Northern Mongolia and southwest Transbaikalia, encompassing the Selenga River Basin, constitute the geographical core of the earliest known Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) laminar industries. Comparison of the broad spectrum of criteria presented here allows reconstructing variability within these IUP industries, determining regional traits in settlement systems, and the character of population mobility. Workshops were the main site-type identifi…

  • Evidence of wildfire versus anthropogenic combustion features: Spatial and macro-charcoal analyses of the final middle Paleolithic horizon at Orkhon 7, central Mongolia

    Open AccessDaria V Marchenko, Snezhana V Zhilich et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Research in Asia2022Cited by: 1References: 38

  • Shelter in an extreme environment: The Pleistocene occupation of Tsagaan Agui Cave in the Gobi Desert

    Open AccessArina M Khatsenovich, Y Tserendagva et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2022Cited by: 2References: 5

    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