Alisher Kyzy
Biographic Data
| ID | 44139 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alisher Kyzy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alisher |
| FAMILY NAME | Kyzy |
| SIGNATURE | KYZY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Novosibirsk State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3138-0942 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Inner Asian Agropastoralism Within the Mongol Empire: Multi‐Proxy Investigations at Sel'Ungur Cave, Kyrgyzstan
Agropastoralism has been a widespread subsistence strategy in Central Asia from prehistory to the present. While significant research has aimed at understanding past agropastoral communities in the region, reconstructing a generalized economic model remains challenging due to the complex topographic and ecological conditions, as well as its social and political variability. It is likely that subsistence strategies were flexible and adapted to loc…
The Results of Experimental Microblade Pressure Flaking on Flint Raw Materials from the Altai Mountains
The article presents the results of experimental pressure flaking of flint aimed at the production of microliths. The raw materials used in the experiments are identical to those from the Neolithic and Mesolithic complexes of the Tytkesken-2, 3, 6 and Ust-Biyke-I sites in the Altai Mountains and come from the Katun river terraces at the mouth of the Tytkesken River. A total of 13 experiments were conducted. Seven of them, due to defects in raw ma…
Research of Knapping Techniques by Three-Dimensional Modeling Methods (Evidence from the Obishir-5 Site, Kyrgyzstan)
This article discusses the application of 3D modeling methods for analyzing the collection of cores from the Obishir-5 site (Fergana Valley, Southwestern Kyrgyzstan). Using literature and archaeological evidence, the team of authors has developed a list of criteria for determining the pressure and percussion knapping techniques thus making it possible to attribute most of the cores (63 pcs.) from the collection of the Obishir-5 site to one of the…
A site formation history of Obishir-5, the earliest Neolithic site in the Fergana Valley (Kyrgyzstan)
A typo-technological analysis of the chipped stone assemblage from the multilayer site dam-dam-cheshme-1, eastern caspian (the Archive of the Moscow State University)
This article presents a typo-technological analysis of the lithic assemblage from the excavation of multilayered site of Dam-Dam-Cheshme-1 (east of the Caspian Sea). The site was excavated by A.P. Okladnikov in 1950’s, G.E. Markov in 1970’s.The archaeological materials from the excavations were divided between the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (materials from 1950’s) and Moscow …
The Results of New Study of Neolithic Human Remains in Central Asia (Based on Tutkaul and Kaylu Materials)
This paper presents the analyses of human remains from Neolithic deposits from the Tutkaul (Hissaro-Alay) and Kaylu (Caspian region) sites. The Tutkaul site is located on the territory of modern Nurek reservoir and was excavated by V.A. Ranov in the 1960s. Tutkaul has yielded three burials attributed to the Hissar Neolithic technocomplex. Part of the human remains were lost such as fragments of the postcranial remains from burials 2 and 3. Our re…
A closer look at clasts and groundmass: Micromorphological features in sediments with archaeological significance in Obishir and Katta Sai complexes (Central Asia)
Exploring Hypotheses on Early Holocene Caspian Seafaring Through Personal Ornaments: A Study of Changing Styles and Symbols in Western Central Asia
This article studies the discoid Didacna sp. shell beads discovered at Kaylu, a Middle Holocene burial site located in Southern Turkmenistan. Microscopic, morphometric, spectrometric, and SEM analyses were carried out on the material to identify how the beads were manufactured and used. New radiocarbon dating and bioanthropological data to age and sex the two skeletons discovered in the burials are provided. A regional synthesis shows that person…
Опыт определения копромаркеров в отложениях археологических памятников (по материалам стоянки Сельунгур, Южный Кыргызстан)
Introduction. The article discusses the results of a study of ash layers from Holocene deposits at the Selungur (Surungur) Cave. Goals. So, the work attempts a practical evaluation of a method of identifying coprostanols in archaeological sediments. The investigation of Holocene deposits of the site was carried out in 2018 and 2021 field seasons. The study identifies a total of 7 Holocene layers that represent the typical 'fumier' facies of cave …
Eastern Pamir Rock Art: Analogies and Concepts about the Age of these Drawings
The article is dedicated to cave drawings from Shakhty and Kurteke sites located in the high mountain areas of the Pamir. The main studies at these sites were carried out by V. A. Ranov in the late 1950s and 1960s of 20th century. The re-documenting of these drawings in 2019 and the processing of the received photographs by DStretch refined the contours and details of some images, important for attribution and subsequent interpretation. These dat…
Percussive-Abrasive Tools from Obishir-5 Site, Cultural Horizon 2 (Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan)
Purpose. Percussive-abrasive tools are essential for the Stone Age toolkits to process mineral and organic raw materials. This study aimed to reconstruct the functions of stone percussive-abrasive tools (n = 13) of the second cultural horizon of the Obishir-5 site (Fergana Valley), which were identified as a result of the archaeological collection analysis. Results. As a result of this study, we identified a variable set of stone instruments used…
Results of Geophysical Research at the Ust`-Biyke-I Site (in the Altai)
Ust’-Biyke-I may become one of the most important archaeological complexes in the northern Altai region. Previous research established that the site was first occupied in the developed Mesolithic. Traces of subsequent occupations up to the Bronze Age were later discovered, in addition to burial structures. A loss of archaeological deposits at the mouth of the Biyke River occurred due to natural and anthropogenic activity. In order to identify the…
The Results of the Complex Study of the Kurteke Site (Eastern Pamir)
The materials of most of the archaeological sites of the Eastern Pamirs are known from lifting samples. One of them is the Kurteke rock shelter, that was discovered in 1960 by V.A. Ranov. At that time at the site there were distinguished two cultural layers dated to the Neolithic-Eneolithic and Eneolithic-Bronze period. This site is also interesting because on the walls of the rock shelter , directly above the cultural layers there are rock paint…
Early Evidence of Producing Economy in the Hissar Culture: An Overview of Research Concepts
The transition to farming is a revolutionary step in human history. Domesticated species of cereals and small ruminants which spread from the territory of the countries of the Fertile Crescent appear in Central Asia during the early Neolithic period (the 6th — 5th millennium BC). In the middle of the 20th century several Neolithic cultures prominent for the Central-Asian region were defined: Jeitun, Kelteminar and Hissar. This publication is devo…
Geometric Microliths from Tutkaul Site (Layer 3; Tajikistan): Production Sequence and Function
Geometric microliths are one of the key-element of Central Asian Epipaleolithic complexes. This article presents a detail study on rectangles and lunates from layer 3 of Tutkaul site (Tajikistan) that were studied through the use-wear and negative scar pattern analysis. The results of the scar pattern analysis show two chains of operations in production of rectangles. In frame of the first sequence, the bladelets were truncated, then, the right l…
The human cultures in South-Eastern Caspian region in final Pleistocene – Holocene period
Depositional history of a talus cone in an arid intermontane basin in Central Asia: An interdisciplinary study at the Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene Obishir‐I site, Kyrgyzstan
Cliff‐related talus accumulations are often highly affected by post‐depositional processes, and the sedimentological characteristics are poorly documented, especially in arid settings. In the southern margin of the Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan, the Obishir‐I is an archaeological site of the Epipaleolithic Obishirian industry, located within a talus cone. Archaeological excavations have allowed us to study the internal structure, chronology, and dep…
Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia
Surungur - New Early Holocene Archaeological Site in Fergana Valley
The article presents the first results of a comprehensive study of the new archaeological site Surungur in the Fergana Valley. Interdisciplinary research was conducted in 2018-2019 by an international Russian-Kyrgyz expedition. The direct archeological work at the site was preceded by geophysical surveys, which helped to identify the most promising areas for future research. The archaeological excavations made it possible to identify a series of …
New Interpretation of the Lithic Assemblage Location in Sai Djanurpa (Eastern Caspian)
The central geographical position of the Caspian region plays a key role in understanding the historical processes which took place in the territory of Central Asia. One of the important geological factors that influenced the processes of settlement in this region by ancient populations is the transgressive-regressive variability of the Caspian sea level and access to fresh water. There are dozens of Early Holocene sites on the Krasnovodsk Penins…
Tutkaul Line of Development: Complexes with Geometric Microlites in the Territory of the Pamir Alai
Работа посвящена выделению и обоснованию туткаульской линии развития на территории Па-миро-Алая. Авторами проведен технико-типологический анализ в рамках атрибутивного подхода материалов памятников Туткаул и Оби-Киик, которые являются ключевыми объектами финального плейстоцена - раннего голоцена региона. В результате анализа были выделены наиболее характерные черты данных комплексов: мелкопластинчатое расщепление и доминирование геометрических ми…
The Experience of the Interdisciplinary Field School to Study the Sites of the Stone Age
In the field season of 2019 in the territory of southern Kyrgyzstan, an interdisciplinary field school for the study of the Stone Age site was organized on the basis of the international Central Asian Paleolithic detachment, supported by the Scientific and Educational Center “New Archaeology” (Humanitarian Institute, Novosibirsk State University). The work of the school took place in the framework of three main blocks – lectures, excavation pract…
Results of Field Studies at the Obishir-5 Site in 2018–2019
Results of Geophysical Research at the Surungur Site (South Kyrgyzstan)
First Research Results at the Multilayered Site of Istikskaya Cave (Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan)
New investigations of the Epipalaeolithic in western Central Asia: Obishir-5
Intensive research on the Mesolithic of western Central Asia began in the mid twentieth century, when the discovery of key sites allowed for the formulation of the main regional cultural-chronological schemes (Figure 1
Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia
Personal Ornament Production Technology in the Early Holocene Complexes of Western Central Asia: Insights From Obishir-5
The stratifi ed site of Obishir-5 is one of the most important Final Pleistocene to Early Holocene sites in western Central Asia. In the Early Holocene component (10,700–8200 cal BP) of this site (layers 2 and 3), we discovered one of the oldest and largest assemblages of soft stone ornaments known from the region. It includes 5 items: three oval, sub-triangular, and sub-rectangular pendants, one“labret”-like ornament, and one ornament blank. All…
Exploring Hypotheses on Early Holocene Caspian Seafaring Through Personal Ornaments: A Study of Changing Styles and Symbols in Western Central Asia
This article studies the discoid Didacna sp. shell beads discovered at Kaylu, a Middle Holocene burial site located in Southern Turkmenistan. Microscopic, morphometric, spectrometric, and SEM analyses were carried out on the material to identify how the beads were manufactured and used. New radiocarbon dating and bioanthropological data to age and sex the two skeletons discovered in the burials are provided. A regional synthesis shows that person…
A site formation history of Obishir-5, the earliest Neolithic site in the Fergana Valley (Kyrgyzstan)
Depositional history of a talus cone in an arid intermontane basin in Central Asia: An interdisciplinary study at the Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene Obishir‐I site, Kyrgyzstan
Cliff‐related talus accumulations are often highly affected by post‐depositional processes, and the sedimentological characteristics are poorly documented, especially in arid settings. In the southern margin of the Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan, the Obishir‐I is an archaeological site of the Epipaleolithic Obishirian industry, located within a talus cone. Archaeological excavations have allowed us to study the internal structure, chronology, and dep…
Inner Asian Agropastoralism Within the Mongol Empire: Multi‐Proxy Investigations at Sel'Ungur Cave, Kyrgyzstan
Agropastoralism has been a widespread subsistence strategy in Central Asia from prehistory to the present. While significant research has aimed at understanding past agropastoral communities in the region, reconstructing a generalized economic model remains challenging due to the complex topographic and ecological conditions, as well as its social and political variability. It is likely that subsistence strategies were flexible and adapted to loc…
A closer look at clasts and groundmass: Micromorphological features in sediments with archaeological significance in Obishir and Katta Sai complexes (Central Asia)
Surungur - New Early Holocene Archaeological Site in Fergana Valley
The article presents the first results of a comprehensive study of the new archaeological site Surungur in the Fergana Valley. Interdisciplinary research was conducted in 2018-2019 by an international Russian-Kyrgyz expedition. The direct archeological work at the site was preceded by geophysical surveys, which helped to identify the most promising areas for future research. The archaeological excavations made it possible to identify a series of …
New investigations of the Epipalaeolithic in western Central Asia: Obishir-5
Intensive research on the Mesolithic of western Central Asia began in the mid twentieth century, when the discovery of key sites allowed for the formulation of the main regional cultural-chronological schemes (Figure 1
Archaeological Field Work in the Dordogne Province (south-western France)
В апреле 2018 года группа аспирантов и студентов-археологов из Новосибирского государственного университета и Института археологии и этнографии СО РАН, приняла участие в археологических раскопках верхнепалеолитического памятника урно-дю-Дьябль, на юго-западе Франции. Стоянка солютрейского времени Фурно-дю-Дьябль находится на берегу р. Дрон в департаменте Дордонь. Раскопки на памятнике были организованы сотрудниками лаборатории ARTEMIR и лаборатор…
Results of the Research of the Hodja-Gor Site in the Field Season of 2018
Институт геологии, Варшава, Польша РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ СТОЯНКИ ХОДЖА-ГОРВ ПОЛЕВОМ СЕЗОНЕ 2018 г
The Results of Kaylu and Kuba-Sengir Sites Preliminary Study (Eastern Caspian, Turkmenistan)
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The Middle Paleolithic Complexes of the Chagyrskaya Cave: 2018 Field Results
Chagyrskaya cave is a key-site of the Middle Paleolithic Sibiryachikha Facies in Gorny Altai. During the field season of 2018, field work was focused upon the central chamber; the total excavation square was two square meters. The cultural layers of Chagyrskaya cave have yielded new numerous assemblages of stone artefacts, paleontological and paleoanthropological materials. The study area is characterized by a high degree of carnivore activity. D…
Personal Ornament Production Technology in the Early Holocene Complexes of Western Central Asia: Insights From Obishir-5
The stratifi ed site of Obishir-5 is one of the most important Final Pleistocene to Early Holocene sites in western Central Asia. In the Early Holocene component (10,700–8200 cal BP) of this site (layers 2 and 3), we discovered one of the oldest and largest assemblages of soft stone ornaments known from the region. It includes 5 items: three oval, sub-triangular, and sub-rectangular pendants, one“labret”-like ornament, and one ornament blank. All…
Tutkaul Line of Development: Complexes with Geometric Microlites in the Territory of the Pamir Alai
Работа посвящена выделению и обоснованию туткаульской линии развития на территории Па-миро-Алая. Авторами проведен технико-типологический анализ в рамках атрибутивного подхода материалов памятников Туткаул и Оби-Киик, которые являются ключевыми объектами финального плейстоцена - раннего голоцена региона. В результате анализа были выделены наиболее характерные черты данных комплексов: мелкопластинчатое расщепление и доминирование геометрических ми…
The Experience of the Interdisciplinary Field School to Study the Sites of the Stone Age
In the field season of 2019 in the territory of southern Kyrgyzstan, an interdisciplinary field school for the study of the Stone Age site was organized on the basis of the international Central Asian Paleolithic detachment, supported by the Scientific and Educational Center “New Archaeology” (Humanitarian Institute, Novosibirsk State University). The work of the school took place in the framework of three main blocks – lectures, excavation pract…
Results of Field Studies at the Obishir-5 Site in 2018–2019
Results of Geophysical Research at the Surungur Site (South Kyrgyzstan)
First Research Results at the Multilayered Site of Istikskaya Cave (Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan)
Results of Field Study at the Chez-Pinaud Site (Jonzac, France) in 2019
New Interpretation of the Lithic Assemblage Location in Sai Djanurpa (Eastern Caspian)
The central geographical position of the Caspian region plays a key role in understanding the historical processes which took place in the territory of Central Asia. One of the important geological factors that influenced the processes of settlement in this region by ancient populations is the transgressive-regressive variability of the Caspian sea level and access to fresh water. There are dozens of Early Holocene sites on the Krasnovodsk Penins…
Results of Geophysical Research at the Ust`-Biyke-I Site (in the Altai)
Ust’-Biyke-I may become one of the most important archaeological complexes in the northern Altai region. Previous research established that the site was first occupied in the developed Mesolithic. Traces of subsequent occupations up to the Bronze Age were later discovered, in addition to burial structures. A loss of archaeological deposits at the mouth of the Biyke River occurred due to natural and anthropogenic activity. In order to identify the…
The Results of the Complex Study of the Kurteke Site (Eastern Pamir)
The materials of most of the archaeological sites of the Eastern Pamirs are known from lifting samples. One of them is the Kurteke rock shelter, that was discovered in 1960 by V.A. Ranov. At that time at the site there were distinguished two cultural layers dated to the Neolithic-Eneolithic and Eneolithic-Bronze period. This site is also interesting because on the walls of the rock shelter , directly above the cultural layers there are rock paint…
Early Evidence of Producing Economy in the Hissar Culture: An Overview of Research Concepts
The transition to farming is a revolutionary step in human history. Domesticated species of cereals and small ruminants which spread from the territory of the countries of the Fertile Crescent appear in Central Asia during the early Neolithic period (the 6th — 5th millennium BC). In the middle of the 20th century several Neolithic cultures prominent for the Central-Asian region were defined: Jeitun, Kelteminar and Hissar. This publication is devo…
Geometric Microliths from Tutkaul Site (Layer 3; Tajikistan): Production Sequence and Function
Geometric microliths are one of the key-element of Central Asian Epipaleolithic complexes. This article presents a detail study on rectangles and lunates from layer 3 of Tutkaul site (Tajikistan) that were studied through the use-wear and negative scar pattern analysis. The results of the scar pattern analysis show two chains of operations in production of rectangles. In frame of the first sequence, the bladelets were truncated, then, the right l…
The human cultures in South-Eastern Caspian region in final Pleistocene – Holocene period
Depositional history of a talus cone in an arid intermontane basin in Central Asia: An interdisciplinary study at the Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene Obishir‐I site, Kyrgyzstan
Cliff‐related talus accumulations are often highly affected by post‐depositional processes, and the sedimentological characteristics are poorly documented, especially in arid settings. In the southern margin of the Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan, the Obishir‐I is an archaeological site of the Epipaleolithic Obishirian industry, located within a talus cone. Archaeological excavations have allowed us to study the internal structure, chronology, and dep…
Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia
Surungur - New Early Holocene Archaeological Site in Fergana Valley
The article presents the first results of a comprehensive study of the new archaeological site Surungur in the Fergana Valley. Interdisciplinary research was conducted in 2018-2019 by an international Russian-Kyrgyz expedition. The direct archeological work at the site was preceded by geophysical surveys, which helped to identify the most promising areas for future research. The archaeological excavations made it possible to identify a series of …
Eastern Pamir Rock Art: Analogies and Concepts about the Age of these Drawings
The article is dedicated to cave drawings from Shakhty and Kurteke sites located in the high mountain areas of the Pamir. The main studies at these sites were carried out by V. A. Ranov in the late 1950s and 1960s of 20th century. The re-documenting of these drawings in 2019 and the processing of the received photographs by DStretch refined the contours and details of some images, important for attribution and subsequent interpretation. These dat…
Percussive-Abrasive Tools from Obishir-5 Site, Cultural Horizon 2 (Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan)
Purpose. Percussive-abrasive tools are essential for the Stone Age toolkits to process mineral and organic raw materials. This study aimed to reconstruct the functions of stone percussive-abrasive tools (n = 13) of the second cultural horizon of the Obishir-5 site (Fergana Valley), which were identified as a result of the archaeological collection analysis. Results. As a result of this study, we identified a variable set of stone instruments used…
A typo-technological analysis of the chipped stone assemblage from the multilayer site dam-dam-cheshme-1, eastern caspian (the Archive of the Moscow State University)
This article presents a typo-technological analysis of the lithic assemblage from the excavation of multilayered site of Dam-Dam-Cheshme-1 (east of the Caspian Sea). The site was excavated by A.P. Okladnikov in 1950’s, G.E. Markov in 1970’s.The archaeological materials from the excavations were divided between the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (materials from 1950’s) and Moscow …
The Results of New Study of Neolithic Human Remains in Central Asia (Based on Tutkaul and Kaylu Materials)
This paper presents the analyses of human remains from Neolithic deposits from the Tutkaul (Hissaro-Alay) and Kaylu (Caspian region) sites. The Tutkaul site is located on the territory of modern Nurek reservoir and was excavated by V.A. Ranov in the 1960s. Tutkaul has yielded three burials attributed to the Hissar Neolithic technocomplex. Part of the human remains were lost such as fragments of the postcranial remains from burials 2 and 3. Our re…
Geography (29 works) · Archaeology (23 works) · Geology (18 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 works) · Marine and environmental studies (8 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Excavation (6 works)