A I Krivoshapkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 72094 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A I Krivoshapkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | A I |
| FAMILY NAME | Krivoshapkin |
| SIGNATURE | KRIVOSHAPKIN A I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5327-3438 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 72 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 542 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 72 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Paleolandscape environments of Discontinuity in Paleolithic Cultural Ranges: The Example of Neanderthal Dispersal from Eastern Europe to the Altai
This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the paleogeographic and paleolandscape factors that determined the discontinuous and mosaic distribution of Paleolithic cultures, using the migration of Late Neanderthals – associated with the Micoquian industry – from Eastern Europe to the Altai as a case study. The research is motivated by the significant geographical gaps observed between sites of the same cultural tradition, raising questions …
Is there an Aurignacian in the Lake Baikal region of eastern Siberia? Deciphering mixed assemblages
Filling the Gap: The Middle Palaeolithic of Kulbulak in the Context of the Extended Chronology of the Obi-Rakhmat Variant
This paper presents the results of a techno-typological and statistical analysis of assemblages from key Middle Palaeolithic layers (12.1, 12.3, 17) at the Kulbulak site. The study aims to determine their position within the Obi-Rakhmatian and to elucidate the nature of its long-term developmental trajectory. Based on the study of 8,790 artifacts and the application of non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS), a detailed comparison was conducte…
Survey for New Stone Age Sites in Southern Uzbekistan in 2025
The article presents the results of archaeological survey work carried out in 2025 in southern Uzbekistan, in the Kashkadarya Region, near the city of Guzar. The research was conducted jointly by the National Center of Archaeology of Uzbekistan and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of SB RAS, continuing the survey initiated in 2023. Field investigations were conducted on the northwestern slopes of the southwestern spurs of the Gissar R…
Elongated Retouched Points from the Middle Paleolithic Complexes of Obi-Rakhmat Grotto: Morphology and Cultural Attribution
This article discusses the technological and morphological variability of stone points from the Obi-Rakhmat variant of the Middle Paleolithic in Central Asia. Special attention is given to the category of convergent tools, as sets of elongated retouched points often serve as markers in the context of Middle Paleolithic laminar industries, which are typically associated with early manifestations of anatomically modern humans. The study of their mo…
Blank Production in the Middle Paleolithic Industry of Obi-Rakhmat Rockshelter: Assemblages from Layers 20-21
The authors focus on the analysis of primary reduction strategy in the Middle Paleolithic industry of layers 20–21 at ObiRakhmat Rockshelter (Uzbekistan) and the comparative analysis of Obi-Rakhmat with the industries of the Early Middle Paleolithic of the Levant. The topic is currently popular due the growing interest in Central Asia as a key region for studying the dispersal of hominins and the spread of various cultural traditions. The researc…
Functions of Obi-Rakhmat Pointed Tools: Results of Pilot Experimental Study
This article presents an experimental use-wear analysis of stone arrowheads, investigating the formation of projectile impact traces. The study focuses on points made from silicified limestone, the predominant raw material at Obi-Rakhmat Grotto (Uzbekistan) — a key Middle Paleolithic site in Central Asia. During modelling, imitation of real-life hunting with a bow was preferred over controlled experiment. In a pilot experimental series, 21 lithic…
Middle Paleolithic bone industry in Central Asia, first evidence from Obi-Rakhmat Grotto (Uzbekistan)
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…
Carinated technology in the upper palaeolithic of west Central Asia: Convergent evolution or cultural transfer
The article presents a study on the genesis of the Upper Paleolithic carinated technology in the Kulbulakian from western Central Asia. The initial manifestations of carinated technology in Central Asia are documented in the Middle Paleolithic Obirahmatian period. The formation of the Kulbulakian on the basis of the gradual development of Middle Paleolithic local complexes has previously been proposed (Kolobova et al., 2013). The studies conducte…
Cultural Mosaic of the Middle Paleolithic in Western Tien Shan: The Kuksarai-2 Site
Purpose. The term “archaeological frontier” was first applied to the Western Tien Shan about 10 years ago to explain the phenomenon of the early appearance of microblade knapping in the Middle Paleolithic industries. Based on the results of a comparative analysis of the collections of Obi-Rakhmat and Kulbulak and materials from other synchronous monuments in the region, it was suggested that the Western Pamir-Tien Shan could be a zone of competit…
Attribution and variability of multilayered Paleolithic complexes: The case of the Obi-Rahmat tool kits
The tool collections found in multi-layered Paleolithic sites are not only a result of various life activities that occurred at these sites, but they also correspond to the cultural or industrial variants in the contexts in which they were produced. The composition of the tool collections is contingent upon the extent of the excavated area of the site. The functionality of the tool sets may change over time in response to fluctuations in palaeoen…
Comment on “Upper Paleolithic site Tuyana – A multi-proxy record of sedimentation and environmental history during the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene in the Tunka rift valley, Baikal region [Quat. …
New data on Neanderthal behavior in the Altai region, Russia
How Neanderthals gripped retouchers: Experimental reconstruction of the manipulation of bone retouchers by Neanderthal stone knappers
The dawn of the Middle Palaeolithic in western Central Asia: Sel'Ungur Cave in Kyrgyztan
The Sel’Ungur Cave plays a crucial role in our understanding of the initial occupation of Central Asia. During the field campaign of 2014-1016, the techno-complex characterized by the non-Levallois flake knapping and a production of plano-convex bifaces has been recovered. Investigations of Sel’Ungur Cave in 2017 have provided new preliminary data on the earliest stages of Western Central Asia occupation, probably by Neanderthals
Studies of Verkhnyaya Sibiryachikha Cave in the 2021 Field Season
The Verkhnyaya Sibiryachikha Cave was discovered in the vicinity of the Okladnikov Cave in the course of the IAET SB RAS survey excavation in 2020; the cave studies were continued in 2021. The karst cavity was documented as a paleontological site, Sibiryachikha-6, by the famous paleontologist N.V Ovodov in the late 20th century. In 2021, the existing test-pit was enlarged by 2 sq. m. Five stratigraphic units were established, four of which contai…
Advantages of Scar-Pattern Analysis in the Study of Paleolithic Сores
Scar-pattern or working step analysis is one of the main components of technological analysis. This analysis is usually applied to reconstruct the technological sequence of Middle and Upper Palaeolithic bifacial tools. In addition to bifacial implements, the scar-pattern analysis is applied to geometric microliths and to macro-implements made on large flakes, such as Quina scrapers. However, the potential of this analysis is much wider. Here we p…
Dietary evidence from Central Asian Neanderthals: A combined isotope and plant microremains approach at Chagyrskaya Cave (Altai, Russia)
Neanderthals are known primarily from their habitation of Western Eurasia, but they also populated large expanses of Northern Asia for thousands of years. Owing to a sparse archaeological record, relatively little is known about these eastern Neanderthal populations. Unlike in their western range, there are limited zooarchaeological and paleobotanical studies that inform us about the nature of their subsistence. Here, we perform a combined analys…
Archaeological and experimental studies of splintered pieces in the Central Asian Upper Paleolithic
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 …
Middle Paleolithic Bone Retouchers: Size or Proportions
Костяные ретушеры являются самыми распространенными орудиями для обработки каменного сырья в среднепалеолитических комплексах Евразии. Обычно они воспринимаются палеолитоведами как неформальные немодифицированные орудия на фрагментах костей, случайно полученных в процессе расщепления костей с целью извлечения костного мозга. В статье приводятся новые данные по многочисленной коллекции костяных ретушеров из комплекса Чагырской пещеры (Горный Алтай…
Peculiarities of Using 2D Electrical Resistivity Tomography in Caves
Применение геофизических методов в пещерах позволяет существенно повысить эффективность археологических исследований, однако имеет ряд особенностей в связи с ограниченностью пространства для проведения измерений и сложностью строения окружающей среды в сравнении с наземными объектами. В 2017 г. при помощи электротомографии была исследована пещера Сельунгур в Ферганской долине (Кыргызстан). С учетом приведенных выше соображений в процессе работы в…
Reconstruction of the bifacial technological sequence in Chagyrskaya Cave assemblage
0264-2019-0009
The Initial Upper Paleolithic in Northeast Asia
Raw Material Quality and Prepared Core Technologies in Northeast Asia
New hominin remains from Uzbekistan
The Neandertal bone industry at Chagyrskaya cave, Altai Region, Russia
Middle Paleolithic variability in Central Asia: Lithic assemblage of Sel’Ungur cave
The Kulbulak Bladelet Tradition in The Upper Paleolithic of Central Asia
peer reviewed
The Upper Paleolithic site of Dodekatym-2 in Uzbekistan
Upper Paleolithic sites in the northern part of Western Central Asia are few, and their distribution is irregular. Most have no cultural layer. The scarcity of sites and fi nds is usually explained by depopulation in the 40–25 ka BP time range. Results of fi eld work conducted by expeditions from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS in Uzbekistan since 1998 suggest that even an arid climate did not prevent humans from settling in t…
Dietary evidence from Central Asian Neanderthals: A combined isotope and plant microremains approach at Chagyrskaya Cave (Altai, Russia)
Neanderthals are known primarily from their habitation of Western Eurasia, but they also populated large expanses of Northern Asia for thousands of years. Owing to a sparse archaeological record, relatively little is known about these eastern Neanderthal populations. Unlike in their western range, there are limited zooarchaeological and paleobotanical studies that inform us about the nature of their subsistence. Here, we perform a combined analys…
Early geometric microlith technology in Central Asia
Carinated Pieces in Paleolithic Assemblages of Central Asia1
Before the 1970s, Eurasian Aurignacian artifacts of the carinated type were interpreted as tools, specifically endscrapers or burins. At present, they are more and more often regarded as cores for bladelets with a curved profile. In the southeast, their distribution area was previously believed to extend to the southern part of the Afghan-Tajik depression. Recent studies in western Central Asia, however, suggest that the boundary passes across no…
The Lithic Industry of Obi-Rakhmat Grotto, Uzbekistan
The analysis of the Obi-Rakhmat archaeological materials provides us with data suggesting a process of gradual transition from the Middle to Upper Paleolithic occurring in western Central Asia. The chronometric dates available for the site indicate that the developmental processes described above occurred prior to 50,000 years ago. This new adaptation was based on Levallois technology aimed at the production of laminar blanks. The Obi-Rakhmat ind…
The Upper Paleolithic Assemblages of Shugnou, Tajikistan
Lithic industries from the key stratified Upper Paleolithic site at Shugnou, Tajikistan, are described. Results of the technological, typological, and attributive analyses suggest that the industries of all horizons represent a single cultural tradition. Its evolution was marked by a gradual transformation of the microblade technology with the use of carinate techniques. This tradition is paralleled by lithic assemblages from Kulbulak layers 2.1 …
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
Reassessment of the Lower Paleolithic (Acheulean) presence in the western Tien Shan
Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia
New insights into the Epipaleolithic of western Central Asia: The Tutkaulian complex
The Denticulate Mousterian as a supposedly distinct facies in Western Central Asia
peer reviewed
Between Denisovans and Neanderthals: Strashnaya Cave in the Altai Mountains
New data from Strashnaya Cave have revealed previously unknown complexity in hominin occupation of the Altai Mountains, including the first regional evidence for the presence of anatomically modern humans
Reconstruction of the bifacial technological sequence in Chagyrskaya Cave assemblage
0264-2019-0009
The application of geometric-morphometric shape analysis to Middle Paleolithic bone retouchers from the Altai Mountains, Russia
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…
How Neanderthals gripped retouchers: Experimental reconstruction of the manipulation of bone retouchers by Neanderthal stone knappers
Human Teeth from Strashnaya Cave, the Altai Mountains, with Reference to the Dental Variation in Stone Age Siberia
Human teeth found in layer 31a of Strashnaya Cave, northwestern Altai Mountains, in 1989, are described. The layer relates to the Upper Paleolithic and has been dated to 19,150 ± 80 BP. However, owing to the nature of sedimentation in the areas adjacent to the cave walls, where the teeth were found, these may be either earlier or later. The objective of this study is to examine the possible dental continuity between Upper Paleolithic and Neolithi…
Middle Paleolithic Bone Retouchers: Size or Proportions
peer reviewed
Levallois reduction sequences in Altai: A view from the study of Ust’-Kanskaya Cave (Gorny-Altai, Russia)
Raw Material Quality and Prepared Core Technologies in Northeast Asia
The Initial Upper Paleolithic in Northeast Asia
The Lithic Industry of Obi-Rakhmat Grotto, Uzbekistan
The analysis of the Obi-Rakhmat archaeological materials provides us with data suggesting a process of gradual transition from the Middle to Upper Paleolithic occurring in western Central Asia. The chronometric dates available for the site indicate that the developmental processes described above occurred prior to 50,000 years ago. This new adaptation was based on Levallois technology aimed at the production of laminar blanks. The Obi-Rakhmat ind…
New hominin remains from Uzbekistan
The Upper Paleolithic site of Dodekatym-2 in Uzbekistan
Upper Paleolithic sites in the northern part of Western Central Asia are few, and their distribution is irregular. Most have no cultural layer. The scarcity of sites and fi nds is usually explained by depopulation in the 40–25 ka BP time range. Results of fi eld work conducted by expeditions from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS in Uzbekistan since 1998 suggest that even an arid climate did not prevent humans from settling in t…
The Denticulate Mousterian as a supposedly distinct facies in Western Central Asia
peer reviewed
The Upper Paleolithic Assemblages of Shugnou, Tajikistan
Lithic industries from the key stratified Upper Paleolithic site at Shugnou, Tajikistan, are described. Results of the technological, typological, and attributive analyses suggest that the industries of all horizons represent a single cultural tradition. Its evolution was marked by a gradual transformation of the microblade technology with the use of carinate techniques. This tradition is paralleled by lithic assemblages from Kulbulak layers 2.1 …
The Kulbulak Bladelet Tradition in The Upper Paleolithic of Central Asia
peer reviewed
Carinated Pieces in Paleolithic Assemblages of Central Asia1
Before the 1970s, Eurasian Aurignacian artifacts of the carinated type were interpreted as tools, specifically endscrapers or burins. At present, they are more and more often regarded as cores for bladelets with a curved profile. In the southeast, their distribution area was previously believed to extend to the southern part of the Afghan-Tajik depression. Recent studies in western Central Asia, however, suggest that the boundary passes across no…
The Improvement of Splitting Technique in Upper Paleolithic of Kulbulak Culture
The current period of western Central Asian Stone Age research is characterized by the expansion of research methods in the analysis of Upper Paleolithic complexes. However, a technologically important for Paleolithic industries parameter such as splitting technique has not been investigated. The aim of this article is to determine the splitting technique in the production of blades and bladelets in the Upper Paleolithic Kulbula-kian complexes of…
New Stage of Strashnaya Cave’s Investigation (Northwestern Altai): Preliminary Results, Based On Layers 1–5
Strashnaya Cave has been studied in different periods by several research groups, since 1969. A new stage of the site’s investigation was renewed in 2013. The cave is known as multi-layer stratified site that contains cultural layers dated back from the Middle Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. 13 lithological units have been allocated in the section. Layers 1-2 relate to the Holocene, the rest - to the Pleistocene; 11-13 - archaeologically sterile …
Geoelectric Structure of the Obishir-5 Archaeological Site (Kyrgyzstan) Based on Electrotomography Data
Obishir-5 - multilayer site located in the southern part of Fergana valley (Kyrgyzstan). Culture-stratigraphic sequence presented there is exclusive to Central Asian region - from Upper Paleolithic to Middle Age. The site was studied two times: from 1965 to 1973 and from 2015 till present. The last exploration phase has shown that lower cultural layers contain Upper Paleolithic materials and they were not studied earlier. The abovementioned circu…
Approbation of the Complex of Geophysical Methods in the of Sel”Ungur Cave (Kyrgyzstan)
The Sel’Ungur cave is the largest karst cavity in Western Central Asia which contains archaeological, paleoanthropological and paleontological remains embedded into several lithological layers. The site was excavated in the 80s of the 20th century when it was defined as the Lower Paleolithic item. As a result of a new study which began in 2014 it was proved that stone complexes from the Sel’Ungur cave have the Middle Paleolithic characteristics. …
Human Teeth from Strashnaya Cave, the Altai Mountains, with Reference to the Dental Variation in Stone Age Siberia
Human teeth found in layer 31a of Strashnaya Cave, northwestern Altai Mountains, in 1989, are described. The layer relates to the Upper Paleolithic and has been dated to 19,150 ± 80 BP. However, owing to the nature of sedimentation in the areas adjacent to the cave walls, where the teeth were found, these may be either earlier or later. The objective of this study is to examine the possible dental continuity between Upper Paleolithic and Neolithi…
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
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 Justifications for the Early Geometric Microlyts Age in Western Central Asia
На современном этапе развития археологической науки геометрические микролиты рассматриваются как важные хозяйственные, культурные и хронологические маркеры, появление которых в археологических коллекциях свидетельствует об использовании композитных орудий, о повышении степени мобильности древних человеческих коллективов, миграциях и об обмене технологическими навыками. Предлагаемая работа посвящена обоснованию раннего возраста появления геометрич…
The Results of Kaylu and Kuba-Sengir Sites Preliminary Study (Eastern Caspian, Turkmenistan)
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Results of Field Works on Middle Paleolithic Complexes of Strashnaya Сave in 2018
Bone Needles from Upper Paleolithic Сomplexes of the Strashnaya Cave (North-Western Altai)
Палеолитические памятники Горного Алтая стали широко известны не только благодаря уникальному палеоантропологическому материалу, но также из-за обнаружения самых ранних свидетельств неутилитарной деятельности древнего человека. В комплексах раннего верхнего палеолита Денисовой пещеры была обнаружена многочисленная коллекция неутилитарных изделий и орудий из кости и рога. До последнего этапа исследований находки костяных инструментов были уникальн…
Levallois reduction sequences in Altai: A view from the study of Ust’-Kanskaya Cave (Gorny-Altai, Russia)
New insights into the Epipaleolithic of western Central Asia: The Tutkaulian complex
Middle Paleolithic variability in Central Asia: Lithic assemblage of Sel’Ungur cave
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…
Craniotomy as a Prehistoric Medical Practice: A Case of Antemortem Cranial Trepanation in Southern Siberia in the Late Bronze Age
Complete trepanation with the removal of the inner bone plate was studied on a cranium of a male aged ca 35 from a Late Bronze Age burial at Anzhevka in the Krasnoyarsk-Kansk forest-steppe, dating to 1000–700 BC. Certain burials including that with a trephined cranium reveal traces of post-funerary rituals. The individual displays the Paleosiberian (Baikal) combination of craniometric and dental characteristics. Results of the macroand microscopi…
Geography (60 works) · Archaeology (53 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (48 works) · Geology (36 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (31 works) · Cave (25 works) · Middle Paleolithic (25 works) · Upper Paleolithic (18 works) · Paleontology (17 works) · Pleistocene (17 works)