M V Seletsky
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 908361 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | M V Seletsky |
| NOMBRES | M V |
| APELLIDO | Seletsky |
| FIRMA | SELETSKY M V |
| AFILIACIONES | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2581-8792 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Lithic Assemblage from the Pisanitsy Site (Early Iron Age – Middle Ages, Yashkino Municipal District of Kemerovo Region)
This study presents a new collection of stone artifacts from the Pisanitsy site on the right bank of the Tom River 450 m lower the village of Pisanaya in Yashkino Municipal District of Kemerovo Region. The area under study (the cult site) was located on the top of a rock mass directly above the second group of petroglyphs of the Tom rock art site. The collection was obtained from the excavations of P.G. Sokolov in July, 2025. Stone artifacts were…
Discovery of an Old Believers’ Cross in the Northern Part of the Salair Ridge
A pectoral cross was found in 2025 in the northern part of the Salair Ridge in Maslyanino District of Novosibirsk Region. According to V.I. Molodin’s typology, it belongs to type 1, sub-type 1, and variant 2. The obverse of the cross shows the eightpointed cross on Golgotha with the head of Adam at the bottom. The spear is on the left and reed is on the right. At the top, there is the inscription ЦРЪ СЛВЫ (“the King of Glory”); the monograms IC Х…
The Knapping Method in the Earliest Blade Industries of the Siberian Upper Paleolithic
Purpose . This study investigates the earliest forms of blade production in the Initial Upper Paleolithic in the Altai. Despite the widespread availability of high-quality lithic raw materials during the period from 47 to 40 ka uncal BP, the tradition of producing and using large blades reached its peak development here. These traditions retained characteristic features of the era. Results . The research specifically focuses on the knapping metho…
Industry of Okladnikov Cave Layer 3 in the Context of the Sibiryachikha Complexes of the Altai Mountains
This paper presents the results of a comprehensive analysis of lithics from layer 3 of Okladnikov Cave and their relevance to the Sibiryachikha industries of the Altai Mountains. Attribute analysis has shown that the industry of layer 3 demonstrates technological and typological similarities with the Sibiryachikha industries. These include radial flaking with an offset technological axis, a predominance of convergent side-scrapers, and a series o…
Industry of Okladnikov Cave Layer 3 in the Context of the Sibiryachikha Complexes of the Altai Mountains
В статье представлены результаты комплексного анализа археологической коллекции слоя 3 пещеры Окладникова и ее интерпретация в контексте сибирячихинских индустрий Горного Алтая. Исследование с использованием атрибутивного подхода выявило в каменной индустрии слоя 3 технико-типологические черты, характерные для сибирячихинских комплексов: ориентация первичного расщепления на изготовление отщепов со смещенной осью скалывания в рамках радиального ме…
Results of Archaeological and Geophysical Monitoring of the Domashneye Ozero Site (Central Kamchatka) in 2024
The article provides results of the comprehensive archaeological and geophysical studies conducted in 2024 at the Domashneye Ozero site, a key site of the Tarya culture in the Kamchatka River valley. Based on aerial photography, tacheometric survey, and visual inspection data, a detailed topographic plan of the site covering an area of over 32,300 sq. m was created for the first time, revealing 11 dwelling depressions and 26 pits. Geophysical stu…
Blade Component in the Archaeological Collection of the Domashneye Ozero Site (Central Kamchatka)
The article provides a comprehensive analysis of materials from the Domashneye Ozero site, which is a key site of the Late Neolithic Tarya culture in Kamchatka. Recent fieldwork has revealed a stratigraphically earlier Mesolithic complex with the characteristic blade technology, lying below the horizon of Tarya artefacts. Based on these data as well as the analysis of published and archival sources, a hypothesis was formulated about probable mixi…
Research of the Middle Paleolithic Complexes in the Chagyrskaya Cave in the Field Season of 2024
This article presents the results of field studies in the Chagyrskaya cave – a key site of the Sibiryachikha phase of the Middle Paleolithic in the Altai – which were done in 2024. In that excavation season, the main focus of excavation works was on studying stratigraphy of the site, searching for anthropological remains, and obtaining a collection of lithic artifacts for technical and typological analysis. Two culture-bearing layers, 6a and 6c/1…
Investigation of the Cultural Layer from the Ushki I Paleolithic Site Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography
The article provides geophysical studies using the electrical resistivity tomography method conducted during the 2024 field season at the stratified Paleolithic site Ushki I in Central Kamchatka. This method is based on measuring the electrical resistivity. It was applied at the site to determine the thickness of loose deposits, identify anthropogenic anomalies, and assess promising areas for future excavations. In previous years, during the rese…
Experimental Modelling of Grain Grinding Using Stone Percussion-Abrasive Tools
This study is aimed at experimental reconstruction of economic and domestic activities of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic population who lived in the Altai Mountains. At present, the Paleolithic tools designed for grinding plant materials are insufficiently studied at the sites in this region. Analyses of such artefact categories are either preliminary or lack a fundamental evidence base in the form of high-quality photographs with a magnificati…
Study of Early Iron Age Vessels Using 3D-Modeling (Based on Baraba, Sargat Culture)
Purpose . The purpose of the paper is to approve and identify the possibilities of 3D modelling in the study of the Early Iron Age vessels. Methods . A series of experiments comparing computer and manual measurements of the vessels metric characteristics have been carried out (corolla diameter and vessel height). The experiments are based on 3D-models of three Early Iron Age vessels: a complete round-bottom vessel; a complete flat-bottom vessel; …
Kuyacha – a New Late Upper Palaeolithic Site in the Peschanaya River Valley (Altai Mountains)
Purpose . The article is devoted to a comprehensive study of an informative find from the new Kuyacha site in the Peschanaya River valley in the northwestern part of the Altai Mountains, discovered during the survey of the channel alluvium of the left bank of the Kuyacha River in 2022. Results . The artefact under discussion is examined from the point of view of technological and geologicalmineralogical analysis, and its cultural and chronologica…
Variability in the Sibiryachikha Assemblages of the Altai Mountains (Based on Materials from Okladnikov Cave Layer 2)
В статье на основе новых данных, полученных в результате комплексного изучения материалов из слоя 2 пещеры Окладникова, рассматривается вариабельность среднепалеолитических сибирячихинских комплексов Горного Алтая. С привлечением новых методов исследования (анализ последовательности сколов, экспериментально-трасологический, атрибутивный анализы и др.) уточнены характеристики комплекса: расширена номенклатура технических сколов, связанных с радиал…
Tools for Stone Raw Material Treatment in the Initial and Early Upper Palaeolithic Industries of the Ust-Karakol-1 Site (Excavation Area, 1986)
Purpose . This article studies tools for stone raw material treatment found in the Ust-Karakol-1 site collection in Altai (excavation area, 1986). Results. We have established that the latest industry of this site, tentatively correlated with the Middle stage of the Upper Palaeolithic, includes one hammer made of the endcore of fine-grained sedimentary rock. We have identified a pebble hammer flake and retouchers made of coarse-grained sedimentar…
Results of Field Archaeological Research at the Razdelniy II Site (Central Kamchatka) in 2022
Purpose . This article presents results of the preliminary analysis of archaeological material obtained during the Kamchatka Paleolithic expedition of IAET SB RAS at the Razdelniy II site in Central Kamchatka. Results. It has been established that the earliest habitation episode of the Razdelniy II site is associated with the complex of the cultural horizon 2 dated 12,900–12,600 cal BP. Horizon’s industry is based on the micro-wedge knapping tech…
Variability in the Sibiryachikha Assemblages of the Altai Mountains (Based on Materials from Okladnikov Cave Layer 2)
This article, based on new data from comprehensive studies of assemblage from Okladnikov Cave layer 2, explores the variability of Middle Paleolithic Sibiryachikha variant of the Altai Mountains. Using methods such as scar pattern analysis, experimental use-wear analysis, attributive analysis, etc., we specify the characteristics of the assemblage by extending the nomenclature of technical fl akes relating to radial fl aking, evaluating the share…
Initial and Early Upper Palaeolithic “Thin” Leaf-shaped Bifaces
The tradition of producing bifacial leafshaped points in Altai demonstrates a relationship with the culture and life support strategies of its earliest Upper Palaeolithic inhabitants. Here we present the reconstruction of bifacial technologies, based on the study of published data and archaeological collections, the latest results of geological and mineralogical data and experiments. The application of the well-known techniques of processing thin…
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…
Percussive-Abrasive Stone Tools from Chagyrskaya Cave
В статье представлены результаты комплексного исследования каменных ударно-абразивных орудий активного действия из Чагырской пещеры с использованием экспериментально-трасологического и статистического методов, дополненных 3D-моделированием. Проведенные эксперименты в сочетании с трасологическим анализом позволили определить функции этих орудий путем сопоставления рабочих зон и следов утилизации на инструментах в полученной эталонной и археологиче…
Investigation of Ornamented Bone Items from the Olskaya Site Using Three-Dimensional Modelling
This paper discusses the practical application of three-dimensional modelling technologies in studying bone artefacts with engraved images of the paleometal era. To achieve the study goal, we carried out a comprehensive analysis of the antler crest obtained from excavations at the Olskaya site, one of the key archaeological sites of the Tokarev culture in the Northern Priokhotye. The artefact under discussion has a complex geometric pattern, whic…
Percussive-Abrasive Stone Tools from Chagyrskaya Cave
This article presents a comprehensive study of percussive-abrasive active stone tools from Chagyrskaya Cave, using experimental use-wear and statistical methods, supplemented by 3D-modeling. Experiments combined with use- wear analysis allowed us to determine the functions of these tools by comparing the working surfaces and use-wear traces in the Chagyrskaya samples with those in the reference samples. As a result, we identified 19 retouchers, f…
Techniques for Processing Lithic Material during Epipalaeolithic in the Eastern Elbrus Region (On Materials of the Naves Badynoko Site)
Purpose. The rock shelter Badynoko site is one of the key archaeological sites of the Eastern Elbrus region, which contains stratified archaeological complexes of the Final Pleistocene and Early Holocene. Stone industries at this site are the most important evidence for studying the cultural dynamics, economic and technological transformations that took place during the Epipalaeolithic time in Northern Caucasus. We aimed at conducting technologic…
The Early Upper Palaeolithic bone industry of the Central Altai, Russia
The first formal bone tool in the Central Altai of Russia was found in an Early Upper Palaeolithic assemblage at the Kara-Bom open-air site. Here the authors report the results of AMS dating, use-wear analysis, 3D-modelling and zooarchaeological and collagen fingerprinting analysis, which reveal important new insights into the osseous technology of the Kara-Bomian tradition
Investigation of the Middle Paleolithic Complexes in Chagyrskaya Cave in the Field Season of 2019
Experimental Modelling of Bone Splitting Based on the Evidence of the Sibiryachikha Variant of the Altai Middle Paleolithic
The Early Upper Palaeolithic bone industry of the Central Altai, Russia
The first formal bone tool in the Central Altai of Russia was found in an Early Upper Palaeolithic assemblage at the Kara-Bom open-air site. Here the authors report the results of AMS dating, use-wear analysis, 3D-modelling and zooarchaeological and collagen fingerprinting analysis, which reveal important new insights into the osseous technology of the Kara-Bomian tradition
Variability in the Sibiryachikha Assemblages of the Altai Mountains (Based on Materials from Okladnikov Cave Layer 2)
This article, based on new data from comprehensive studies of assemblage from Okladnikov Cave layer 2, explores the variability of Middle Paleolithic Sibiryachikha variant of the Altai Mountains. Using methods such as scar pattern analysis, experimental use-wear analysis, attributive analysis, etc., we specify the characteristics of the assemblage by extending the nomenclature of technical fl akes relating to radial fl aking, evaluating the share…
Percussive-Abrasive Stone Tools from Chagyrskaya Cave
This article presents a comprehensive study of percussive-abrasive active stone tools from Chagyrskaya Cave, using experimental use-wear and statistical methods, supplemented by 3D-modeling. Experiments combined with use- wear analysis allowed us to determine the functions of these tools by comparing the working surfaces and use-wear traces in the Chagyrskaya samples with those in the reference samples. As a result, we identified 19 retouchers, f…
The Middle Paleolithic Complexes of the Chagyrskaya Cave
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…
Investigation of the Middle Paleolithic Complexes in Chagyrskaya Cave in the Field Season of 2019
Experimental Modelling of Bone Splitting Based on the Evidence of the Sibiryachikha Variant of the Altai Middle Paleolithic
Results of Field Survey in the Republic of Khakassia in 2019
Techniques for Processing Lithic Material during Epipalaeolithic in the Eastern Elbrus Region (On Materials of the Naves Badynoko Site)
Purpose. The rock shelter Badynoko site is one of the key archaeological sites of the Eastern Elbrus region, which contains stratified archaeological complexes of the Final Pleistocene and Early Holocene. Stone industries at this site are the most important evidence for studying the cultural dynamics, economic and technological transformations that took place during the Epipalaeolithic time in Northern Caucasus. We aimed at conducting technologic…
The Early Upper Palaeolithic bone industry of the Central Altai, Russia
The first formal bone tool in the Central Altai of Russia was found in an Early Upper Palaeolithic assemblage at the Kara-Bom open-air site. Here the authors report the results of AMS dating, use-wear analysis, 3D-modelling and zooarchaeological and collagen fingerprinting analysis, which reveal important new insights into the osseous technology of the Kara-Bomian tradition
Percussive-Abrasive Stone Tools from Chagyrskaya Cave
В статье представлены результаты комплексного исследования каменных ударно-абразивных орудий активного действия из Чагырской пещеры с использованием экспериментально-трасологического и статистического методов, дополненных 3D-моделированием. Проведенные эксперименты в сочетании с трасологическим анализом позволили определить функции этих орудий путем сопоставления рабочих зон и следов утилизации на инструментах в полученной эталонной и археологиче…
Investigation of Ornamented Bone Items from the Olskaya Site Using Three-Dimensional Modelling
This paper discusses the practical application of three-dimensional modelling technologies in studying bone artefacts with engraved images of the paleometal era. To achieve the study goal, we carried out a comprehensive analysis of the antler crest obtained from excavations at the Olskaya site, one of the key archaeological sites of the Tokarev culture in the Northern Priokhotye. The artefact under discussion has a complex geometric pattern, whic…
Percussive-Abrasive Stone Tools from Chagyrskaya Cave
This article presents a comprehensive study of percussive-abrasive active stone tools from Chagyrskaya Cave, using experimental use-wear and statistical methods, supplemented by 3D-modeling. Experiments combined with use- wear analysis allowed us to determine the functions of these tools by comparing the working surfaces and use-wear traces in the Chagyrskaya samples with those in the reference samples. As a result, we identified 19 retouchers, f…
Initial and Early Upper Palaeolithic “Thin” Leaf-shaped Bifaces
The tradition of producing bifacial leafshaped points in Altai demonstrates a relationship with the culture and life support strategies of its earliest Upper Palaeolithic inhabitants. Here we present the reconstruction of bifacial technologies, based on the study of published data and archaeological collections, the latest results of geological and mineralogical data and experiments. The application of the well-known techniques of processing thin…
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…
Variability in the Sibiryachikha Assemblages of the Altai Mountains (Based on Materials from Okladnikov Cave Layer 2)
В статье на основе новых данных, полученных в результате комплексного изучения материалов из слоя 2 пещеры Окладникова, рассматривается вариабельность среднепалеолитических сибирячихинских комплексов Горного Алтая. С привлечением новых методов исследования (анализ последовательности сколов, экспериментально-трасологический, атрибутивный анализы и др.) уточнены характеристики комплекса: расширена номенклатура технических сколов, связанных с радиал…
Tools for Stone Raw Material Treatment in the Initial and Early Upper Palaeolithic Industries of the Ust-Karakol-1 Site (Excavation Area, 1986)
Purpose . This article studies tools for stone raw material treatment found in the Ust-Karakol-1 site collection in Altai (excavation area, 1986). Results. We have established that the latest industry of this site, tentatively correlated with the Middle stage of the Upper Palaeolithic, includes one hammer made of the endcore of fine-grained sedimentary rock. We have identified a pebble hammer flake and retouchers made of coarse-grained sedimentar…
Results of Field Archaeological Research at the Razdelniy II Site (Central Kamchatka) in 2022
Purpose . This article presents results of the preliminary analysis of archaeological material obtained during the Kamchatka Paleolithic expedition of IAET SB RAS at the Razdelniy II site in Central Kamchatka. Results. It has been established that the earliest habitation episode of the Razdelniy II site is associated with the complex of the cultural horizon 2 dated 12,900–12,600 cal BP. Horizon’s industry is based on the micro-wedge knapping tech…
Variability in the Sibiryachikha Assemblages of the Altai Mountains (Based on Materials from Okladnikov Cave Layer 2)
This article, based on new data from comprehensive studies of assemblage from Okladnikov Cave layer 2, explores the variability of Middle Paleolithic Sibiryachikha variant of the Altai Mountains. Using methods such as scar pattern analysis, experimental use-wear analysis, attributive analysis, etc., we specify the characteristics of the assemblage by extending the nomenclature of technical fl akes relating to radial fl aking, evaluating the share…
Industry of Okladnikov Cave Layer 3 in the Context of the Sibiryachikha Complexes of the Altai Mountains
В статье представлены результаты комплексного анализа археологической коллекции слоя 3 пещеры Окладникова и ее интерпретация в контексте сибирячихинских индустрий Горного Алтая. Исследование с использованием атрибутивного подхода выявило в каменной индустрии слоя 3 технико-типологические черты, характерные для сибирячихинских комплексов: ориентация первичного расщепления на изготовление отщепов со смещенной осью скалывания в рамках радиального ме…
Results of Archaeological and Geophysical Monitoring of the Domashneye Ozero Site (Central Kamchatka) in 2024
The article provides results of the comprehensive archaeological and geophysical studies conducted in 2024 at the Domashneye Ozero site, a key site of the Tarya culture in the Kamchatka River valley. Based on aerial photography, tacheometric survey, and visual inspection data, a detailed topographic plan of the site covering an area of over 32,300 sq. m was created for the first time, revealing 11 dwelling depressions and 26 pits. Geophysical stu…
Blade Component in the Archaeological Collection of the Domashneye Ozero Site (Central Kamchatka)
The article provides a comprehensive analysis of materials from the Domashneye Ozero site, which is a key site of the Late Neolithic Tarya culture in Kamchatka. Recent fieldwork has revealed a stratigraphically earlier Mesolithic complex with the characteristic blade technology, lying below the horizon of Tarya artefacts. Based on these data as well as the analysis of published and archival sources, a hypothesis was formulated about probable mixi…
Research of the Middle Paleolithic Complexes in the Chagyrskaya Cave in the Field Season of 2024
This article presents the results of field studies in the Chagyrskaya cave – a key site of the Sibiryachikha phase of the Middle Paleolithic in the Altai – which were done in 2024. In that excavation season, the main focus of excavation works was on studying stratigraphy of the site, searching for anthropological remains, and obtaining a collection of lithic artifacts for technical and typological analysis. Two culture-bearing layers, 6a and 6c/1…
Investigation of the Cultural Layer from the Ushki I Paleolithic Site Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography
The article provides geophysical studies using the electrical resistivity tomography method conducted during the 2024 field season at the stratified Paleolithic site Ushki I in Central Kamchatka. This method is based on measuring the electrical resistivity. It was applied at the site to determine the thickness of loose deposits, identify anthropogenic anomalies, and assess promising areas for future excavations. In previous years, during the rese…
Experimental Modelling of Grain Grinding Using Stone Percussion-Abrasive Tools
This study is aimed at experimental reconstruction of economic and domestic activities of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic population who lived in the Altai Mountains. At present, the Paleolithic tools designed for grinding plant materials are insufficiently studied at the sites in this region. Analyses of such artefact categories are either preliminary or lack a fundamental evidence base in the form of high-quality photographs with a magnificati…
Study of Early Iron Age Vessels Using 3D-Modeling (Based on Baraba, Sargat Culture)
Purpose . The purpose of the paper is to approve and identify the possibilities of 3D modelling in the study of the Early Iron Age vessels. Methods . A series of experiments comparing computer and manual measurements of the vessels metric characteristics have been carried out (corolla diameter and vessel height). The experiments are based on 3D-models of three Early Iron Age vessels: a complete round-bottom vessel; a complete flat-bottom vessel; …
Kuyacha – a New Late Upper Palaeolithic Site in the Peschanaya River Valley (Altai Mountains)
Purpose . The article is devoted to a comprehensive study of an informative find from the new Kuyacha site in the Peschanaya River valley in the northwestern part of the Altai Mountains, discovered during the survey of the channel alluvium of the left bank of the Kuyacha River in 2022. Results . The artefact under discussion is examined from the point of view of technological and geologicalmineralogical analysis, and its cultural and chronologica…
Lithic Assemblage from the Pisanitsy Site (Early Iron Age – Middle Ages, Yashkino Municipal District of Kemerovo Region)
This study presents a new collection of stone artifacts from the Pisanitsy site on the right bank of the Tom River 450 m lower the village of Pisanaya in Yashkino Municipal District of Kemerovo Region. The area under study (the cult site) was located on the top of a rock mass directly above the second group of petroglyphs of the Tom rock art site. The collection was obtained from the excavations of P.G. Sokolov in July, 2025. Stone artifacts were…
Discovery of an Old Believers’ Cross in the Northern Part of the Salair Ridge
A pectoral cross was found in 2025 in the northern part of the Salair Ridge in Maslyanino District of Novosibirsk Region. According to V.I. Molodin’s typology, it belongs to type 1, sub-type 1, and variant 2. The obverse of the cross shows the eightpointed cross on Golgotha with the head of Adam at the bottom. The spear is on the left and reed is on the right. At the top, there is the inscription ЦРЪ СЛВЫ (“the King of Glory”); the monograms IC Х…
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