Abstract

In 2018, research focused on further analyses of the Holocene deposits from the South Chamber of Denisova Cave has been continued. The stratigraphic section established in the middle part of the chamber has made it possible to recognize layers 0, 2-5, 7 and 8. Layers 0, 2 and the upper part of layer 3 yielded archaeological materials attributed to the Early Iron Age and containing mostly pottery fragments. The lower part of layer 3 revealed the isolated Late Bronze Age artifacts, including a Karasuk-style knife. Layers 4 and 5 produced mainly pottery fragments from vessels attributed to the Afanasievo culture dating back to the Early Bronze Age, as well as isolated younger artifacts recovered from the disturbed parts of the layer. Layer 7 yielded stone artifacts redeposited from the underlying Pleistocene sediments. Layer 8 has proven to be archaeologically sterile.

Keywords

Altai Mountains, Denisova Cave, Holocene, stratigraphy, pottery, Bronze Age, Early Iron Age

Shunkov M.V.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1388-2308

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Kozlikin M.B.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5082-3345

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Ulianov V.A.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7798-0399

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University

Bocharova E.N.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7961-0818

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Fedorchenko A.Yu.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7812-8037

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Chekha A.N.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6872-9493

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

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Shunkov M.V., Kozlikin M.B., Ulianov V.A., Fedorchenko A.Yu., Chekha A.N., Bocharova E.N. Novye rezul’taty issledovaniya golotsenovykh otlozhenii v yuzhnoi galeree Denisovoi peshchery. In Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories. Novosibirsk: IAET SB RAS Publ., 2017, vol. XXIII, pp. 457-458 (in Russ.).

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