Abstract

Documented evidence of micropercussion technique in the Early Upper Paleolithic (EUP) has been found at the multilayered sites of the Gobi Altai (Tsagaan-Agui Cave, Chikhen-Agui Rock Shelter, and Chikhen-2 Site). In Tsagaan-Agui Cave, elongated cores with the negative scars of microblade removals were found among the materials of the third sedimentation cycle. A sub-prismatic microcore for producing microblades and 24 microblades were found in the collection of the EUP from Chikhen-Agui Rock Shelter. The EUP horizons at the multilayered open site of Chikhen-2 contained microcores and a microblade. A similar situation may be observed for the industries of the EUP at the sites of Northern Mongolia.

Keywords

Gobi Altai, Mongolia, Tsagaan-Agui Cave, Chikhen-Agui Rockshelter, micropercussion

Gladyshev S.A.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7443-654X

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

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