Abstract

The article discusses further results of research into Initial Upper Paleolithic complexes at the multi-level Ushbulak site, conducted by the East Kazakhstan Paleolithic Team in 2019. The excavation focused on two locations - unit 2 (3 m2) and test pit 11 (2 m2). Information on the stratigraphy of the excavated units, data on paleontological remains from unit 2, results of the technical and typological analysis of the archaeological evidence obtained in 2019 along with their cultural and chronological interpretation, are presented. In total, 2307 artifacts have been found in levels 5.2-7 (unit 2), and 535 artifacts have been found in test pit 11. Faunal collection consists of 91 teeth, bones, and their fragments including 9 identifiable remains (Equus sp., Bos primigenius). Geomorphological situation at the site and stratigraphy of the profiles have made it possible to compare the cultural levels in test pit 11 with levels 6 and 7 in unit 2 containing the industries of the Initial Upper Paleolithic. Primary reduction was intended for producing blade blanks following parallel volumetric bidirectional method. There were some indications of small blade narrow-faced method of reduction. The leading category of the tool assemblage was end-scrapers on blades, accompanied by burins, piercing tools, truncated spalls, single-edged side-scrapers, and notched artifacts with retouching. The series of “marker” tools - stemmed tools including a point, beveled point, and core-burins, were of special interest. Archaeological evidence from levels 5.2-7, obtained during the field work of 2019, confirms the suggestion that these complexes belong to the group of industries of the Initial Upper Paleolithic of Southern Siberia and Mongolia. The closest parallels to these complexes occur in horizon UP2 at Kara-Bom site in the Russian Altai Mountains.

Keywords

Eastern Kazakhstan, Initial Upper Paleolithic, multi-layered site, lithic industry, blade knapping technology, “marker” tools

Anoykin А.А.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2383-2259

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
Novosibirsk State University

Harevich V.M.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2632-6888

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Pavlenok G.D.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3727-776X

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Bocharova E.N.

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

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
Novosibirsk State University

Markovsky G.I.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2698-707X

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Gladyshev S.A.

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

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Ulianov V.A.

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

M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University

Kandyba A.V.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0985-9121

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Taimagambetov Zh.K.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-0600

National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Iskakov G.T.

Kazakh State Museum of Azret Sultan

Duvanbekov R.S.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7596-8222

National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Shunkov M.V.

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

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
Novosibirsk State University

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