Abstract

During the field season of 2016, for the first time, a fireplace was found in the lower cultural layer in Chagyrskaya Cave. According to the stratigraphic position in the lower part of layer 6в/2, the fireplace was made at one of initial stages of cave occupation by the Neanderthals. The fireplace has been deformed due to the impact offrost. Preliminarily, several types offuel from the filling of the fireplace have been identified. Using the data obtained, an experiment was conducted, which made it possible to identify several specific features of the fireplace. Presently, this fireplace is the earliest evidence of the deliberate use offire by the ancient humans in the Altai Mountains.

Keywords

Paleolithic, Altai Mountains, Neanderthals, Sibiryachikha Facie, fireplace

Kolobova K.A.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5757-3251

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Slusarenko I.Yu.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1243-0900

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Krajcarz M.Т.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-0664

Institute of Geological Sciences, Research Centre, Poland

Egorov D.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Israel Antiquities Authority

Markin S.V.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4528-8613

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Shnaider S.V.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2230-4286

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
Novosibirsk State University

Seletskiy M.V.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2581-8792

Novosibirsk State University

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