Abstract

Chagyrskaya Cave is a key site of the Sibiryachikha Facies of the Middle Paleolithic in the Altai Mountains. Field research at the site was continued in 2017. New and numerous assemblages of stone artifacts as well as paleontological and paleoanthropological materials were obtained in the culture-bearing layers of the cave, and new data on stratigraphy, sedimentology, and planigraphy of the Chagyrskaya Cave was obtained. The genesis of the culturally sterile layers and cultural-bearing layers was preliminary identified. New geological data concerning the lower cultural layers is supported by new spatial data. Numerous bone tools, such as retouchers, pressure tools, and billets are the unique finds for the regional Middle Paleolithic.

Keywords

Paleolithic, Altai Mountains, Neanderthals, Sibiryachikha Facies, bone tools

Kolobova K.A.

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

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

Krajcarz M.Т.

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

Institute of Geological Sciences, Research Centre, Poland

Baumann M.

University of Bordeaux, PACEA UMR 5199, France

Markin S.V.

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

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Alisher kyzy S.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3138-0942

Novosibirsk State University

Seletskiy M.V.

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

Novosibirsk State University

Zavgorodnyaya D.A.

Novosibirsk State University

Aladjem E.

Israel Antiquities Authority

Fedorchenko A.Yu.

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

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

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Derevianko A.P., Markin S.V., Zykin V.S., Zykina V.S., Zazhigin V.S., Sizikova A.O., Solotchina E.P., Smolyaninova L.G., Antipov A.S. Chagyrskaya Cave: A Middle Paleolithic Site in the Altai. Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, 2013, No. 41, pp. 2-27.

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