Abstract

In 2017, the East Kazakhstan Paleolithic team of IAET SB RAS conducted archaeological excavations at the open-air site of Ushbulak-1. This article presents the results of research into cultural deposits from lithological layers 5-8 (excavation area 2). Twelve lithological units containing archaeological materials were uncovered in the exposed stratigraphic profile. The total number of lithic artifacts, obtained from excavation and washing of loose deposits was 7709 objects. The artifacts from this area are associated with the Initial Upper Paleolithic. The closest parallels to the Ushbulak-1 lithic industry can be found in the Paleolithic assemblages of Southern Siberia (Kara-Bom) and Northern Mongolia (Tolbor-4).

Keywords

Eastern Kazakhstan, Initial Upper Paleolithic, multistratified site, primary flaking, tool assemblage

Anoykin А.А.

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

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Taimagambetov Zh.K.

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

National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Ulianov V.A.

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

M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University

Harevich V.M.

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

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Kharevich (Shalagina) A.V.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2267-2452

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Pavlenok G.D.

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

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

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

Chekha A.M.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2427-7480

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

Iskakov G.T.

Kazakh State Museum of Azret Sultan

Vasiliev S.K.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6863-7900

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

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Shun’kov M.V., Taimagambetov J.K., Anoikin A.A., Pavlenok K.K., Harevich V.M., Kozlikin M.B., Pavlenok G.D. Novaya mnogosloinaya verhnepaleoliticheskaya stoyanka Ushbulak-1 v Vostochnom Kazahstane. In Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories. Novosibirsk: IAET SB RAS Publ., 2016, vol. XXII, pp. 208-213 (in Russ.).

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