Abstract
Research at the Paleolithic site of Kattasay-2 may provide the information concerning the population which correlates with the non-lamellar tradition of stone processing in the Western Tian Shan. The stratigraphic deposits of the site can be divided into four layers. The deposits are interpreted as deluvial-aeolian, and only deposits of layer 2b resemble loess. The first of the two archaeological horizons occurs in the zone of bioturbation in layer 2a. The stone industry indicates the use of not-volumetric and volumetric concepts of lithic reduction. The second archaeological horizon occurs in layer 3b. The stone artifacts illustrate the application of not-volumetric concept of lithic reduction, similar to the concept followed at the nearby Kattasay-1 site. Layer 3b at Kattasay-2 seems to be contemporaneous with the culture-bearing layer 4c at Kattasay-1, which suggests that both Middle Paleolithic sites could have functioned synchronously.
Keywords
Tian Shan, Paleolithic, stratigraphy, dating, technology of lithic reduction, Levallois
Pavlenok K.K.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0205-2077
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
Kot M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5277-0283
Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland
Pavlenok G.D.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3727-776X
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
Shnaider S.V.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2230-4286
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
Szymczak K.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2735-3247
Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland
Krajcarz M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3720-5926
Institute of Geological Sciences of Polish Academy of Sciences
Lazarev S.Yu.
Laboratory of Paleomagnetism of University of Utrecht, Netherlands
Kogai S.A.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-9587
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
Khuzhinazarov M.
Institute of Archaeology of Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences
Smirnov B.M.
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
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