Abstract

The study of the multilayered site of Tolbor-4 in Northern Mongolia was resumed in 2017. The works were aimed at clarifying the stratigraphy of the site using the methods of micromorphology, as well as a new cycle of radiocarbon and OSL-dating. The exposed stratigraphic profile consisted of six lithological layers. One unit comprising layers 1-4 contained the complexes of the Late Upper Paleolithic. Layer 5 revealed the industries of the Initial and Early Upper Paleolithic. Two ostrich (Struthio) eggshell beads were found in layer 3. It was established that layer 4 underwent significant impact of solifluctional processes, and layer 5 was accumulated under much more stable depositional conditions.

Keywords

Upper Paleolithic, Mongolia, stratigraphy, chronology

Rybin E.P.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7434-2757

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
Altai State University

Khatsenovich A.M.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8093-5716

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
Altai State University

Gunchinsuren B.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5052-5081

Institute of History and Archaeology MAS

Paine С.

University of Cambridge, UK

Bolorbat Ts.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0176-7644

Institute of History and Archaeology MAS

Odsuren D.

Institute of History and Archaeology MAS

Zwyns N.

University of California, USA

Lkhundev G.

Institute of History and Archaeology MAS

Margad-Erdene G.

Institute of History and Archaeology MAS

References

Derevianko A.P., Rybin E.P., Gladyshev S.A., Gunchinsuren B., Tsybankov A.A., Olsen J. Early Upper Paleolithic Stone Tool Technologies of Northern Mongolia: The Case of Tolbor-4 and Tolbor-15. Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, 2013, No. 41 (4), pp. 21-37.

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Rybin E.P., Gladyshev S.A., Tsybankov A.A. Voznikno-venie i razvitie «otshepovyh» industrij rannej pory verhnego paleolita Severnoj Mongolii. In Severnaja Evrazija v antropogene: chelovek, paleotehnologii, geoekologija, etnologija i antropologia. Irkutsk: Ottisk, 2007, vol. 2, pp. 137-153 (in Russ).

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