Chagyrskaya Cave:A Middle Paleolithic Site In The Altai

Author

A. P. Derevianko
S. V. Markin
V. S. Zykin

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Publication Date

March 2013

Abstract

This article presents the results of multidisciplinary studies conducted at Chagyrskaya – an Upper Pleistocene karst cave in the northwestern Altai where Middle Paleolithic stone tools and fossil remains of Neanderthals were found. Taphonomic aspects of the site are addressed, and results of science-based analyses including radiocarbon and paleomagnetic dating are presented. The deposits are similar to loess-like Upper Pleistocene loams of Western Siberia. Among the Middle Paleolithic industries of the Altai, the Chagyrskaya industry is paralleled only by that of Okladnikov (formerly Sibiryachikha) Cave. Both represent a local Middle Paleolithic Mousteroid facies, named Sibiryachikha after the eponymous site.

Keywords

Geology, Granulometric Analysis, Chemical Analysis, Micromorphological Analysis, Paleomagnetic Analysis, Loess, Small Mammals, Middle Paleolithic

Document Type

Article

Notes

Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, Vol. 41, no. 1 (2013-03-01).

Identifier

SFS0073261_00001

Recommended Citation

Derevianko, A. P.; Markin, S. V.; and Zykin, V. S., "Chagyrskaya Cave:A Middle Paleolithic Site In The Altai" (2013). KIP Articles. 978.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/978