Nazugum, a new 4000 year old rockshelter site in the Ili Alatau, Tien Shan

Namen, Abay; Varis, Aristeidis; Lindauer, Susanne; Friedrich, Ronny; Таймагамбетов, Жакен; Ioviţă, Radu

doi:10.1016/j.ara.2022.100370

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“…Known stratified Palaeolithic sites are located in the piedmont and foothill zones of these ranges, and the majority are chronologically attributed to the Upper Palaeolithic. Currently, all known Palaeolithic localities in Kazakhstan are found in karst/pseudokarst, loess, spring, and river settings, which constitute an important setting for the preservation of archaeological horizons (Iovita et al 2020;Varis et al 2022;Namen et al 2022a). Most stratified Palaeolithic sites (e.g., Maibulaq, Rahat, Valikhanova, and Ushbulaq) are found by water bodies such as rivers and springs.…”

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Preference for Porphyry: Petrographic Insights into Lithic Raw Material Procurement from Palaeolithic Kazakhstan

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Varis

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Journal of Field Archaeology

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Only a handful of stratified sites are known in loess, spring, and river contexts in the northern piedmonts of the Tian Shan, and the majority are dated to the Upper Palaeolithic. These sites have been studied from a geoarchaeological perspective, however, lithic procurement activities remain unknown. To address this deficiency, we present the results of the extensive field surveys aimed at locating prehistoric raw material sources in the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor of Kazakhstan. We also provide a detailed petrographic description of the lithologies exploited during the Palaeolithic of Kazakhstan. Based on the field survey results, combined with petrographic data, we conclude that the direct procurement strategy was the most common at the stratified sites. However, evidence of both direct and embedded procurement is found in the northern piedmonts of the Ili Alatau range at the site of Maibulaq.Additionally, we highlight the variation of chert lithologies within the larger Qaratau region, laying a foundation for future provenance studies.

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confidence: 99%