New investigations of the Epipalaeolithic in western Central Asia: Obishir-5

Шнайдер, Светлана; Krajcarz, Maciej T.; Viola, Thomas Bence; Abdykanova, Aida; Колобова, К. А.; Fedorchenko, A.Yu.; kyzy, S. Alisher; Кривошапкин, А.И.

doi:10.15184/aqy.2017.213

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“…The latter, embedded mainly in Unit 4 ca. 10–8 ka B.P., is similar to the final Epipaleolithic–early Neolithic Obishirian complex from the neighbor Obishir‐V (Shnaider et al, 2017), as well as to the Oshhona site (Pamir mountains).…”

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“…The collection from Unit 4 was much more abundant. According to the techno‐typological characteristics, this assemblage is similar to the final Epipaleolithic–early Neolithic complex from the neighbor Obishir‐V (Shnaider et al, 2017), and also to the Oshhona site (Pamir Mountains), which are dated between 10 and 7 ka B.P. (Ranov, 1988).…”

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“…The types of identified artifacts, such as core flakes, bladelets, microbladelets, end‐scrapers, backed microblades, and notched pieces, are common in the wide spectrum of late Upper Paleolithic up to early Neolithic complexes of Central Asia. Analogies could be found, for example, within assemblages of the late Kulbulakian (Kolobova et al, 2013), Tutkaulian (Shnaider et al, 2020), and Obishirian industries (Shnaider et al, 2017). Although not numerous, the lithic assemblages from Units 6 and 5 were similar to each other.…”

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Depositional history of a talus cone in an arid intermontane basin in Central Asia: An interdisciplinary study at the Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene Obishir‐I site, Kyrgyzstan

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Cliff‐related talus accumulations are often highly affected by post‐depositional processes, and the sedimentological characteristics are poorly documented, especially in arid settings. In the southern margin of the Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan, the Obishir‐I is an archaeological site of the Epipaleolithic Obishirian industry, located within a talus cone. Archaeological excavations have allowed us to study the internal structure, chronology, and depositional history of the cone as well as the relationship between the slope processes and the archaeological assemblage. We applied a multiproxy approach, including sedimentological studies supported by the basic geochemistry of sediments, luminescence dating, paleoecology of fossil mollusks, and archaeological analyses. The Obishir‐I rockfall talus accumulated from the Last Glacial Maximum to the early part of the Middle Holocene. The talus onlaps the bedrock at the foot of a limestone cliff, and its chronology is coherent, spanning from ca. 19–8 ka B.P. The material is an unconsolidated, poorly sorted mixture of angular rock fragments accumulated by rockfall and fine‐grained materials accumulated by aeolian processes, illuviation, and in situ weathering. The sequence bears an archaeological collection attributed to two settlement phases: unidentified Upper Paleolithic and the Obishirian. Both assemblages are affected by post‐depositional relocation within the slope.

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Depositional history of a talus cone in an arid intermontane basin in Central Asia: An interdisciplinary study at the Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene Obishir‐I site, Kyrgyzstan

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“…Although the ancient economy of the region that falls today within the state of Kyrgyzstan is poorly characterized [ 12 ], the Ferghana Valley has been inhabited since the Paleolithic period [ 13 , 14 ]. In Alay itself, the eponymous Alay site provides evidence that the valley was at least occasionally used by Paleolithic hunter-gatherers [ 15 ].…”

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Early pastoral economies along the Ancient Silk Road: Biomolecular evidence from the Alay Valley, Kyrgyzstan

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The Silk Road was an important trade route that channeled trade goods, people, plants, animals, and ideas across the continental interior of Eurasia, fueling biotic exchange and key social developments across the Old World. Nestled between the Pamir and Alay ranges at a baseline elevation of nearly 3000m, Kyrgyzstan’s high Alay Valley forms a wide geographic corridor that comprised one of the primary channels of the ancient Silk Road. Recent archaeological survey reveals a millennia-long history of pastoral occupation of Alay from the early Bronze Age through the Medieval period, and a stratified Holocene sequence at the site of Chegirtke Cave. Faunal remains were recovered from test excavations as well as surface collection of material from recent marmot activity. Although recovered specimens were highly fragmented and mostly unidentifiable using traditional zooarchaeological methods, species identification via collagen mass fingerprinting (ZooMS) coupled with sex and first-generation hybrid identification through ancient DNA enabled preliminary characterization of the animal economy of Alay herders. Our new results indicate primary reliance on sheep at Chegirtke Cave (ca. 2200 BCE), with cattle and goat also present. The discovery of a large grinding stone at a spatially associated Bronze or Iron Age habitation structure suggests a mixed agropastoral economic strategy, rather than a unique reliance on domestic animals. Radiocarbon-dated faunal assemblages from habitation structures at nearby localities in the Alay Valley demonstrate the presence of domestic horse, as well as Bactrian camel during later periods. The current study reveals that agropastoral occupation of the high-mountain Alay corridor started millennia before the formal establishment of the Silk Road, and posits that ZooMS, when paired with radiocarbon dates and ancient DNA, is a powerful and cost-effective tool for investigating shifts in the use of animal domesticates in early pastoral economies.

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“…This industry dates to between 13–7 kya BP (Shnaider et al . 2017). Major technological and typological differences with the Alay assemblage suggest that the Oshhona and Istikskaya materials may represent a different cultural or technological tradition.…”

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Evidence for early human occupation at high altitudes in western Central Asia: the Alay site

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New investigations of the Epipalaeolithic in western Central Asia: Obishir-5

Abstract: Intensive research on the Mesolithic of western Central Asia began in the mid twentieth century, when the discovery of key sites allowed for the formulation of the main regional cultural-chronological schemes (Figure 1).

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Depositional history of a talus cone in an arid intermontane basin in Central Asia: An interdisciplinary study at the Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene Obishir‐I site, Kyrgyzstan

Depositional history of a talus cone in an arid intermontane basin in Central Asia: An interdisciplinary study at the Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene Obishir‐I site, Kyrgyzstan

Early pastoral economies along the Ancient Silk Road: Biomolecular evidence from the Alay Valley, Kyrgyzstan

Evidence for early human occupation at high altitudes in western Central Asia: the Alay site

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