PALAEOLITHIC COMPLEXES OF THE PODZVONKAYA SITE IN THE SOUTH OF WESTERN TRANSBAIKAL: COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTIC
Abstract
The Podzvonkaya area in the south of Western Transbaikalia is the place where four archaeological sites of the early stage of the Upper Paleolithic are concentrated. The ensemble of these four sites (Lower complex, Eastern complex, Southeastern complex and Western complex) is one of the largest archaeological objects in the Northeast of Central Asia dating back to the beginning of the Upper Palaeolithic. The investigation on the Palaeolithic time at this locality was launched in 1991. As a rule, published articles examined the results of studies at individual complex sites. This article gives a general consideration of the three Paleolithic complexes of the Podzvonkaya: East, Southeast, Lower ones. On the basis of scientific data, the reconstruction of one of the areas of human adaptation of the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic to changes in natural and climatic conditions was proposed: at the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic, people began to settle in the Podzvonkaya area after the reduction and disappearance of forests. The analysis of artifacts allows us to attribute the stone industry of all complexes to the initial stage of the Upper Paleolithic and to trace the sequence of development of material culture from the Lower complex to the East. A representative collection of non-utilitarian items indicates at their uniformity.
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