NEW STAGE OF STRASHNAYA CAVE’S INVESTIGATION (NORTHWESTERN ALTAI): PRELIMINARY RESULTS BASED ON LAYERS 1-5

  • A. I. Krivoshapkin Altai state University; Institute of archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS Email: krivoshapkin@mail.ru
  • N. A. Rudaya Altai state University; Institute of archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS Email: nrudaya@gmail.com
  • N. V. Serdyuk Institute of archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS; Paleontological Institute. A. borisyak wounds Email: natalyserdyu@yandex.ru
  • S. K. Vasilyev Institute of archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS Email: svasiliev@archaeology.nsc.ru
  • A. V. Shalagina Altai state University; Institute of archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS Email: aliona.shalagina@yandex.ru
  • K. A. Kolobova Altai state University; Institute of archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS Email: kolobovak@yandex.ru
DOI_disc_logo https://doi.org/10.14258/tpai(2016)4(16).-09
Keywords: Northwest Altai, Late Pleistocene, Holocene, pollen analysis, paleontology, lithic industry

Abstract

Strashnaya Cave has been studied in different periods by several research groups, since 1969. A new stage of the site’s investigation was renewed in 2013. The cave is known as multi-layer stratified site that contains cultural layers dated back from the Middle Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. 13 lithological units have been allocated in the section. Layers 1-2 relate to the Holocene, the rest - to the Pleistocene; 11-13 - archaeologically sterile layers. During the new stage of the cave research the upper part of the sediments has been studied (layers 1-5); technical and typological analysis of the archaeological material has been carried out; micro- and megafauna fossils have been studied; pollen analysis has been done. Archaeological collection from Holocene layers 1-2 is associated with the early Bronze Age and later stages of the cave occupation. The cultural remains from layer 3 witnessed several episodes of human activity; all of them associated with the regional Upper Paleolithic traditions. Industry of layers 4-5 are attributed to the final stages of the Middle Paleolithic. That industry was based on flat-face and discoidal knapping strategies with a significant presence of the Levallois component.

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Author Biographies

A. I. Krivoshapkin, Altai state University; Institute of archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

доктор исторических наук, заместитель директора по научной работе Института археологии и этнографии СО РАН, ведущий научный сотрудник лаборатории междисциплинарного изучения археологииЗападной Сибири и Алтая Алтайского государственного университета, заведующий кафедрой археологии и этнографии Новосибирского государственного университета

N. A. Rudaya, Altai state University; Institute of archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

кандидат биологических наук, старший научныйсотрудник Института археологии и этнографии СО РАН, старший научный сотрудник Алтайского государственного университета

N. V. Serdyuk, Institute of archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS; Paleontological Institute. A. borisyak wounds

кандидат биологических наук, старший научный сотрудник Палеонтологического института РАН

S. K. Vasilyev, Institute of archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

кандидат биологических наук, старший научный сотрудник Института археологии и этнографии СО РАН

A. V. Shalagina, Altai state University; Institute of archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

младший научный сотрудник Института археологии и этнографии СО РАН, младший научный сотрудник Алтайского государственного университета

K. A. Kolobova, Altai state University; Institute of archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

доктор исторических наук, ведущий научныйсотрудник Института археологии и этнографии СО РАН, ведущий научный сотрудник лаборатории междисциплинарного изучения археологии Западной Сибири и Алтая Алтайского государственного университета

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Krivoshapkin A. I., Rudaya N. A., Serdyuk N. V., Vasilyev S. K., Shalagina A. V., Kolobova K. A. NEW STAGE OF STRASHNAYA CAVE’S INVESTIGATION (NORTHWESTERN ALTAI): PRELIMINARY RESULTS BASED ON LAYERS 1-5 // THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 1. Vol. 16, № 4. P. 88-100 DOI: 10.14258/tpai(2016)4(16).-09. URL: https://journal.asu.ru/tpai/article/view/%2816%29.-09.
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