Is there Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Western Tian Shan? Example of an open-air site Katta Sai 2 (Uzbekistan)
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The paper presents the results of multidisciplinary studies on open-air loess site Katta Sai 2 located in western piedmonts Tian Shan Uzbekistan. Two archaeological horizons contain features associated with Initial Upper Palaeolithic (IUP) - both Levallois and blade/bladelet volumetric technology, together an toolkit. cultural traits observed might have local roots dating back to MIS 5a can be found so-called Obirakhmatian technocomplex determined several sites region. Thus, obtained question hypothesis non-local origins IUP complexes early modern human migration from Near East Mongolia along Pamir Shan. Until reliable anthropological genetic data are obtained, it seems too conclude about relationship between appearance assemblages, at least across parts Central Asia.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0278-4165', '1090-2686']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101391