Formation of the Early Upper Palaeolithic in Western Transbaikal (with particular reference to the Lower Complex of the Podzvonkaya site) Cover Image

Становление раннего верхнего палеолита Западного Забайкалья (по материалам Нижнего комплекса стоянки Подзвонкая)
Formation of the Early Upper Palaeolithic in Western Transbaikal (with particular reference to the Lower Complex of the Podzvonkaya site)

Author(s): Vasilii I. Tashak
Subject(s): History, Archaeology
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Western Transbaikal; Middle Palaeolithic; Upper Palaeolithic; Podzvonkaya; stone industry; stratigraphy; spatial organization.

Summary/Abstract: The paper provides a multilateral characteristic of the Lower Complex of the Palaeolithic site of Podzvonkaya site, situated in the south of Western Transbaikal, Russia. The description and analysis of the Podzvonkaya materials show that they date to the earliest stage of the Upper Palaeolithic in the region. The fact that the industry of Podzvonkaya retains numerous traits typical of the Middle Palaeoithic permits to characterize it as transitional from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 149-164
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Russian