The mesolithic of the Eastern Kazakhstan (Based on the Karasai Site Materials)

Mezoliticul Kazahstanului de Est (dupǎ materialele statiunii Karasay)
Pavlenok G.D. Gladyshev S.A. Ulyanov V.A. Bocharova E.N. Kurbanov R.N. Kulik N.A. Taimagambetov Zh.K. Anoikin A.A.
2021 High Anthropological School University

Stratum Plus
2021 #2021 Issue 1 301 - 318 pp.

In 2019, the Russian-Kazakhstani archaeological expedition discovered the first stratified Mesolithic site in Eastern Kazakhstan - the Karasai site. The site is located in the mid-mountain part of the Shilikta Valley, about 1500 m asl. In the course of excavations a rich cultural layer (layer 2) with numerous artifacts of the Early Holocene age was recorded. The industry includes elements of all stages of lithic production, and the typological features of the primary knapping and the tool kit correspond to the Mesolithic time. This chronological characteristic is confirmed by a series of AMS- and OSL- dates in the range of 12000-9000 cal BP. The Karasai industry has a similarity with the complexes of the initial Holocene without geometric microliths in the Northern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Mongolia.

Eastern Kazakhstan , Geomorphology , Lithic industry , Mesolithic , Stratigraphy

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Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Lenin Mountains, 1, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Tauelsizdik Ave., 54, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
Altai State University, Lenin Ave., 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russian Federation

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan
Altai State University

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