Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS
Pervobytnaia arkheologiia. Zhurnal mezhdistsiplinarnykh issledovanii
Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Pervobytnaia arkheologiia. Zhurnal mezhdistsiplinarnykh issledovanii
Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies

Ozherelyev D. V., Mamirov T. B., Saraev V. V., Volovenko V. D. The first evidence of the settlement of the intramontane valleys of Northern Tien Shan in the Paleolithic

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Institute of Archaeology RAS, 19 Dm. Ulyanova St., Moscow, 117292, Russia [dmit.ozherelyev@gmail.com]

A. Kh. Margulan Institute of Archaeology, 44 Dostyk St., Almaty, A25D9KO, Kazakhstan [talgatmamirov@gmail.com]

Abstract. The paper deals with the materials of newly studied Upper Paleolithic sites Saryzhazyk 1 and Saryzhazyk 2 located in the intramontant valley of the Kastek River (Zailiysky Alatau ridge, Northern Tien Shan, Kazakhstan) at the altitude of 1776–1801 m above sea level. Saryzhazyk‑1 was discovered in the late 1970s and Saryzhazyk 2 in 2021, the purposeful studies started in 2021. Unlike other sites in the region, Saryzhazyk 1–2 are confined to the Late Pleistocene moraines of the mountain-valley glaciation of the ridge. This fact makes them unique for studying the Late Pleistocene paleoenvironments and theirs influence on the settlement of the inland regions of the Northern Tien Shan. The lithic industries of the sites belong to different stages of the Upper Paleolithic, and an older age for the Saryzhazyk 2 site is not excluded. The use of archaeological data for the correlation of the Late Pleistocene intramontane and piedmont landforms seems to be promising in the future.

Keywords: Upper Paleolithic, Kazakhstan, Tien Shan, Saryzhazyk 1–2 sites, lithic industry.

Received 19.05.2023, accepted 29.05.2023

DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2023-1-32-46

For citation: Ozherelyev D. V., Mamirov T. B., Saraev V. V., Volovenko V. D. The first evidence of the settlement of the intramontane valleys of Northern Tien Shan in the Paleolithic. Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2023 (1), 32–46. (in Russ.). DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2023-1-32-46

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