Altai State University, 61 Lenin Av., Barnaul, 656049, Russia [bgj@geo.asu.ru]

Abstract. The paper presents the most important results obtained through the use of physico-chemical methods for the study of stone and ceramic artifacts from archaeological sites in the Altai Mountains. The methods in question include spectral and chemical analysis of rocks and ceramics, petrographic analysis, etc. Particular attention is given to the experimental and analytical research carried out at the Ulalinskaya, Tytkesken 2 and Tytkesken 3 open air sites, the Nizhnetytkeskensksya and Iulchakskaya caves, and a Late Paleolithic mine discovered in the Tytkesken brook valley and used by the inhabitants of some neighboring occupation sites (Tytkesken 3) as a source of raw materials for stone tool production. The findings of this research demonstrate a great potential of physico-chemical methods in the study of archaeological sites.

Keywords: Altai Mountains, archeology, caves, quarries, spectral and chemical analysis of rocks, petrography, mineralogy, luminescence.

Received 17.05.2021, revised 12.11.2021, accepted  22.11.2021.

DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2021-2-75-91

For citation: Baryshnikov G. Ya. The use of physico-chemical methods in the study of archaeological sites of Gorny Altai. Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2021 (2), 75–91. DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2021-2-75-91

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