Middle Palaeolithic human dispersal in Central Asia: new archaeological investigations in the Orkhon Valley, Mongolia

Well-stratified Middle Palaeolithic assemblages are extremely rare in Mongolia. Initially investigated between the 1960s and 1990s, three major Middle Palaeolithic sites in the Orkhon Valley of central Mongolia yielded a large quantity of data and generated many research questions that still await a...

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Published in:Antiquity 2019-08, Vol.93 (370), Article e20
Main Authors: Khatsenovich, Arina M., Rybin, Evgeny P., Bazargur, Dashzeveg, Marchenko, Daria V., Kogai, Sergei A., Shevchenko, Tatiana A., Klementiev, Alexei M., Gunchinsuren, Byambaa, Olsen, John W.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeology
Excavation
Geography
Historic artifacts
Historical analysis
Lithic
Migration
Paleolithic
Sequences
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Summary:Well-stratified Middle Palaeolithic assemblages are extremely rare in Mongolia. Initially investigated between the 1960s and 1990s, three major Middle Palaeolithic sites in the Orkhon Valley of central Mongolia yielded a large quantity of data and generated many research questions that still await answers. Re-investigation of these sites has uncovered chronostratigraphic and cultural sequences that may shed new light on human dispersal routes.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2019.111