The Upper Paleolithic Assemblages of Shugnou, Tajikistan
Vadim A. RanovA. Donish Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, Pr. Rudaki 33, Dushanbe, 734025, TajikistanК. А. КолобоваInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, RussiaA. KrivoshapkinInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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Lithic industries from the key stratified Upper Paleolithic site at Shugnou, Tajikistan, are described. Results of the technological, typological, and attributive analyses suggest that the industries of all horizons represent a single cultural tradition. Its evolution was marked by a gradual transformation of the microblade technology with the use of carinate techniques. This tradition is paralleled by lithic assemblages from Kulbulak layers 2.1 and 2.2, Kyzyl-Alma-2, and Dodekatym-2, Uzbekistan
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