Pages:  197-228 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp251197228

The paper presents the materials of an Early Upper Palaeolithic site discovered during archaeological exploration in the areas of new buildings in the northeastern outskirts of Krasnoyarsk in 2018. Сhronostratigraphic data allows us to attribute the site to the earliest stage of the Upper Palaeolithic in the Late Kargian interglacial stage (MIS 3, 34.000–27.000 BP). The taphonomic conditions of the culture-containing layer are similar to a wide range of synchronous sites of South and Middle Siberia. A number of spatial concentrations of archaeological materials identified within the studied area can probably be interpreted as spots where primary processing of bone and antler took place. Bone remains constitute more than 90% of archaeological finds. Tentatively, the site can be defined as a workshop for processing hard organic materials (bone and antler).

Keywords: Middle Siberia, bone-bearing locality, bone industry, Karginsky thermochron

Information about authors:

Mikhail Meshcherin (Moscow, Russian Federation). “Krasnoyarsk’s Geoarchaeology” Ltd. Mira Ave., 25, building 1, Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0009-0000-6628-0250

Alexey Klementiev (Irkutsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. Institute of the Earths Crust, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Lermontov St., 128, Irkutsk, 664033, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-2129-7072

Danil Lysenko (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation). “Krasnoyarsk’s Geoarchaeology” Ltd . Mira Ave., 25, building 1, Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0009-0004-2607-120X

Galina Yamskikh (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation). Doctor of Geographical Sciences. Siberian Federal University. Svobodny Ave., 79, Krasnoyarsk, 6600041, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-2289-5285