The Upper Paleolithic Assemblages of Shugnou, Tajikistan

The Upper Paleolithic Assemblages of Shugnou, Tajikistan

V.A. Ranov , K.A. Kolobova, and A.I. Krivoshapkin.

Lithic industries from the key stratifi ed 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.

Keywords: Upper Paleolithic, microblade production, carinate technique, Western Central Asia.