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Psytuaje rockshelter – A new site documenting the final of the Epipalaeolithic in the north-central Caucasus, Russia. / Doronicheva, Ekaterina; Golovanova, Liubov; Doronichev, Vladimir; Nedomolkin, Andrey; Shirobokov, Ivan; Shackley, M. Steven; Petrov, Alexey; Maksimov, Fedor.

In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Vol. 29, 102186, 02.2020.

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Doronicheva, E, Golovanova, L, Doronichev, V, Nedomolkin, A, Shirobokov, I, Shackley, MS, Petrov, A & Maksimov, F 2020, 'Psytuaje rockshelter – A new site documenting the final of the Epipalaeolithic in the north-central Caucasus, Russia', Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, vol. 29, 102186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102186

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Doronicheva, E., Golovanova, L., Doronichev, V., Nedomolkin, A., Shirobokov, I., Shackley, M. S., Petrov, A., & Maksimov, F. (2020). Psytuaje rockshelter – A new site documenting the final of the Epipalaeolithic in the north-central Caucasus, Russia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 29, [102186]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102186

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Doronicheva E, Golovanova L, Doronichev V, Nedomolkin A, Shirobokov I, Shackley MS et al. Psytuaje rockshelter – A new site documenting the final of the Epipalaeolithic in the north-central Caucasus, Russia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 2020 Feb;29. 102186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102186

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Doronicheva, Ekaterina ; Golovanova, Liubov ; Doronichev, Vladimir ; Nedomolkin, Andrey ; Shirobokov, Ivan ; Shackley, M. Steven ; Petrov, Alexey ; Maksimov, Fedor. / Psytuaje rockshelter – A new site documenting the final of the Epipalaeolithic in the north-central Caucasus, Russia. In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 2020 ; Vol. 29.

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title = "Psytuaje rockshelter – A new site documenting the final of the Epipalaeolithic in the north-central Caucasus, Russia",
abstract = "In this paper, the authors report the discovery of a new site called Psytuaje rockshelter, located close to the town of Zayukovo in Kabardino-Balkaria Republic (Elbrus region, north-central Caucasus, Russia). The area is famous in that it is the only obsidian source known in the Northern Caucasus, called Zayukovo or Baksan. A single radiocarbon date initially defines the youngest age estimate (the beginning of the Holocene) for the archaeological material obtained in a test excavation dug in the rockshelter in 2018. The radiocarbon dating and archaeological comparison with other sites in this region suggest that Psytuaje rockshelter represents a new Epipalaeolithic site, which is likely dated to the final of this period correlating to the beginning of the Holocene. At present, only two other Epipalaeolithic sites (Sosruko and Badynoko rockshelters) are known in the region. Both are located on a small area of the Baksan River valley (a large tributary of the Terek River). Located in a valley of a small river of Fanduko (a tributary of the Baksan River) and in vicinity of the Zayukovo (Baksan) obsidian source, Psytuaje rockshelter has the potential to produce data on subsistence and cultural changes in Epipalaeolithic population of this region at the boundary of the Pleistocene and Holocene.",
keywords = "Epipaleolithic, Northern Caucasus, Provenancing, Psytuaje rockshelter, Sosruko rockshelter, Zayukovo (Baksan) obsidian source",
author = "Ekaterina Doronicheva and Liubov Golovanova and Vladimir Doronichev and Andrey Nedomolkin and Ivan Shirobokov and Shackley, {M. Steven} and Alexey Petrov and Fedor Maksimov",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 17-78-20082 , “Human-nature interaction in ancient in the Central Caucasus: dynamics of environmental change and technological innovations, and adaptations of subsistence strategies”. We are grateful to the National Museum and Management for Preservation of History-Cultural Heritage of Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, and also Administration and local people from the Zayukovo village. The authors also thank three anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful comments to our manuscript that helped to improve this paper. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Ltd Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
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language = "English",
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AU - Doronicheva, Ekaterina

AU - Golovanova, Liubov

AU - Doronichev, Vladimir

AU - Nedomolkin, Andrey

AU - Shirobokov, Ivan

AU - Shackley, M. Steven

AU - Petrov, Alexey

AU - Maksimov, Fedor

N1 - Funding Information: This research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 17-78-20082 , “Human-nature interaction in ancient in the Central Caucasus: dynamics of environmental change and technological innovations, and adaptations of subsistence strategies”. We are grateful to the National Museum and Management for Preservation of History-Cultural Heritage of Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, and also Administration and local people from the Zayukovo village. The authors also thank three anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful comments to our manuscript that helped to improve this paper. Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Elsevier Ltd Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/2

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N2 - In this paper, the authors report the discovery of a new site called Psytuaje rockshelter, located close to the town of Zayukovo in Kabardino-Balkaria Republic (Elbrus region, north-central Caucasus, Russia). The area is famous in that it is the only obsidian source known in the Northern Caucasus, called Zayukovo or Baksan. A single radiocarbon date initially defines the youngest age estimate (the beginning of the Holocene) for the archaeological material obtained in a test excavation dug in the rockshelter in 2018. The radiocarbon dating and archaeological comparison with other sites in this region suggest that Psytuaje rockshelter represents a new Epipalaeolithic site, which is likely dated to the final of this period correlating to the beginning of the Holocene. At present, only two other Epipalaeolithic sites (Sosruko and Badynoko rockshelters) are known in the region. Both are located on a small area of the Baksan River valley (a large tributary of the Terek River). Located in a valley of a small river of Fanduko (a tributary of the Baksan River) and in vicinity of the Zayukovo (Baksan) obsidian source, Psytuaje rockshelter has the potential to produce data on subsistence and cultural changes in Epipalaeolithic population of this region at the boundary of the Pleistocene and Holocene.

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