Environmental context and adaptations of prehistoric and early historical occupation in the Southern Altai (SW Siberia–East Kazakhstan)
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DOI: 10.1007/s12520-018-0664-0
Abstract: The Altai Mountains are well-known for their unique archaeological records, with rich, chronologically sequenced Palaeolithic, Neolithic and the Bronze Age (late fourth–early first millennium BC) sites and, in particular, the Iron Age Scytho-Siberian and early… read more here.
Keywords: southern altai; occupation; age; altai ... See more keywords
Are the Chinese Altai “terranes” the result of juxtaposition of different crustal levels during Late Devonian and Permian orogenesis?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2018.11.003
Abstract: Abstract The general structure of the Chinese Altai has been traditionally regarded as being formed by five tectono-stratigraphic ‘terranes’ bounded by large-scale faults. However, numerous detrital zircon studies of the Paleozoic volcano-sedimentary sequences shown that… read more here.
Keywords: crustal levels; altai; different crustal; devonian permian ... See more keywords
Levallois reduction sequences in Altai: A view from the study of Ust’-Kanskaya Cave (Gorny-Altai, Russia)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.09.047
Abstract: Abstract Recent anthropological and archaeological studies have established the significance of the Altai Mountains prehistoric sites, which illustrate complex peopling events. In this paper, we use the chaine operatoire techno-economic approach to describe the reduction… read more here.
Keywords: kanskaya cave; altai; cave gorny; ust kanskaya ... See more keywords
Climate variability in the northern and southern Altai Mountains during the past 50 years
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21637-x
Abstract: The Holocene drying trend in the northern Altai Mountains and the wetting trend in the southern Altai Mountains inferred from the paleoclimatic studies indicated it is needed to understand the modern climatic characters in this… read more here.
Keywords: southern altai; climate variability; precipitation; northern southern ... See more keywords
Geology of the Gobi Altai and Tseel terranes in the central part of the Sagsai River Watershed, SE Mongolian Altai
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DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2017.1297260
Abstract: ABSTRACT A geological map is an indispensable tool for understanding the structure of the Earth’s crust but high-quality geological maps are usually lacking in remote areas of mountainous Central Asia covered by vast deserts. The… read more here.
Keywords: mongolian altai; geology; altai; tseel ... See more keywords
Geology of the Gobi and Mongol Altai junction enhanced by gravity analysis: a key for understanding of the Mongolian Altaides
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DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2019.1700835
Abstract: ABSTRACT The geological map L-47-V at a scale 1:500,000 covers part of Mongolian Altaids with ophiolite fragments in southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt in SW Mongolia. This region has a basin and range topography with… read more here.
Keywords: altai zones; gobi altai; geology; altai ... See more keywords
A new species of Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Tarbagatai (NE Kazakhstan) and Altai (SW Siberia, Russia) Mountains.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.1.3
Abstract: We described a new cossid species, Dyspessa ulgen sp. nov. from the Tarbagatai and Altai Mountains and compared it to other taxa of Dyspessa reported from the region (D. tristis, D. saldaitisi, D. saissanica), as… read more here.
Keywords: moths lepidoptera; new species; tarbagatai; altai ... See more keywords
Old Turkic Stone Enclosures at Kyzyl-Shin, Southeastern Altai
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DOI: 10.17746/1563-0110.2018.46.2.079-089
Abstract: This study outlines the results of excavations of fi ve Old Turkic stone enclosures (No. 1, 6, 9, 12, and 18) at a funerary and memorial complex Kyzyl-Shin, in the Kosh-Agachsky District of the Altai… read more here.
Keywords: turkic stone; altai; old turkic; kyzyl shin ... See more keywords