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The results of re-examination of the Neolithic materials from the Ak-Tangi site (northern Tajikistan)

Shnaider S.V., Kasparov А.К., Filimonova Т.G., Markovskii G.I., Baranova S.V., Chernonosov А.А., Koval V.V., Fedorchenko А.Yu.

The paper reports on the results of reinterpretation of the Neolithic complexes of Hissar I–IV of the Ak-Tangi site, a field study of which was carried out in the middle of the 20th century. At the time of its discovery, only the Hissar Neolithic Culture had been studied in the mountainous part of Central Asia, which the Ak-Tangi materials were attributed to. At the new stage of the research, a comprehensive analysis of the archival materials and surviving collection, which comprises palaeofaunal materia and lithic and bone artefacts, was performed, and radiocarbon dating and ZooMS-analysis were employed on some of the bone artefacts.

Keywords: Central Asia, Pamir-Alai, Neolithic, lithic industry, bone tools.

Acknowledgements. The authors would like to express their gratitude to the members of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography named after A. Donish of NAST for many years of fruitful cooperation: Director, Dr. N.K. Ubaidullo, Head of the Department of Archaeology, Dr. N.N. Saifulloev, and Dr. T.U. Khudzhageldiev.

Funding. The study of archival materials, lithic industry, paleofaunistic collection, comparative analysis with Neolithic industries of the mountainous part of Central Asia was carried out within the framework of the RSF project № 19-78-10053. The analysis of bone implements was supported by the Russian President's project MK-882.2022.2. Radiocarbon dating was supported by the National Science Center of Poland (grant No. 2018/29/B/ST10/00906).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Accepted: 30.05.2024

Article is published: 15.09.2024

Shnaider S.V., International Laboratory “Archaeozoology in Siberia and Central Asia” ZooSCAn, IRL 2013, National Research Center — Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Kutateladze st., 7/3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation, E-mail: sveta.shnayder@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2230-4286

Kasparov А.К., International Laboratory “Archaeozoology in Siberia and Central Asia” ZooSCAn, IRL 2013, National Research Center — Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Kutateladze st., 7/3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation; Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS, Dvortsovaya nab., 18, St. Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation, E-mail: alexkas@yahoo.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7761-9301

Filimonova Т.G., Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography named after A. Donish of NAST, Rudaki ave., 33, Dushanbe, 734025, Republic of Tajikistan, E-mail: tatjanafilimonova@mail.ru

Markovskii G.I., International Laboratory “Archaeozoology in Siberia and Central Asia” ZooSCAn, IRL 2013, National Research Center — Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Kutateladze st., 7/3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation, E-mail: markovskyyy@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2698-707X

Baranova S.V., Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Akademika Lavrentieva prosp., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation, E-mail: swb@niboch.nsc.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9228-3025