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Project's publications

Articles in peer-reviewed journals:

  • Brancaleoni G., Kot M., Shnaider S., Mroczek P., Kurbanov R., Abdykanova A., Alisher kyzy S., Khudjanazarov M., Pavlenok K., Krajcarz M.T. 2023. A closer look at clasts and groundmass: Micromorphological features in sediments with archaeological significance in Obishir and Katta Sai complexes (Central Asia). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 51: 104118, doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104118.
  • Brancaleoni G., Shnaider S., Osipova E., Danukalova G., Kurbanov R., Deput E., Alisher kyzy S., Abdykanova A., Krajcarz M.T. (2021). Depositional history of a talus cone in an arid intermontane basin in Central Asia: An interdisciplinary study at the Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene Obishir‐I site, Kyrgyzstan. Geoarchaeology 37 (2): 350-373, doi: 10.1002/gea.21892.
  • Kolobova K.A., Chabai V.P., Shalagina A.V., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Rendu W., Vasiliev S.V., Markin S.V., Krivoshapkin A.I. 2019. Exploitation of the natural environment by Neanderthals from Chagyrskaya Cave (Altai). Quartär 66: 7-31, doi: 10.7485/QU66_1, PDF.
  • Kolobova K.A., Roberts R.G., Chabai V.P., Jacobs Z., Krajcarz M.T., Shalagina A.V., Krivoshapkin A.I., Li B., Uthmeier T., Markin S.V., Morley M.W., O’Gorman K., Rudaya N.A., Talamo S., Viola B., Derevianko A.P. 2020. Archaeological evidence for two separate dispersals of Neanderthals into southern Siberia. PNAS 117 (6): 2879-2885, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1918047117.
  • Osipova E., Danukalova G., Brancaleoni G., Krajcarz M.T., Abdykanova A., Shnaider S. (2020).  Palaeoenvironmental conditions of the Palaeolithic–Neolithic transition in the Fergana Valley (Central Asia) – new data inferred from fossil mollusсs in Obishir-V rockshelter (Kyrgyzstan).  Quaternary International 605-606: 287-299, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.11.009.
  • Skov L., Peyrégne S., Popli D., Iasi L.N.M., Devièse T., Slon V., Zavala E.I., Hajdinjak M., Sümer A.P. , Grote S., Mesa A.B., Herráez D.L., Nickel B., Nagel S., Richter J., Essel E., Gansauge M., Schmidt A., Korlević P., Comeskey D., Derevianko A.P., Kharevich A., Markin S.V., Talamo S., Douka K., Krajcarz M.T., Roberts R.G., Higham T., Viola B., Krivoshapkin A.I., Kolobova K.A., Kelso J., Meyer M.,  Pääbo S., Peter B.M. 2022. Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals. Nature 610: 519-525, doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05283-y.
  • Taylor W.T.T., Pruvost M., Posth C., Rendu W., Krajcarz M.T., Abdykanova A., Brancaleoni G., Spengler R., Hermes T., Schiavinato S., Hodgins G., Stahl R., Min J., Alisher kyzy S., Fedorowicz S., Orlando L., Douka K., Krivoshapkin A., Jeong C., Warinner C., Shnaider S. 2021. Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia. Nature Human Behaviour 5: 1169-1179, doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01083-y.
  • Vernot B., Zavala E.i., Gómez-Olivencia A., Jacobs Z., Slon V., Mafessoni F., Romagné F., Pearson A., Petr M., Sala N., Pablos A., Aranburu A., Bermúdez de Castro J.M., Carbonell E., Li B., Krajcarz M.T., Krivoshapkin A.I., Kolobova K.A., Kozlikin M.B., Shunkov M.V., Derevianko A.P., Viola B., Grote S., Essel E., López Herráez D., Nagel S., Nickel B., Richter J., Schmidt A., Peter B., Kelso J., Roberts R.G., Arsuaga J.-L., Meyer M.: Unearthing Neanderthal population history using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from cave sediments. Science 372: 6542, doi: 10.1126/science.abf1667.

Conference abstracts:

  • Brancaleoni G., Shnaider S., Abdykanova A., Alisher-kyzy S., Krajcarz M.T. 2020. On the characterization of Quaternary scree deposits in the Fergana Valley – Obishir-I case study (Kyrgyzstan). In: Sobczyk A., Ratajczak-Skrzatek U., Kasprzak M., Kotowski A., Marciszak A., Stefaniak K. (eds.). Proceedings of INQUA SEQS 2020 Conference, Wrocław, Poland. University of Wrocław & Polish Geological Society: pp.: 40 (link to the book of abstracts)
  • Serdyuk N.V., Shnaider S., Brancaleoni G., Krajcarz M.T. 2020. Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene fauna of mammals in Fergana Valley (based on study of Obishir-5 collection). In: Sobczyk A., Ratajczak-Skrzatek U., Kasprzak M., Kotowski A., Marciszak A., Stefaniak K. (eds.). Proceedings of INQUA SEQS 2020 Conference, Wrocław, Poland. University of Wrocław & Polish Geological Society: pp.: 114 (link to the book of abstracts)
  • Brancaleoni G., Shnaider S., Abdykanova A., Alisher kyzy S., Krajcarz M.T. 2020. Paleolithic sites on slopes – an impact of topography and geological processes on the structure of Obishirian sites. In: Vasilev S.A., Panin A.V., Kuzmin Y.V., Kurenkova E.I., Mescherin M.N., Reis Y.S., Bogomazova A.A. (eds.), Geology of the Paleolithic of Northern Asia: To the Centenary of the Birth of S.M. Tseitlin. Reports of the International Geological–Archaeological Conference (Symposium). Archaeological Research of Siberia, Krasnoyarsk Geoarchaeology, Krasnoyarsk: pp. 77-80 (link to the book of abstracts).

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Further reading

Chagyrskaya Cave

  • Kolobova K.A., Krajcarz M.Т., Krajcarz M., Shalagina A.V., Chabai V.P., Berezina N.Ya., Rybalko A.G., Chistyakov P.V., Kolyasnikova A.S., Gashenko A.V., Seletskiy M.V. 2019. Investigation of the Middle Paleolithic Complexes in Chagyrskaya Cave in the Field Season of 2019. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 25: 135-142, doi: 10.17746/2658-6193.2019.25.135-142.
  • Kolobova K.A., Krajcarz M.Т., Baumann M., Shalagina A.V., Shnaider S.V., Krajcarz M., Berezina N.Ya., Alisher-kyzy S., Kolyasnikova A.S., Seletskiy M.V., Markin S.V. 2018. The Middle Paleolithic complexes of the Chagyrskaya Cave: 2018 field results. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 24: 110-114, doi: 10.17746/2658-6193.2018.24.110-114.
  • Kolobova K.A., Slusarenko I.Yu., Krajcarz M.Т., Egorov D., Markin S.V., Shnaider S.V., Seletskiy M.V. 2017. Discovery of the first Neanderthals' fireplace in Chagyrskaya Cave in the Altai Mountains. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 23: 132-135. link to PDF
  • Kolobova K.A., Shnaider S.V., Krajcarz M.Т., Baumann M., Markin S.V., Alisher-kyzy S., Seletskiy M.V., Zavgorodnyaya D.A., Aladjem E., Fedorchenko A.Yu. 2017. Research of the Middle Paleolithic complexes from Chagyrskaya Cave in 2017. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 23: 136-140. link to PDF

Sel’Ungur Cave

  • Krivoshapkin A., Viola B., Chargynov T., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Fedorowicz S., Shnaider S., Kolobova K. 2020. Middle Paleolithic variability in Central Asia: Lithic assemblage of Sel’Ungur cave. Quaternary International 535: 88-103, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.09.051.
  • Krivoshapkin A.I., Viola B., Chargynov T., Krajcarz M., Kolobova K.A., Shnaider S.V. 2017. Research of Paleolithic Complexes in Sel-Ungur Cave in 2017. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 23: 141-145. link to PDF
  • Krivoshapkin A.I., Viola B., Chargynov T., Krajcarz M., Kolobova K.A., Shnaider S.V., Romanenko M.E. 2016. The Middle Paleolithic Complexes of the Selungur Cave: 2016 Field Results. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологииСибириисопредельныхтерриторий) 22: 94-99.

Obishir complex

  • Shnaider S.V., Alisher-kyzy S., Selin D.V., Rendu W., Abdykanova A., Brancaleoni G., Krajcarz M., Krivoshapkin A.I. 2019. Results of Field Studies at the Obishir-5 Site in 2018-2019.  Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 25: 286-292 , doi: 10.17746/2658-6193.2019.25.286-292.
  • Fedorchenko A.Y., Schneider S.V., Krajcarz М.T., Romanenko M.E., Abdykanova А.K., Kolobova K.А., Alisher-kyzy S., Taylor W., Krivoshapkin А.I. 2018. Технология изготовления каменных украшений в западной части Центральной Азии (по материалам стоянки Обишир-5) [Production technology of personal ornaments in western Central Asian Mesolithic: the case of Obishir-5]. Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии [Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia] 46 (1): 3-15. doi: 10.17746/1563-0110.2018.46.1.003-015.
  • Shnayder S.V., Abdykanova A., Krajcarz M.T., Krivoshapkin А.I., Kolobova K.A., Romanenko M.E., Alisher-kyzy S. 2016. The Results of Archaeological Excavations at the Obishir-5 Site in 2016. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемы археологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 22: 194-198.
  • Shnaider S.V., Abdykanova A., Krajcarz M., Alisher-kyzy S., Nikulina E.D., Taylor W., Krivoshapkin A.I. 2017. Results of Archaeological Excavation at Obishir-1 in 2017. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 23: 240-244. link to PDF
  • Shnaider S.V., Krajcarz M.T., Viola T.B., Abdykanova A., Kolobova K.A., Fedorchenko A.Yu., Alisher-kyzy S., Krivoshapkin A.I. 2017. New investigations of the Epipalaeolithic in western Central Asia: Obishir-5. Antiquity 91 (360), Project gallery article e3: 1–7, doi: 10.15184/aqy.2017.213.