Shelter in an extreme environment: the Pleistocene occupation of Tsagaan Agui Cave in the Gobi Desert

Arina M. Khatsenovich; Yadmaa Tserendagva; Dashzeveg Bazargur; Daria V. Marchenko; Evgeny P. Rybin; Alexey M. Klementiev; Roman A. Shelepaev; Byambaa Gunchinsuren; John W. Olsen; Anatoly P. Derevianko

doi:10.15184/aqy.2022.51

Shelter in an extreme environment: the Pleistocene occupation of Tsagaan Agui Cave in the Gobi Desert

Arina M. Khatsenovich
, Yadmaa Tserendagva
, Dashzeveg Bazargur
, Daria V. Marchenko
, Evgeny P. Rybin
, Alexey M. Klementiev
, Roman A. Shelepaev
, Byambaa Gunchinsuren
, John W. Olsen
, Anatoly P. Derevianko

School of Anthropology

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Abstract

Beginning in the Middle Palaeolithic, human populations penetrated areas of Central Asia that are today characterised by extremely arid conditions. Mongolia's Gobi Desert comprises one such region. Tsagaan Agui Cave presents an example of the later Pleistocene occupation of this area, containing stratified evidence of diachronic, intense human and animal occupation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	989-997
Number of pages	9
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	96
Issue number	388
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2022.51
State	Published - Aug 6 2022

Keywords

Gobi Desert
Mongolia
Palaeolithic
Tsagaan Agui Cave
cave archaeology

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