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Studenoe-2 and the origins of microblade technologies in the Transbaikal, Siberia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ted Goebel ,
Michael R. Waters ,
Ian Buvit ,
Mikhail V. Konstantinov  and
Aleksander V. Konstantinov
Ted Goebel
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas NV 89154-5003, USA. goebel@nevada.edu
Michael R. Waters
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-4352, USA
Ian Buvit
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-4352, USA
Mikhail V. Konstantinov
Affiliation:
Chita Pedagogical Institute, Chita 672027, Russia
Aleksander V. Konstantinov
Affiliation:
Chita Pedagogical Institute, Chita 672027, Russia
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Analysis and dating of new Upper Palaeolithic sites suggest that microblades emerged in the Transbaikal after 18,000 years ago. These findings encourage review of earlier assertions that such technologies developed in northeast Asia prior to the last glacial maximum.

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SiberiaUpper PalaeolithicmicrobladeAMS datesfaunahearths
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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 285 , September 2000 , pp. 567 - 575
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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