% pubman genre = article @article{item_3369552, title = {{Is there Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Western Tian Shan? Example of an open-air site Katta Sai 2 (Uzbekistan)}}, author = {Kot, Ma{\l}gorzata and Pavlenok, Galina and Krajcarz, Maciej T. and Szymanek, Marcin and Fedorowicz, Stanis{\l}aw and Moska, Piotr and Khudjanazarov, Mukhiddin and Szymczak, Karol and Leloch, Micha{\l} and Kogai, Sergey and Talamo, Sahra and Fewlass, Helen and Pavlenok, Konstantin}, language = {eng}, issn = {02784165}, doi = {10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101391}, year = {2022}, date = {2022-03}, abstract = {{The paper presents the results of multidisciplinary studies on the open-air loess site Katta Sai 2 located in the{\textless}br{\textgreater}western piedmonts of Tian Shan in Uzbekistan. Two archaeological horizons contain features associated with the{\textless}br{\textgreater}Initial Upper Palaeolithic (IUP) - both Levallois and blade/bladelet volumetric technology, together with an{\textless}br{\textgreater}Upper Palaeolithic toolkit. The cultural traits observed in Katta Sai 2 might have local roots dating back to MIS 5a{\textless}br{\textgreater}and can be found in so-called Obirakhmatian technocomplex determined in several archaeological sites in the{\textless}br{\textgreater}region. Thus, the obtained results question the hypothesis of non-local origins of IUP complexes associated with{\textless}br{\textgreater}the early modern human migration from the Near East to Mongolia along the piedmonts of Pamir and Tian Shan.{\textless}br{\textgreater}Until reliable anthropological and genetic data are obtained, it seems to be too early to conclude about the{\textless}br{\textgreater}relationship between modern human migration and the appearance of IUP assemblages, at least across the{\textless}br{\textgreater}western parts of Central Asia.}}, journal = {{Journal of Anthropological Archaeology}}, volume = {65}, eid = {101391}, }