Tracing the Palaeolithic settlement patterns in the Western Tian Shan piedmont: an example of predictive GIS modelling use

M Leloch, M Kot, G Pavlenok… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Western Tian Shan piedmont, due to its high mountainous nature, is an
exceptionally difficult area in which to conduct systematic surface research. In response to …

The effect of formation processes on the frequency of palaeolithic cave sites in semiarid zones: Insights from Kazakhstan

A Varis, CE Miller, P Cuthbertson, A Namen… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Central Asian caves with Palaeolithic deposits are few, but they provide a rich
record of human fossils and cultural assemblages that has been used to model Late …

Application of viewshed analysis and probability mapping for search area determination based on the Moors murders on Saddleworth Moor, the United Kingdom

E Lockwood, P Masters - Journal of forensic sciences, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Geographical Information System (GIS) is underutilized within the forensic
discipline, especially concerning the discovery of clandestine graves. GIS, viewshed …

Mechanical properties of lithic raw materials from Kazakhstan: Comparing chert, shale, and porphyry

A Namen, R Iovita, KG Nickel, A Varis… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The study of lithic raw material quality has become one of the major interpretive tools to
investigate the raw material selection behaviour and its influence to the knapping …

Nazugum, a new 4000 year old rockshelter site in the Ili Alatau, Tien Shan

A Namen, A Varis, S Lindauer, R Friedrich… - … Research in Asia, 2022 - Elsevier
The PALAEOSILKROAD project has been conducting field surveys in Kazakhstan to explore
the regional Palaeolithic record by targeting primarily caves and rockshelters. However, the …

Preliminary results of the first lithic raw material survey in the piedmont zones of Kazakhstan

A Namen, P Cuthbertson, A Varis, P Schmidt… - Asian Archaeology, 2022 - Springer
The study of raw materials was comprehensively studied in European and African
Palaeolithic. However, systematic research of raw material sourcing has not been …

Archaeological and environmental cave records in the Gobi-Altai Mountains, Mongolia

N Vanwezer, SFM Breitenbach, F Gázquez… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Though hundreds of caves are known across Mongolia, few have been subject to
systematic, interdisciplinary archaeological surveys and excavations to understand Late …

The impact of cooperation under climate constraints: an Agent-Based Model for exploring Paleolithic behavioral adaptations in the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor

Modern humans dispersed throughout the entire world during the Pleistocene, completing
an important part of our evolutionary history. One of the most difficult territories to be …

Preference for Porphyry: Petrographic Insights into Lithic Raw Material Procurement from Palaeolithic Kazakhstan

A Namen, P Schmidt, A Varis… - Journal of Field …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Only a handful of stratified sites are known in loess, spring, and river contexts in the northern
piedmonts of the Tian Shan, and the majority are dated to the Upper Palaeolithic. These …

Challenges in Palaeolithic Spatial Archaeology: Two Eurasian Case Studies

P Cuthbertson, P Tsakanikou - 2023 - tobias-lib.ub.uni-tuebingen.de
Palaeolithic applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are increasingly common,
however, theoretical discussion specifically addressing issues of Palaeolithic GIS is …