CONFERENCE PROGRAM "CAUCASIAN SITES IN THE CONTEXT OF LOWER AND MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC OF EURASIA"
Monday, January 15
Institute for the Material Culture History, 18 Dvortsovaya emb, St.Petersburg
Conference Registration: 09.30 – 10.00
10.00 Opening Session
Welcome Address: V.A. Lapshin, the Director of the Institute for the Material Culture History
Morning Session, 10.05 – 13.20. Chair: L.B. Vishnyatsky. Secretary: A.A. Bessudnov
10.05 – 10.25 S.A. Kulakov and N.K. Anisiutkin (St.Petersburg). Discovery of the Early Paleolithic in the Southern Shore of Crimea
10.25 – 10.45 K.N. Gavrilov, M.G. Zhilin, D.V. Ozherelyev, and A.B. Seleznev (Moscow). Novenkoe 1: A New Stone Age Site in the Western Crimea
10.45 – 11.00 E.G. Devlet (Moscow). New Discoveries of the Rock Art in the Kapovaya Cave
11.00 – 11.20 D.A. Presnyakova (Tübingen). Flake Production Strategies of the Early Acheulian from Koobi Fora, Lake Turkana, Kenya
11.20 – 11.40 Coffee Break
11.40 – 12.00 P. Haesaerts (Brussels) and M. Otte (Liège). Geoarchaeology of the Obi-Mazar Valley (Tajikistan): comparison with the loess sequence of China, in memoriam V. Ranov (1924-2006) and A. Dodonov (1940-2008)
12.00 – 12.20 N.I. Drozdov (Krasnoyarsk). The Oldest Paleolithic of the Kurtak Archaeological Area at the Krasnoyarsk Reservoir and Ways of Human Migrations in the Middle Siberia
12.20 – 12.40 M.M. Gerasimova, S.V. Vasilyev and S.B. Borutskaya (Moscow). Anthropological Examination of the Skeleton from the Upper Paleolithic Site of Kostenki 14 (Markina Gora): Facts and Interpretations
12.40 – 13.10 Discussion
13.10 – 14.30 Lunch
Afternoon Session, 14.30 – 18.00. Chair: S.A. Vasilyev. Secretary: A.V. Larionova
14.30 – 14.50 H. de Lumley (Paris) L’Homme aux portes de l’Europe, il y a 1 800 000 ans. Les industries lithiques pré-oldowayenne du début du Pléistocène inférieur du site de Dmanissi en Géorgie
14.50 – 15.10 M.-A. de Lumley (Paris) L’Homo georgicus de Dmanissi, il y a 1 800 000 ans. Impact probable du volcanisme sur leur décès
15.10 – 15.30 Kh.A. Amirkhanov (Moscow) Typological Composition of the Oldowan Industries at Dagestan: Essential Features
15.30 – 15.50 A.P. Derevyanko (Novosibirsk). The Paleolithic of Altay and the Spread of the Genus Homo in Eurasia
15.50 – 16.10 M.V. Shunkov (Novosibirsk). Early Paleolithic of Northern Asia
16.10 - 16.30 V.P. Liubin. Memories
16.30 Congratulations
17.15 Banquet (on invitations in the Department of Central Asia and Caucasus of the Institute)
Tuesday, January, 16
Morning Session, 11.00 – 13.00. Chair: S.A. Kulakov. Secretary: K.N. Stepanova
11.00 – 11.20 D.V. Ozherelyev (Moscow). New Discoveries of the Paleolithic in Eastern Turkey
11.20 – 11.40 N.I. Gidzhrati (Vladikavkaz). The Paleolithic of Osetia: Seventy Years Later
11.40 – 12.00 E.V. Leonova (Moscow). Final Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic Archaeological Sites of the Gubs Canyon: New Data and Perspectives of Investigation
12.00 – 12.20 M.V. Sablin (St.Petersburg). Fauna from the Site of Mukhkay 2
12.20 – 12.40 Coffee Break
12.40 – 13.00 Ya.I. Trikhunkov (Moscow). Geological and Geomorphologic Position of the Akhshtyrskaya (Kazachebrodskaya) Middle Paleolithic Site
13.00 – 13.20 V.G. Trifonov, D.V. Ozherelyev, A.S. Tesakov, and A.N. Simakova (Moscow). Paleogeographical and Geodynamic Conditions of the Oldest Hominids Dispersals in the Arabian and Caucasian Region
13.20 – 13.40 A.A. Zeinalov (Baku). The Founder of the Paleolithic Studies in Azerbaijan
13.40 – 14.40 Lunch
Afternoon Session, 14.40 – 18.00. Chair: A.K. Ocherednoy. Secretary: E.S. Tkach
14.40 – 15.00 G.F. Baryshnikov (St.Petersburg). The Kudaro Cave Bear: Evolution and Taphonomy
15.00 – 15.20 V.E. Schelinsky (St.Petersburg). Large Cutting Tools from the Early Paleolithic Sites of the Southern Azov Sea Region
15.20 - 15.40 A.I. Taimazov (Makhachkala). Flake Tools in the Oldowan Lithic Industry of Ainikab 1
15.40 – 16.00 E.V. Belyaeva (St.Petersburg). New Discoveries of the Old Paleolithic in Armenia
16.00 – 16.20 Coffee Break
16.20 – 17.00 Poster Session
1. G.N. Poplevko (St.Petersburg). Use-Wear Analysis of the Flint Pieces from Kudaro
2. E.Y. Girya (St.Petersburg). Interpretation of the Oldest Artifacts from the Caucasus and the Southern Russian Plain
3. V.P. Liubin, G.M. Levkovskaya, and E.V. Belyaeva (St.Petersburg). The Late Neanderthals of the Barakaevskaya Cave: Archaeology, Chronology, Paleoecology, and Paleoeconomy
4. E.A. Filatov (Chita). On the Discovery of the Middle and Lower Paleolithic at the Trans-Baikal
5. E. Osipova (Perpignan) Handaxes from the archaeostratigraphical Unit F of the Arago Cave (Eastern Pyrenees, France): morpho-technological analysis
17.00 – 18.00 Discussion
