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2. Identifying Markers for Copro-Analysis of Archaeological Deposits: A Study of Materials from the Selungur Cave (Southern Kyrgyzstan)

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Shashkov Mikhail V., Zhilich Snezhana V., Temirlan Chargynov, Krajcarz Maciej T., Saltanat Alisherkyzy, Bence Viola, and Shnaider Svetlana V.

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central asia, dayuan, silk road, selungur, ash-containing interlayers, coprosterols, equidae, History (General), D1-2009, Oriental languages and literatures, PJ
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Introduction. The article discusses the results of a study of ash layers from Holocene deposits at the Selungur (Surungur) Cave. Goals. So, the work attempts a practical evaluation of a method of identifying coprostanols in archaeological sediments. The investigation of Holocene deposits of the site was carried out in 2018 and 2021 field seasons. The study identifies a total of 7 Holocene layers that represent the typical ‘fumier’ facies of cave and rock shelter deposits connected to pastoralism and animal husbandry practices, and built up of stratified layers of burnt herbivore dung. The sequence contains a record of multiple earthquakes that disturbed the sediments and effected in water escape structures, plastic deformations, and faults. Nevertheless, the stratigraphy remains easily readable. Unfortunately, archaeological and paleofaunistic materials were never found but a series of ash-containing interlayers suggests that the cave was repeatedly visited by ancient humans. Materials. In the ash deposits, our micro charcoal analysis has identified areas of concentration of burnt dungs which was used for fire. Series of samples were taken throughout the section of Holocene deposits for gas mass spectrometry analysis. The research efforts have also included the analysis of modern dung from herbivores inhabiting the area, such as cows, sheep, goats, horses and donkeys, for the latter obtained data to serve as a reference collection. Results. Unfortunately, layer 7 of the Selungur Cave proved characterized by poor preservation of fire products, while layers 6–1 yielded somewhat rich data. The obtained results make it possible to identify coprosterols and determine that equine dung was used in layers 6-2 as a fuel, and goat dung — in the first layer. The most widespread distribution of equines in this region occurred during the existence of Dayuan (Parkan) state, in the third century BC and later in the Middle Ages. Most likely, during these periods the mountain corridor comprising the Selungur Cave could have been used as a pass of the Silk Road that connected the Fergana and Alay valleys. The accumulation of the upper layer, in our opinion, is associated with the modern era.

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2023
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4. Tracing ephemeral human occupation through archaeological, palaeoenvironmental and molecular proxies at tabajowa Cave

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Gryczewska, Natalia, Kot, Malgorzata, Berto, Claudio, Brancaleoni, Greta, Krajcarz, Maciej T., Cyrek, Krzysztof, Sudol-Procyk, Magdalena, Wojenka, Michal, Wilczynski, Jaroslaw, Chmielewska, Monika, Sulwinski, Marcin, and Suska-Malawska, Malgorzata

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Cave-dwellings, Archaeology, Sediments (Geology) -- Analysis, Anthropology/archeology/folklore
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Confirming ephemeral human occupation is a crucial issue in cave archaeology. The project 'Tracing human presence in caves of Polish Jura' focuses on the application of molecular methods to decode the history of past human activities in cave sediments in the Krakow-Czestochowa Upland. The results will be compared with archaeological and palaeoecological proxies. Keywords: Poland, molecular analyses, sedimentary sequence, cave occupation, Introduction Caves have attracted people since the dawn of time and have accumulated a record of repeated human entries through many millennia. Detailed archaeological fieldwork allows us to understand many [...]

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2023
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6. The history of the domestic cat in Central Europe

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Krajcarz, Magdalena, Krajcarz, Maciej T., Baca, Mateusz, Golubinski, Michal, Bielichova, Zora, Bulatovic, Jelena, Csippan, Peter, Dimitrijevic, Vesna, Kysely, Rene, Makowiecki, Daniel, Marciszak, Adrian, Markovic, Nemanja, Mladenovic, Mladen, Van Neer, Wim, Obada, Theodor, Zivaljevic, Ivana, Bulatovic, Aleksandar, Ivanisevic, Vujadin, Pop-Lazic, Stefan, Mihailovic, Dusan, Ostasz, Adam, Penezic, Kristina, Tasic, Nenad, Spehar, Perica, and Popovic, Jaroslaw Wilczynski Danijela

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Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Analysis, Cats -- History, Anthropology/archeology/folklore
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A recent study from Central Europe has changed our perception of the cat's domestication history. The authors discuss how this has led to the development of an interdisciplinary project combining palaeogenetics, zooarchaeology and radiocarbon dating, with the aim of providing insight into the domestic cat's expansion beyond the Mediterranean. Keywords: Felis, cat, domestication, zooarchaeology, palaeogenomics, radiocarbon dating, Introduction The last two decades have fundamentally changed our understanding of cat domestication, primarily due to advances in palaeogenetic methods. Analyses of archaeological and modern felids have revealed the Near [...]

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2022
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8. Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals

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Skov, Laurits, Peyrégne, Stéphane, Popli, Divyaratan, Iasi, Leonardo N. M., Devièse, Thibaut, Slon, Viviane, Zavala, Elena I., Hajdinjak, Mateja, Sümer, Arev P., Grote, Steffi, Bossoms Mesa, Alba, López Herráez, David, Nickel, Birgit, Nagel, Sarah, Richter, Julia, Essel, Elena, Gansauge, Marie, Schmidt, Anna, Korlević, Petra, Comeskey, Daniel, Derevianko, Anatoly P., Kharevich, Aliona, Markin, Sergey V., Talamo, Sahra, Douka, Katerina, Krajcarz, Maciej T., Roberts, Richard G., Higham, Thomas, Viola, Bence, Krivoshapkin, Andrey I., Kolobova, Kseniya A., Kelso, Janet, Meyer, Matthias, Pääbo, Svante, and Peter, Benjamin M.

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2022
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14. Browsers, grazers or mix-feeders? Study of the diet of extinct Pleistocene Eurasian forest rhinoceros Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger, 1839) and woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1799)

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Stefaniak, Krzysztof, Stachowicz-Rybka, Renata, Borówka, Ryszard K., Hrynowiecka, Anna, Sobczyk, Artur, Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena, Kotowski, Adam, Nowakowski, Dariusz, Krajcarz, Maciej T., Billia, Emmanuel M.E., Persico, Davide, Burkanova, Elena M., Leshchinskiy, Sergey V., van Asperen, Eline, Ratajczak, Urszula, Shpansky, Andrei V., Lempart, Małgorzata, Wach, Bartosz, Niska, Monika, van der Made, Jan, Stachowicz, Krzysztof, Lenarczyk, Joanna, Piątek, Jolanta, and Kovalchuk, Oleksandr

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2021
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17. Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia

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Taylor, William T. T., Pruvost, Mélanie, Posth, Cosimo, Rendu, William, Krajcarz, Maciej T., Abdykanova, Aida, Brancaleoni, Greta, Spengler, Robert, Hermes, Taylor, Schiavinato, Stéphanie, Hodgins, Gregory, Stahl, Raphaela, Min, Jina, Alisher kyzy, Saltanat, Fedorowicz, Stanisław, Orlando, Ludovic, Douka, Katerina, Krivoshapkin, Andrey, Jeong, Choongwon, Warinner, Christina, and Shnaider, Svetlana

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2021
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19. Environment changes during Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in southern Poland (Central Europe). A multiproxy approach for the MIS 3 sequence of Koziarnia Cave (Kraków-Częstochowa Upland)

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Berto, Claudio, Krajcarz, Maciej T., Hoyo, Magdalena Moskal-del, Komar, Maryna, Sinet-Mathiot, Virginie, Zarzecka-Szubińska, Katarzyna, Krajcarz, Magdalena, Szymanek, Marcin, Wertz, Krzysztof, Marciszak, Adrian, Mętrak, Monika, Suska-Malawska, Małgorzata, Wilcke, Arndt, and Kot, Małgorzata

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2021
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24. Tracing ephemeral human occupation through archaeological, palaeoenvironmental and molecular proxies at Łabajowa Cave

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Gryczewska, Natalia, primary, Kot, Małgorzata, additional, Berto, Claudio, additional, Brancaleoni, Greta, additional, Krajcarz, Maciej T., additional, Cyrek, Krzysztof, additional, Sudoł-Procyk, Magdalena, additional, Wojenka, Michał, additional, Wilczyński, Jarosław, additional, Chmielewska, Monika, additional, Sulwiński, Marcin, additional, and Suska-Malawska, Małgorzata, additional

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2023
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37. Large-scale mitogenomic analysis of the phylogeography of the Late Pleistocene cave bear

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Gretzinger, Joscha, Molak, Martyna, Reiter, Ella, Pfrengle, Saskia, Urban, Christian, Neukamm, Judith, Blant, Michel, Conard, Nicholas J., Cupillard, Christophe, Dimitrijević, Vesna, Drucker, Dorothée G., Hofman-Kamińska, Emilia, Kowalczyk, Rafał, Krajcarz, Maciej T., Krajcarz, Magdalena, Münzel, Susanne C., Peresani, Marco, Romandini, Matteo, Rufí, Isaac, Soler, Joaquim, Terlato, Gabriele, Krause, Johannes, Bocherens, Hervé, and Schuenemann, Verena J.

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2019
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43. Pre-LGM loess deposits in caves of Polish Jura - occurrence and stratigraphic importance.

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KRAJCARZ, MACIEJ T.

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*LOESS, *CAVES, *LAST Glacial Maximum, *STRATIGRAPHIC correlation, *PALEOECOLOGY
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Loess is an important component of cave deposits. Loess and loess-like strata in caves and rock shelters may serve as stratigraphic correlative units and paleoclimate indicators. For the Polish Jura (southern Poland), one of the key regions of cave deposits studies in Europe, the published information concerning the stratigraphic importance of loess is limited to the sequences from around the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). In this paper, a review of the archival data about loess deposits situated below the LGM strata in caves and rock shelters of the Polish Jura is presented. The paper discusses the occurrence, lithology, stratigraphy, chronology and paleoecology of the pre-LGM cave loess. The most important sites of the pre-LGM cave loess in the region include: Biśnik Cave, Nietoperzowa Cave, Mamutowa Cave, and Ciemna Cave (only the outer zones). The loess strata in these sites correlate with cold Marine Isotope Stages (MIS): mid-3, 4, 5b-d, 6, and possibly 10. They represent all the main facies of cave loess: typical eolian loess, colluviated loess-like deposits, loess with bedrock debris, and loams of complex grain-size composition but with the predominance of a loess component. Stratigraphic correlations with loess-paleosol sequences are proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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47. Exploitation of the natural environment by Neanderthals from Chagyrskaya Cave (Altai)

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Kolobova, Ksenia A., Chabai, Victor P., Shalagina, Alena V., Krajcarz, Maciej T., Krajcarz, Magdalena, Rendu, William, Vasiliev, Sergei V., Markin, Sergei V., and Krivoshapkin, Andrei I.

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Quartär – Internationales Jahrbuch zur Erforschung des Eiszeitalters und der Steinzeit, Bd. 66 (2019): Quartär. Internationales Jahrbuch zur Eiszeitalter- und Steinzeitforschung

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2021
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48. Depositional history of a talus cone in an arid intermontane basin in Central Asia: An interdisciplinary study at the Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene Obishir‐I site, Kyrgyzstan

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Brancaleoni, Greta, primary, Shnaider, Svetlana, additional, Osipova, Evgeniya, additional, Danukalova, Guzel, additional, Kurbanov, Redzhep, additional, Deput, Ewa, additional, Alisher kyzy, Saltanat, additional, Abdykanova, Aida, additional, and Krajcarz, Maciej T., additional

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2021
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50. Browsers, grazers or mix-feeders? Study of the diet of extinct Pleistocene Eurasian forest rhinoceros Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger, 1839) and woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1799)

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National Science Centre (Poland), Russian Science Foundation, Stefaniak, Krzysztof, Stachowicz‐Rybka, Renata, Borówka, Ryszard K., Hrynowiecka, Anna, Sobczyk, Artur, Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena, Kotowski, Adam, Nowakowski, Dariusz, Krajcarz, Maciej T., Billia, Emmanuel M.E., Persico, Davide, Burkanova, Elena M., Leshchinskiy, Sergey V., Aperen, Eline van, Ratajczak-Skrzatek, Urszula, Shpansky, Andrei V., Lempart, Malgorzata, Wach, Bartosz, Niska, Monika, Van der Made, Jan, Stachowicz, Krzysztof, Lenarczyk, Joanna, Piatek, Jolanta, Kovalchuk, Oleksandr, National Science Centre (Poland), Russian Science Foundation, Stefaniak, Krzysztof, Stachowicz‐Rybka, Renata, Borówka, Ryszard K., Hrynowiecka, Anna, Sobczyk, Artur, Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena, Kotowski, Adam, Nowakowski, Dariusz, Krajcarz, Maciej T., Billia, Emmanuel M.E., Persico, Davide, Burkanova, Elena M., Leshchinskiy, Sergey V., Aperen, Eline van, Ratajczak-Skrzatek, Urszula, Shpansky, Andrei V., Lempart, Malgorzata, Wach, Bartosz, Niska, Monika, Van der Made, Jan, Stachowicz, Krzysztof, Lenarczyk, Joanna, Piatek, Jolanta, and Kovalchuk, Oleksandr

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The wooly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) and forest rhinoceros (Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis) were prominent representatives of the Middle and Late Pleistocene glacial and interglacial faunas of Eurasia. Their diet has traditionally been inferred on functional morphology of the dentition and skull. In rare cases, food remains are preserved in the fossas of the teeth or as gut content. New approaches to infer diet include the study of isotopes and mesowear. Here we apply all four methods to infer the diet of these emblematic rhinoceros' species and compare the food actually taken with the food available, as indicated by independent botanical data from the localities where the rhinoceros' fossils were found: Gorzów Wielkopolski (Eemian) and Starunia (Middle Vistulian) as well as analysis of literature data. We also made inferences on the season of death of these individuals. Our results indicate that the woolly rhino in both Europe and Asia (Siberia) was mainly a grazer, although at different times of the year and depending on the region its diet was also supplemented by leaves of shrubs and trees. According to the results of isotope studies, there were important individual variations. The data show a clear seasonal variation in the isotope composition of this rhino's diet. In contrast, Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis was a browser, though its diet included low-growing vegetation. Its habitat consisted of various types of forests, from riparian to deciduous and mixed forests, and open areas. The diet of this species consisted of selected items of vegetation, also including plants growing near both flowing and standing waters. The food remains from the fossae of the teeth indicated flexible browsing, confirming the previous interpretations based on functional morphology and stable isotopes. Long-term data from mesowear and microwear across a wider range of S. kirchbergensis fossils indicate a more mixed diet with a browsing component. The different diets of both o

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2021

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