The biographical essay is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the famous researcher of the Eurasia ancient past — Mikhail Vasilyevich Shunkov, whose scientific activity relates to the solution of ...such fundamental problems as human settlement in the North and Central Asia territory,the formation and development of cultural traditions at diff erent stages of the Paleolithic, geochronology, Pleistocene paleogeography and paleoecology of ancient human. Signifi cant dates and events in the life of the hero of the day that infl uenced his formation as a scientist are given. It tells about the active scientifi c-organizational and expeditionary activities of the researcher. The essay also presents the most important scientifi c results of Mikhail V. Shunkov, obtained mainly during a comprehensive study of the multilayer Paleolithic objects of Altai, such as the Denisova Cave and the Karama Early Paleolithic site. Publication activity, pedagogical activity and the main directions of the administrative work of the scientist are covered.
The Altai Mountains represent a critical region for the earliest trans-Eurasian dispersals of bovid domesticates. However, settlement data from Altaic hunter-gatherer communities and incoming ...pastoralists remain rare, which precludes understanding the subsistence transitions and associated cultural dynamics underlying the spread of pastoralism to Inner Asia. Here, we report new radiocarbon dates and analysis of archaeological deposits, suggesting previously unrecognized inter-community interactions in the Altai Mountains. We have launched the Rise of Altai Mountain Pastoralism Project (RAMPP) to examine the emergence of livestock herding in the Russian Altai by focusing on new excavations and biomolecular methods on ancient faunal remains.
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