S22B



S22B

Room 3.131

Palaeolithic adaptations to Asian mountain environments / Adaptations paléolithiques aux environnements montagneux en Asie

Session organizers: Małgorzata Kot, Yossi Zainder, Li Hao, Iván Rey-Rodríguez, Greta Brancaleoni

S22B​, Tue Sep 1 2026, 9:00 - 13:30, Room 3.131

9:00-9:20 - Hominin technology and adaptation in northwestern Yunnan plateau, China / Hao Li

9:20-9:40 - Rethinking Early Pleistocene Technology in East Asia: Evidence from the 1.1 Ma Cenjiawan Site  / Dongdong Ma, Shuwen Pei

9:40-10:00 - Landscape shift and hominin adaptation during Middle to Late Pleistocene in the Nihewan Basin, China  / Shuwen Pei, Jingyue Xu

10:00-10:20 - Diversity of Upper Palaeolithic Assemblages in the higher upstream area: the case of the Imjin-Hantan River Area, Korea / Hyeongjun Kim, Yongwook Yoo

10:20-10:40 - Exploring the environmental context of blade technology and early human dispersal onto the Tibetan Plateau during MIS 3 / Peiqi Zhang, Randall Haas, Clea Paine, Xiaoling Zhang, Nicolas Zwyns

10:40-11:00 - Discovery of Bladelet Technology Remains on the Tibetan Plateau and the Activity History of Hunter-Gatherers During the Last Deglaciation  / Zhenxiu Jia, Tinley Tsring, Shuai Zhang, Zhiyong Yang, Peiming Peng, Youcheng Chen, Dekyiyangzom, Yunyao Tan, Hao Li, Fahu Chen

11:00-11:30 - Coffee break

11:30-11:50 - Cultural evolution dynamics of early Homo sapiens in East Asia: A perspective from osseous technology  / Yuqing Wang, Hao Li, Luc Doyon

11:50-12:10 - Human vs. Animal Impact on Bone Accumulation in Pleistocene Deposits at Tsagaan Agui Cave, Mongolia: Insights from Spatial Statistics  / Daria  Marchenko, Arina Khatsenovich, Alexey Klemeniev, Evgeny Rybin, Dashzeveg Bazargur, Yadmaa Tserendagva

12:10-12:30 - High-altitude Palaeolithic settlement in the Western Tian Shan and Pamir-Alay, and how cave sites can contribute to it.

Małgorzata Kot, Akmal Muhammadiyev, Greta Brancaleoni, Aristeidis Varis, Ivan Rey Rodriguez, Andion Arteaga Brieba, Elham Ghasidian, Alessandra Livraghi, Magdalena Moskal-del Hoyo, Jonna Bügenburg, Rustam Suleimanov

12:30-12:50 - The Geological and Geomorphological context and hominin adaptation during Middle Palaeolithic in Tajikistan Highlands

Saman Guran, Tura Khudjageldiev, Abdullo Sharipov, Elham Ghasidian

12:50-13:10 - First insights into the lithic technologies from the newly discovered Middle Paleolithic occupations at Soii Havzak rock-shelter, Tajikistan

Marion Prévost, Yossi Zaidner, Sharof Kurbanov

13:10-13:30 - Thin on the mountainous landscape: The Late Pleistocene zooarchaeology of the southern Caucasus, Zagros, and Alborz

Reuven Yeshurun

13:30-14:30 - Lunch