Professor Liubin

On Monday and Tuesday, January, 15 and 16, there will be the International Conference organized by the Institute for the Material Culture History in collaboration with the State Hermitage Museum, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) & St.Petersburg State University devoted to Professor Liubin and titled ‘Caucasian sites in the context of Lower and Middle Paleolithic of Eurasia’ (see the program below).

January, 13, 2018, we will celebrate the unique jubilee in the history of Paleolithic archaeology – 100^th birthday of Professor Vasiliy Liubin.

Address:

Institute for the Material Culture History,
18 Dvortsovaya emb, St.Petersburg

Institute for the Material Culture History
State Hermitage Museum
Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera)
St. Petersburg State University

‘Caucasian sites in the context
of Lower and Middle Paleolithic of Eurasia’

Conference Program

Monday, January 15

09:30 – 10:00 | Conference Registration:
10:00 | Opening Session

Welcome Address: V.A. Lapshin, the Director of the Institute for the Material Culture History

10:05 – 13:20 | Morning Session:
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, & 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 | A.V. Kolesnik (Donetsk), The Donetsk Model of the Middle Paleolithic Development
12:00 – 12:20 | P. Haesarts and M. Otte (Brussels), Geoarchaeology of the Obi-Mazar Valley (Tajikistan): comparison with the loess sequence of China, in memoriam V. Ranov (1924-2006) & A. Dodonov (1940-2008)
12:20 – 12:40 | 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
12:40 – 13:00 | M.V. Konstantinov (Chita) V.P. Liubin, The Trans-Baikal and LGM
13:00 – 13:20 | M.M. Gerasimova, S.V. Vasilyev & S.B. Borutskaya (Moscow), Anthropological Examination of the Skeleton from the Upper Paleolithic Site of Kostenki 14 (Markina Gora): Facts and Interpretations

13:20 – 14:30 | Lunch

14:30 – 18:00 | Afternoon Session:
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. Cocktail Party

Tuesday, January 16

Welcome Address: V.A. Lapshin, the Director of the Institute for the Material Culture History

10:00 – 13:00 | Morning Session:
Chair: S.A. Kulakov. Secretary:  K.N. Stepanova

10:00 – 10:20 | D.V. Ozherelyev (Moscow), New Discoveries of the Paleolithic in Eastern Turkey
10:20 – 10:40 | A.G. Rybalko (Novosibirsk), Acheulian Assemblages of the Southeastern Dagestan
10:40 – 11:00 | E.V. Leonova (Moscow), Final Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic Archaeological Sites of the Gubs Canyon: New Data and Perspectives of Investigation
11:00 – 11:20 | N.I. Gidzhrati (Vladikavkaz), The Paleolithic of Osetia: Seventy Yeas Later

11:20 – 11:40 | Coffee Break

11:40 – 12:00 | M.V. Sablin (St.Petersburg), Fauna from the Site of Mukhkay 2
12:00 – 12:20 | A.V. Kandyba (Novosibirsk), Middle Paleolithic Assemblages of the Primorsk Dagestan Area (Based on the Data from the Paleolithic Sites at the Darvagchay River)
12:20 – 12:40 | A.A. Anoikin (Novosibirsk), Lithic Industries of the Middle/Upper Paleolithic Boundary in the Northeastern Caucasus
12:40 – 13:00 | Ya.I. Trikhunkov (Moscow), Geological and Geomorphologic Position of the Akhshtyrskaya (Kazachebrodskaya) Middle Paleolithic Site

13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch

14:00 – 18:00 | Afternoon Session:
Chair: A.K. Ocherednoy. Secretary:  E.S. Tkach

14:00 – 14:20 | 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
14:20 – 14:40 | A.A. Zeinalov (Baku), The Founder of the Paleolithic Studies in Azerbaijan
14:40 – 15:00 | A.G. Dzhafarov (Baku), Results of the Multidisciplinary Studies of the Cave Sites in Azerbaijan
15:00 – 15:20 | G.F. Baryshnikov (St.Petersburg), The Kudaro Cave Bear: Evolution and Taphonomy

15:20 – 15:40 | Coffee Break

15.40 – 16.00 V.E. Schelinsky (St.Petersburg), Large Cutting Tools from the Early Paleolithic Sites of the Southern Azov Sea Region
16.00 – 16.20 A.I. Taimazov (Makhachkala), Flake Tools in the Oldowan Lithic Industry of Ainikab 1
16.20 – 16.40 E.V. Belyaeva (St.Petersburg), New Discoveries of the Old Paleolithic in Armenia

16:40 – 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, & 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

 17:00 – 18:00 | Discussion