New data on lithic industries from Pleistocene deposits of the Denisova cave, main chamber

The Pleistocene strata study of Denisova Cave was resumed in the Central Chamber in 2016. To clarify lithological and stratigraphic sequence of the southeast excavation profile the excavation extension was carried out through the squares J (layers 9, 11, 12, 14, 19-22). The total thickness of the stratigraphic profile is about 4 m. Middle Paleolithic materials deposited in lithologic layers 22-19, 14, 12. The stage of the settlement of the cave from Early Upper Paleolithic to the second part of Upper Paleolithic was presented appropriately by archaeological materials from lithologic layers 11 and 9. Results of this study added new data to existing picture of cultural and chronological sequence of Paleolithic complexes from Central Chamber of Denisova cave.