AANAPISI Poster Presentations
Funder
Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
2016
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach
Publisher Location
Las Vegas (Nev.)
Abstract
Discovered in 1938 in the Bajsun district of southern Uzbekistan, Teshik-Tash 1 represents a juvenile male hominin, aged between nine and eleven years old. He was classified as Homo neanderthalensis. Two pertinent characteristics of the find’s in situ context provided the backdrop for this classification. Firstly, the Teshik-Tash child was buried with associated grave goods surrounded by a Middle Paleolithic assemblage which has been described as “Mousterian-like” (Glantz et al, 2009: 45). Secondly, the very location of this find was the furthest eastern extent of hominin discoveries outside of the Levant. Recent research, however, challenges this boundary by questioning whether Teshik-Tash 1 is truly a Neanderthal specimen (Glantz, 2008). The Teshik-Tash juvenile is thus an important fossil to understand the dynamics and possible cultural links between the hominins of the Near East and those of Central Asia.
Keywords
Fossil hominids; Neanderthals; Paleolithic period; Uzbekistan
Disciplines
Archaeological Anthropology
File Format
File Size
656 KB
Language
English
Rights
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Repository Citation
Moodley, N.,
Pettit, A.
(2016).
The Teshik-Tash Child: Evolutionary Montage During the Middle Paleolithic.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/aanapisi_posters/3