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Kulbulak Palaeolithic Site

Stone Age site near Angren, found in 1962, with a 19 m sequence of Acheulean, Mousterian and Upper Palaeolithic layers, one of the oldest in Central Asia.

ArchaeologyMiddle Palaeolithic

About the place

Kulbulak lies in the Qizilolmasoy valley near Angren, in the Kurama mountains east of Tashkent. Found in 1962 and excavated by M. R. Kasymov between 1963 and 1983, it preserves a deposit 19 metres deep, among the longest records of early human life in Central Asia.

The layers run from the Acheulean, the oldest stone-tool tradition found here, through the Mousterian of the Middle Palaeolithic to the Upper Palaeolithic, and have produced many thousands of tools. There is little for a casual visitor to see on the ground, so it suits travellers with a specialist interest and a guide.

Why go

  • 19 m of Stone Age layers
  • Acheulean to Upper Palaeolithic
  • Excavated 1963–1983

Sources (2)

  1. 1.Wikidata
  2. 2.uz.wikipedia.org

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