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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">geomorf</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Геоморфология и палеогеография</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Geomorfologiya i Paleogeografiya</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2949-1789</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2949-1797</issn><publisher><publisher-name></publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">geomorf-2170</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Научные сообщения</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Short communications</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Геоморфология и археологические памятники долины реки Пальтау (Западный Тянь-Шань)</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Geomorphology and archaeological sites in the valley of Pal'tau river (West Tien-Shan)</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кривошапкин</surname><given-names>А. И.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Krivoshapkin</surname><given-names>A. I.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Новиков</surname><given-names>И. С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Novikov</surname><given-names>I. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Анойкин</surname><given-names>А. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Anoykin</surname><given-names>A. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кулик</surname><given-names>Н. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kulik</surname><given-names>N. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Институт археологии и этнографии СО РАН</institution><country>Россия</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Институт геологии и минералогии им. В.С. Соболева СО РАН</institution><country>Россия</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2003</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>16</day><month>07</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title>Геоморфология</issue-title><fpage>63</fpage><lpage>72</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Кривошапкин А.И., Новиков И.С., Анойкин А.А., Кулик Н.А., 2022</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Кривошапкин А.И., Новиков И.С., Анойкин А.А., Кулик Н.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Krivoshapkin A.I., Novikov I.S., Anoykin A.A., Kulik N.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://geomorphology.igras.ru/jour/article/view/2170">https://geomorphology.igras.ru/jour/article/view/2170</self-uri><abstract><p>Discontinuous change of denudation basis in the uprising mountains of Tien-Shan leads to the formation of terrace sequences and contiguous slopes common to large territory. Carst caves "Obi-Rakhmat" and "Pal'tau" are located between levels of second and third terraces, what unambiguously evidences that they were already used by human after cutting of the river into the surface of third and accumulation of the second terraces. If we suppose that paleolithic settlements gravitated to river channel, the second terrace, having large extension in the upper valley, may be considered as the most perspective area for discovering the paleolithic artefacts.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Discontinuous change of denudation basis in the uprising mountains of Tien-Shan leads to the formation of terrace sequences and contiguous slopes common to large territory. Carst caves "Obi-Rakhmat" and "Pal'tau" are located between levels of second and third terraces, what unambiguously evidences that they were already used by human after cutting of the river into the surface of third and accumulation of the second terraces. If we suppose that paleolithic settlements gravitated to river channel, the second terrace, having large extension in the upper valley, may be considered as the most perspective area for discovering the paleolithic artefacts.</p></trans-abstract></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title></ref-list><fn-group><fn fn-type="conflict"><p>The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest present.</p></fn></fn-group></back></article>
