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THE STONE AGE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПАЛЕОЭКОЛОГИЯ. КАМЕННЫЙ ВЕК</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Raptorial Birds as Taphonomic Agents for Small Mammal Remains in Pleistocene Deposits at Tsagaan Agui Cave, Mongolia</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-0749</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Marchenko</surname><given-names>D. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Researcher</p><p>pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">dasha-smychagina@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2873-5364</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Samandrosova</surname><given-names>A. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Junior Researcher, Tomsk State University; Junior Researcher, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences</p><p>pr. Lenina 36, Tomsk, 634050, </p><p>pr. 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W.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Honorary Doctor, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences,; Regents’ Professor Emeritus, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona</p><p>pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090,</p><p>Tucson, AZ, 85721-0030, USA</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">olsenj@email.arizona.edu</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-5"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8093-5716</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Khatsenovich</surname><given-names>A. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Senior Researcher</p><p>pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">archeomongolia@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-2"><institution>Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch;&#13;
Tomsk State Universit</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-3"><institution>Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch;&#13;
Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-4"><institution>Institute of Archaeology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences</institution><country>Mongolia</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-5"><institution>Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch;&#13;
School of Anthropology, University of Arizona</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>12</day><month>01</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>52</volume><issue>4</issue><fpage>29</fpage><lpage>38</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Marchenko D.V., Samandrosova A.S., Klementiev A.M., Rybin E.P., Bazargur D., Tserendagva Y., Gunchinsuren B., Olsen J.W., Khatsenovich A.M., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Marchenko D.V., Samandrosova A.S., Klementiev A.M., Rybin E.P., Bazargur D., Tserendagva Y., Gunchinsuren B., Olsen J.W., Khatsenovich A.M.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Marchenko D.V., Samandrosova A.S., Klementiev A.M., Rybin E.P., Bazargur D., Tserendagva Y., Gunchinsuren B., Olsen J.W., Khatsenovich A.M.</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://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/2012">https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/2012</self-uri><abstract><p>Исследование измеряет роль хищных птиц в тафоценозе мелких млекопитающих в пещере Цаган Агуй в Гобийском Алтае в Монголии и реконструирует палеоклиматические условия там через состав останов мелких млекопитающих в слоях 4 и 5.1–5.3 Главных камер пещер. Скопления костей мелких млекопитающих были обнаружены в этих слоях в раскопе 2 во время наших полевых сезонов 2022 и 2023 годов. Мы предполагаем, что эти содержания коррелируют с гнездами крупных хищных птиц в потолке пещер. Мы использовали математическую статистику, программную среду R, и сгенерировали графики, чтобы обозначить границы этих концентраций и объяснить закономерности их накопления между литологическими слоями. Осадконакопление в раскопе 2 было нарушено водой, притекающей из дымохода в потолке пещеры, что вызвало появление красных обломков с поверхностью окружающего известнякового массива. Наши результаты показывают, что хищные птицы сыграли ключевую роль в накоплении останов мелких млекопитающих в слоях 4 и 5.1–5.3. Эти скопления, расположенные только в одной области, предполагают, что они являются остатками видов добычи, а не результатом деятельности этих животных внутри пещер. Таксономический состав мелких млекопитающих, извлекаемых из слоев 4 и 5.1–5.3 Цагаан Агуй, указывает на стабильные климатические условия во время их накопления, несмотря на продолжительный перерыв в цикле осадконакопления. Большинство видов в этих скоплениях являются обитателями открытых каменных полупустынных ландшафтов или деревянных степей с открытыми скалами.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Mongolia</kwd><kwd>taphocoenosis</kwd><kwd>cave</kwd><kwd>small mammals</kwd><kwd>spatial distribution</kwd><kwd>kernel density estimation</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, Project No. 19-78-10112</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">An Q., Zheng J., Guan J., Wu J., Lin J., Ju X., Wu R. 2023 Predicting the effects of future climate change on the potential distribution of Eolagurus luteus in Xinjiang. 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