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Abay Namen is a Postdoctoral Scholar investigating Palaeolithic archaeology of Kazakhstan and Central Asia at Nazarbayev University. His research focuses on reconstructing early human behaviour at Palaeolithic sites through the analysis of stone tools and raw materials. Dr. Namen is currently focused on the excavation of several open-air loess sites in the piedmonts of the Ili Alatau range, south-eastern Kazakhstan. He is also part of the international team investigating cave sites in Turkestan Province.
Research interests
Dr. Abay Namen is a Paleolithic archaeologist interested in human evolution, their adaptation strategies to climatic changes, stone tools and the raw materials used to produce them.
Teaching
2023 Fall Semester
- ANT 233 – Cavemen, Mammoths, and Sabertooths: Stone Age archaeology of Eurasia
2024 Spring Semester
- ANT 160 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology
2024 Fall Semester
- ANT 140 - World Prehistory
Education/Academic qualification
Palaeolithic Archaeology, Dr.rer.nat, Raw material variability in the Palaeolithic of the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor of Kazakhstan, University of Tübingen
Nov 15 2018 → Dec 31 2022
Award Date: Jul 19 2022
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New stratified Stone Age sites at Tikenekti-2 and Yntymaq in the Ile Alatau piedmonts (Southeastern Kazakhstan)
Namen, A., Taimagambetov, Z., Varis, A., Coco, E., Coto-Sarmiento, M., Baigunakov, D., Zhumatayev, R. & Iovita, R., Jun 30 2024, In: Kazakhstan Archeology. 2024, 2, p. 160-175 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New stratified Upper Palaeolithic sites at Tikenekti-2 and Yntymaq in the Ile Alatau piedmonts (Southeastern Kazakhstan)
Namen, A., Taimagambetov, Z., Varis, A., Emily Coco, Coto-Sarmiento, M., Baigunakov, D., Zhumatayev, R. & Iovita, R., Jun 30 2024, In: Kazakhstan Archeology. 2, 24, p. 160 175 p., https://doi.org/10.52967/akz2024.2.24.160.175.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ochre-based compound adhesives at the Mousterian type-site document complex cognition and high investment
Schmidt, P., Iovita, R., Charrié-Duhaut, A., Möller, G., Namen, A. & Dutkiewicz, E., Feb 2024, In: Science advances. 10, 8, eadl0822.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mechanical properties of lithic raw materials from Kazakhstan: Comparing chert, shale, and porphyry
Namen, A., Iovita, R., Nickel, K. G., Varis, A., Taimagambetov, Z. & Schmidt, P., Apr 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 4 April, e0265640.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nazugum, a new 4000 year old rockshelter site in the Ili Alatau, Tien Shan
Namen, A., Varis, A., Lindauer, S., Friedrich, R., Taimagambetov, Z. & Iovita, R., Jun 2022, In: Archaeological Research in Asia. 30, 100370.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)