Paleoenvironment, the stone age. Рубрика в журнале - Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia

Cruciform signs decorating Paleolithic bone artifacts from Cherno-Ozerye II, the Middle Irtysh area

Schmidt I.V.

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Early Upper Paleolithic serpentine ornaments from Ust-Karakol, Northwestern Altai

Fedorchenko A.Y., Belousova N.E., Kulik N.A., Shunkov M.V.

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Early middle paleolithic industries in southeastern dagestan

Rybalko A.G., Zenin V.N., Kandyba A.V.

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This study addresses lithic assemblages from the Middle Paleolithic sites Darvagchay-Zaliv-1 and Darvagchay- Zaliv-4, which are highly relevant to the understanding of this stage in Dagestan. We examine paleoclimatic conditions prevailing during the sedimentation at these sites. A detailed description of lithics is provided. Artifacts were discovered in a minimally disturbed paleosol. They represent the Middle Paleolithic, specifi cally Levallois technique of primary reduction. Judging by the presence of unlined fi re-pits and the fact that fi nds are scattered over a large area, we infer that these sites evidence multiple short-term occupation. The dates of the sites fall within the Riss-Würm (Eemian, Mikulino) interstadial (MIS 5e)—ca 125–110 ka BP. Parallels with coeval sites in Dagestan and elsewhere in the Caucasus are discussed. Whereas no direct parallels with any Caucasian Middle Paleolithic industries can be found, those of Darvagchay-Zaliv-1 and Darvagchay-Zaliv-4 are consistent with the general evolutionary trajectory of the Caucasian Paleolithic.

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Evolution of the lithic industry in Central Dagestan during the Early Pleistocene: the rising occurrence of flake blanks

Amirkhanov H.A.

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Excavations at Darvagchay-Zaliv-4: an early Paleolithic site in Dagestan

Derevianko A.P., Rybalko A.G., Zenin V.N., Yanina T.A.

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Faunal remains from the early complexes of the Sagan-Zaba II multilayered habitation site (9120–7880 cal bp) in the Cis-Baikal: planigraphy, subsistence patterns, and seasonality

Nomokonova T.Y., Goriunova O.I., Novikov A.G., Losey R.J., Weber A.W.

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First Evidence of Pleistocene Archaeology on the Neyshabur Plain and its Role in Reconstructing the Dispersal of Hominins on the Northeastern Iranian Plateau

Sadraei A., Garazhian O., Sabori H.

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The northeastern Iranian Plateau is considered a leading region in Paleolithic studies. The history of Paleolithic research in this region dates back to the mid-20th century. However, unlike the western and, to some extent, the central part of the Iranian Plateau, only a handful of sites have been identifi ed in the northeastern part. Field studies conducted on the Neyshabur plain have provided some of the only Paleolithic evidence at four locations in the foothills of the Binalud Mountains: Dar Behesht, Mushan Tappeh, Ali Abad, and Qezel Tappeh. Our research aims to assess this evidence, provide a revised typology of Pleistocene artifacts from the Neyshabur plain, and also study the role of these and other fi nds in the area and analyze their signifi cance in terms of the dispersal of Pleistocene hominin populations. We propose two main corridors on the northeastern Iranian Plateau assumed to have been infl uential in the dispersal of human ancestors.

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Fishing in the early Holocene human ecosystem of the Northern Angara region: findings from stratified sites

Kuznetsov A.M., Rogovskoi E.O., Lokhov D.N., Novoseltseva V.M.

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Geochemical soil analysis and environmental reconstructions at the Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement Kochegarovo-1 in the forest-steppe zone of Western Siberia

Bikmulina L.R., Yakimov A.S., Bazhenov A.I., Mosin V.S.

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Geomorphology and quaternary sediments at archaeological sites near Anzhevka, Krasnoyarsk territory

Zolnikov I.D., Vybornov A.V., Slavinsky V.S., Tsybankov A.A., Kartoziya A.A., Grachev I.A.

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Habitation layers and pedogenic processes in forest-steppe Riverine valleys west of the don: the case of Ilyinka

Fedyunin I.V., Merkulov A.N., Goleusov P.V., Sarapulkin V.A.

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Hadjoh-2: a middle Paleolithic workshop-camp in Northwestern Caucasus

Doronicheva E.V., Nedomolkin A.G., Muriy A.A., Kulkova M.A., Sapelko T.V., Nosevich E.S.

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Holocene fishing in the big sea region of lake Baikal (based on materials from multilayered habitation sites)

Nomokonova T.Y., Novikov A.G., Goriunova O.I., Saveliev N.A., Losey R.J., Weber A.W.

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Hominin-Carnivoran adaptive strategies in Western Europe during the early Pleistocene

Garcia Garriga J., Martnez K., Yravedra J.

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Insight into ceramic technologies at the Maikop site of Ust-Dzheguta, Karachay-Cherkessia

Iserlis M.

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Issues in the calendar chronology of the Seima-Turbino transcultural phenomenon

Chernykh E.N., Orlovskaya L.B., Korochkova O.N.

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Ivory figurines and the symbolic context of a Paleolithic dwelling at Kovrizhka IV on the Lower Vitim river, Eastern Siberia

Tetenkin A.V., Zhmur O.V., Demonterova E.I., Kaneva E.V., Salnaya N.V.

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Koksha Rovsky Kholm and Chertova Gora, two Neolithic sanctuaries in the Urals and in Western Siberia: similarities and differences

Shorin A.F.

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Late Pleistocene paleoenvironments and episodic human occupations in the Orkhon valley of Central Mongolia

Khatsenovich A.M., Vishnevskaya I.A., Klementiev A.M., Zhilich S.V., Marchenko D.V., Kogai S.A., Rybin E.P., Olsen J.W., Derevianko A.P., Bazargur D., Gunchinsuren B., Volvakh A.O., Ge J., Okuneva T.G.

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Here, we present initial results of a new course of research being carried out at the Moiltyn-am, Orkhon-1, and Orkhon-7 Paleolithic sites in the Orkhon River Valley, central Mongolia. Our research focuses on the Moiltyn-am site, which preserves a cultural and chronological sequence from the Final Middle to the Late Upper Paleolithic. Results from analyses of rare earth elements, Strontium (Sr) isotopes, and faunal assemblages are correlated with data on paleoenvironmental conditions in the region during MIS-3 and MIS-2. Our conclusions are based in part upon post- depositional changes detectable in archaeological material from cultural layers at the Moiltyn-am site revealed through convergent analyses of stratigraphy, sedimentology, planigraphy, and the comparison of Sr isotopes in sediments and osteological remains. XRF-derived geochemical data from the Moiltyn-am sedimentary sequence yields evidence of past climatic conditions. We correlated these data with human occupational episodes in the Orkhon Valley during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic, and the results are analyzed in the context of extant paleoenvironmental information from northern Mongolia. Our results indicate a relatively humid climate prevailed during MIS-3, followed by a period of aridification, and the redeposition of sediments at Moiltyn-am. Faunal analysis reveals that Bos sp. and equids were the principal prey species for humans in the Final Middle to Initial Upper Paleolithic, supplemented by members of the Caprinae during the Early Upper Paleolithic. A complex mammoth fauna inhabited forest-steppe and steppe landscapes in the Khangai Mountains during MIS-3 and MIS-2.

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Late middle and Early Upper Paleolithic in the Eastern Adriatic and the problem of the regional middle/upper Paleolithic interface

Karavanid I., Vukosavljevic N.

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