The Wolf of Baikal: the “Lokomotiv” Early Neolithic Cemetery in Siberia (Russia)

The authors present a synopsis of research on the remarkable early Neolithic cemetery near Lake Baikal known as “The Lokomotiv” which was first discovered by the constructors of the Trans-Siberian Railway in the 1880s. A current campaign of research is beginning to understand the great variety of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Antiquity
Main Authors: Bazaliiskiy, V. I., Savelyev, N. A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2003
Subjects:
General Arts and Humanities
Archeology
Tundra
Siberia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00061317
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0003598X00061317
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Summary:The authors present a synopsis of research on the remarkable early Neolithic cemetery near Lake Baikal known as “The Lokomotiv” which was first discovered by the constructors of the Trans-Siberian Railway in the 1880s. A current campaign of research is beginning to understand the great variety of the burial rites and their contexts. The rites include communal burials, burial in pairs head to toe and decapitation before burial, the position of the skull being sometimes taken by a carved object. Among the earliest graves was one containing a Tundra wolf.

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