Migrations and Interactions in Prehistoric Beringia: The Evolution of Yakutian Lithic Technology

• Published in: Antiquity
• Main Author: Gómez Coutouly, Yan Axel
• Other Authors: Préhistoire et Technologie (PréTech), Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Upper Palaeolithic; Late Neolithic; Lithic technology; Yakutia; Siberia; [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory; Beringia
• Online Access: https://hal.parisnanterre.fr//hal-01529053; https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2015.176

International audience "Flaked-tool technology can provide insights into social and cultural changes and interregional connections. This study of changing tool production covers the Upper Palaeolithic to the Late Neolithic in the Yakutia region of eastern Siberia. This region is home to the Palaeolithic Dyuktai complex, the Mesolithic Sumnagin complex and Neolithic traditions; it thus enables a better understanding of the material culture of these societies in Siberia and improves our knowledge of the complex migration processes towards the New World." (source éditeur)