Seasonal dynamics of mammoth hunting: why, when, how

• Published in: History: facts and symbols
• Main Author: A. A. Chubur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Bunin Yelets State University 2023
• Subjects: mammoth; migrations; seasonal hunting; hunting strategy; preservation of meat reserves; "mammoth gathering"; History (General); D1-2009; Magdalen; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24888/2410-4205-2023-37-4-42-54; https://doaj.org/article/5b7f1773ba35414284fddc6fc9e72dc8

Introduction. Mammoth hunting is usually considered permanent. However, herds of mammoths and lonely male performed annual submeridional seasonal migrations with a length of up to 500- 600 km. Therefore, due to the relative settled population in the upper paleolithic, the annual period of mammoth hu...