New Evidence of the Late Neopleistocene Peopling of the Lower Ob Valley
This study focuses on the early human occupation of the arctic part of the West Siberian Plain and introduces the finds at the Paleolithic site Kushevat (Shuryshkarsky District, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), discovered in 2020. Geological and geomorphological characteristics of the Lower Ob region...
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This study focuses on the early human occupation of the arctic part of the West Siberian Plain and introduces the finds at the Paleolithic site Kushevat (Shuryshkarsky District, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), discovered in 2020. Geological and geomorphological characteristics of the Lower Ob region are provided, the chronology of the key Middle and Late Neopleistocene sequences is assessed, and criteria underlying the search for Paleolithic sites in the area are outlined. We describe the discovery and excavations at Kushevat, its stratigraphy and its faunal remains. On the basis of correlation with neighboring key Late Neopleistocene sections with a representative series of absolute dates, the age of the site is estimated at cal 50–35 ka BP. Results of a traceological study of a possibly human-modified reindeer antler are provided. Findings at Kushevat and the available information on the early peopling of northern Eurasia suggest that the boundary of the inhabited part of that region must be shifted ~200 km to the north. The Ob, therefore, is one of the last major Siberian rivers where traces of the Early Upper Paleolithic culture have been found. The discovery of a stratified site in its lower stretch is a milestone in the Paleolithic studies in the region. A large area over which faunal remains are distributed, and the presence of lithics among the surface finds, suggest that Kushevat is a highly prospective site for future archaeological studies of the early stages in the human peopling of the region. |
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This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, Project No. 19-78-20002. |
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New Evidence of the Late Neopleistocene Peopling of the Lower Ob Valley |
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New Evidence of the Late Neopleistocene Peopling of the Lower Ob Valley |
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New Evidence of the Late Neopleistocene Peopling of the Lower Ob Valley |
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In Mamont i ego okruzheniye: 200 let izucheniya. Moscow: GEOS, pp. 244–252. Derevianko A.P. 2017. Three Global Human Migrations in Eurasia. Vol. 2: The original peopling of Northern, Central and Western Central Asia. Novosibirsk: Izd. IAET SO RAN Derevianko A.P., Molodin V.I., Zenin V.N., Leshchinskiy S.V., Mashchenko E.N. 2003 Pozdnepaleoliticheskoye mestonahozhdeniye Shestakovo.Novosibirsk: Izd. IAET SO RAN. Kuzmin Y.V. 2000. Geoarchaeology of the Lower, Middle, and Early Upper Palaeolithic of Siberia: A review of current evidence. The Review of Archaeology, vol. 21 (1): 32–40. Leshchinskiy S.V., Maschenko E.N., Ponomareva E.A., Orlova L.A., Burkanova E.M., Konovalova V.A., T eterina I.I., Gevlya K.M. 2006. Multidisciplinary paleontological and stratigraphic studies at Lugovskoe (2002–2004). Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, vol. 25 (1): 54–69. Makarov S.S., Rezvy A.S. 2009. 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Zenin V.N., Leshchinskiy S.V., Zolotarev K.V., Grootes P.M., Nadeau M.-J. 2006. Lugovskoe: Geoarchaeology and culture of a Paleolithic site. Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, vol. 25 (1): 41–53. Zolnikov I.D., Anoikin A.A., Makarov S.S., Postnov A.V., Rezvy A.S., Glushkova N.V., Bychkov D.A., Tupakhin D.S., Vybornov A.V. 2020. O vozmozhnykh putyakh migratsii cheloveka na territoriyu Nizhnego Priobya v kamennom veke. Stratum Plus, No. 1: 137–146. Zolnikov I.D., Guskov S.A., Martysevich U.V. 2004. O veroyatnosti formirovaniya chasti chetvertichnykh paleovrezov na severe Sibiri termoerozionnymi protsessami. Kriosfera Zemli, vol. VIII, No. 3: 3–10. Zolnikov I.D., Postnov A.V., Anoikin A.A., Rezvy A.S., Makarov S.S., Vybornov A.V. 2019. O geologo-geomorfologicheskikh i paleontologicheskikh poiskovykh priznakakh, opredelyayushchikh perspektivnost obnaruzheniya pamyatnikov paleolita v Nizhnem Priobye. In Problemy arkheologii, etnografii, antropologii Sibiri i sopredelnykh territoriy, vol. XXV. Novosibirsk: Izd. IAET SO RAN, pp. 116–122. Zolnikov I.D., Vybornov A.V., Kartoziya A.A., Postnov A.V., Rybalko A.G. 2018. Relyef i stroeniye chetvertichnykh otlozheniy nizhnei Obi v svyazi s perspektivami poiska paleoliticheskikh obyektov. In Arkheologia Arktiki, iss. 5. Salekhard: Nauch. tsentr izucheniya Arktiki, pp. 30–38. https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1155 doi:10.17746/1563-0110.2021.49.1.009-020 |
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ftjarchaeology:oai:oai.nsc.elpub.ru:article/1155 2024-09-15T17:52:04+00:00 New Evidence of the Late Neopleistocene Peopling of the Lower Ob Valley I. D. Zolnikov A. A. Anoikin E. A. Filatov A. V. Vybornov A. V. Vasiliev A. V. Postnov L. V. Zotkina This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, Project No. 19-78-20002. 2021-04-15 application/pdf https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1155 https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2021.49.1.009-020 eng eng IAET SB RAS https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1155/759 Abramova Z.A., Matyushchenko V.I. 1973 Novye dannye o Tomskoi paleoliticheskoi stoyanke. In Iz istorii Sibiri, iss. 5. Tomsk: Tomsk. Gos. Univ., pp. 16–23. Astakhov V.I., Arslanov K.A., Maksimov F.E., Kuznetsov V.Y., Razina V.V., Nazarov D.V. 2005. Vozrast mezhlednikovogo torfyanika na Nizhnei Obi. Doklady RAN, vol. 401, No. 1: 95–99. Astakhov V.I., Nazarov D.V. 2010. Stratigrafiya verkhnego neopleistotsena severa Zapadnoi Sibiri i ee geokhronometricheskoye obosnovaniye. Regionalnaya geologiya i metallogeniya, No. 43: 36–47. Besprozvanny E.M., Kosintsev P.A., Pogodin A.A. 2014. Sever Zapadnoi Sibiri. In Pervonachalnoye zaseleniye Arktiki chelovekom v usloviyakh menayushcheisya prirodnoi sredy: Atlas-monografiya, V.M. Kotlyakov, A.A. Velichko,S.A. Vasiliev (eds.). Moscow: GEOS, pp. 168–181. Borodin A.V., Kosintsev P.A. 2001. Mlekopitayushchiye pleistotsena severa Zapadnoi Sibiri. In Mamont i ego okruzheniye: 200 let izucheniya. Moscow: GEOS, pp. 244–252. Derevianko A.P. 2017. Three Global Human Migrations in Eurasia. Vol. 2: The original peopling of Northern, Central and Western Central Asia. Novosibirsk: Izd. IAET SO RAN Derevianko A.P., Molodin V.I., Zenin V.N., Leshchinskiy S.V., Mashchenko E.N. 2003 Pozdnepaleoliticheskoye mestonahozhdeniye Shestakovo.Novosibirsk: Izd. IAET SO RAN. Kuzmin Y.V. 2000. Geoarchaeology of the Lower, Middle, and Early Upper Palaeolithic of Siberia: A review of current evidence. The Review of Archaeology, vol. 21 (1): 32–40. Leshchinskiy S.V., Maschenko E.N., Ponomareva E.A., Orlova L.A., Burkanova E.M., Konovalova V.A., T eterina I.I., Gevlya K.M. 2006. Multidisciplinary paleontological and stratigraphic studies at Lugovskoe (2002–2004). Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, vol. 25 (1): 54–69. Makarov S.S., Rezvy A.S. 2009. Osvoeniye territorii tsentra Zapadnoi Sibiri v pozdnem pleistotsene (po materialam stoanki Lugovskoye). Ufimsky arkheologichesky vestnik, iss. 9: 22–27. Makarov S.S., Rezvy A.S., Gorelik V.I. 2018. Mestonahozhdeniye Komudvany – novyi paleontologo- arkheologicheskiy pamyatnik Zapadno-Sibirskoi ravniny. In Evolyutsiya zhizni na Zemle: Materialy V Mezhdunar. symp. Tomsk: Izd. Tomsk. Gos. Univ., pp. 215–217. Mochanov Y.A. 1992. Drevneishiy paleolit Diringa i problema vnetropicheskoi prarodiny chelovechestva. Novosibirsk: Nauka. Pavlov P.Y. 2015. O pervonachalnom zaselenii severa Urala. Uralsky istorichesky vestnik, No. 2: 50–60. Pitulko V.V. 2012. Drevneisheye iskusstvo Arktiki (obyemnye izdeliya iz Yanskoi stoyanki). In Arkheologiya Arktiki: Materialy Mezhdunar. nauch.-prakt. konf., posvyashch. 80-letiyu otkrytiya pamyatnika arkheologii “Drevneye svyatilishche Ust-Polui”. Ekaterinburg: Delovaya pressa, pp. 153–160. Pitulko V.V. 2016. Svidetelstva rannego rasseleniya cheloveka v Arkticheskoi oblasti Evrazii: Novye nakhodki i perspektivy issledovaniy. In Arkheologiya Arktiki, iss. 3. Kaliningrad: ROST-DOAFK, pp. 91–116. Pitulko V.V., Basilyan A.E., Pavlova E.Y. 2011. Rezultaty izucheniya Berelyokhskogo geoarkheo- logicheskogo kompleksa obyektov v 2009 godu. In Problemy paleogeografii i stratigrafii pleistotsena: Materialy Vseros. nauch. konf. “Markovskiye chteniya 2010 goda”, iss. 3. Moscow: Izd. Mosk. Gos. Univ., pp. 437–453. Pitulko V.V., Pavlova E.Y. 2010. Geoarkheologiya i radiouglerodnaya khronologiya kamennogo veka Severo-Vostochnoi Azii. St. Petersburg: Nauka. Pitulko V.V., Tikhonov A.N., Pavlova E.Y., Nikolskiy P.A., Kuper K.E., Polozov R.N. 2016. Early human presence in the Arctic: Evidence from 45,000-year-old mammoth remains. Science, vol. 351: 260–263. Ranov V.A., Tseitlin S.M. 1991. Paleoliticheskaya stoyanka Diring glazami geologa i arkheologa. Bulleten Komissii po izucheniyu chetvertichnogo perioda, No. 60: 79–88. Velichko A.A., Vasiliev S.A., Gribchenko Y.N., Kurenkova E.I. 2014. Etapy pervichnogo osvoeniya chelovekom Arktiki i Subarktiki. In Pervonachalnoye zaseleniye Arktiki chelovekom v usloviyakh menayushcheisya prirodnoi sredy: Atlas-monografia, V.M. Kotlyakov, A.A. Velichko, S.A. Vasiliev (eds.). Moscow: GEOS, pp. 422–446. Volkov P.V., Vasiliev S.K. 2017. Nakhodki ostatkov megafauny so sledami vozdeistviya paleoliticheskogo cheloveka na yugo-vostoke Zapadno-Sibirskoi ravniny. Vestnik Novosibirskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Ser.: Istoriya, filologiya, vol. 16. No. 7: Arkheologiya i etnografiya: 66–73. Zenin V.N., Leshchinskiy S.V. 2017. Noveishiye issledovaniya pozdnepaleoliticheskogo mestonakhozhdeniya Volchya griva (Zapadnaya Sibir). In V (XXI) Vserossiyskiy arkheologicheskiy syezd: Sbornik nauch. tr. Barnaul: Izd. Altai. Gos. Univ., pp. 416–417. Zenin V.N., Leshchinskiy S.V., Zolotarev K.V., Grootes P.M., Nadeau M.-J. 2006. Lugovskoe: Geoarchaeology and culture of a Paleolithic site. Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, vol. 25 (1): 41–53. Zolnikov I.D., Anoikin A.A., Makarov S.S., Postnov A.V., Rezvy A.S., Glushkova N.V., Bychkov D.A., Tupakhin D.S., Vybornov A.V. 2020. O vozmozhnykh putyakh migratsii cheloveka na territoriyu Nizhnego Priobya v kamennom veke. Stratum Plus, No. 1: 137–146. Zolnikov I.D., Guskov S.A., Martysevich U.V. 2004. O veroyatnosti formirovaniya chasti chetvertichnykh paleovrezov na severe Sibiri termoerozionnymi protsessami. Kriosfera Zemli, vol. VIII, No. 3: 3–10. Zolnikov I.D., Postnov A.V., Anoikin A.A., Rezvy A.S., Makarov S.S., Vybornov A.V. 2019. O geologo-geomorfologicheskikh i paleontologicheskikh poiskovykh priznakakh, opredelyayushchikh perspektivnost obnaruzheniya pamyatnikov paleolita v Nizhnem Priobye. In Problemy arkheologii, etnografii, antropologii Sibiri i sopredelnykh territoriy, vol. XXV. Novosibirsk: Izd. IAET SO RAN, pp. 116–122. Zolnikov I.D., Vybornov A.V., Kartoziya A.A., Postnov A.V., Rybalko A.G. 2018. Relyef i stroeniye chetvertichnykh otlozheniy nizhnei Obi v svyazi s perspektivami poiska paleoliticheskikh obyektov. In Arkheologia Arktiki, iss. 5. Salekhard: Nauch. tsentr izucheniya Arktiki, pp. 30–38. https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1155 doi:10.17746/1563-0110.2021.49.1.009-020 Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia; Vol 49, No 1 (2021); 9-20 Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии; Vol 49, No 1 (2021); 9-20 1563-0110 traceology Late Neopleistocene Paleolithic paleontology paleogeography info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftjarchaeology https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2021.49.1.009-020 2024-07-11T03:04:13Z This study focuses on the early human occupation of the arctic part of the West Siberian Plain and introduces the finds at the Paleolithic site Kushevat (Shuryshkarsky District, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), discovered in 2020. Geological and geomorphological characteristics of the Lower Ob region are provided, the chronology of the key Middle and Late Neopleistocene sequences is assessed, and criteria underlying the search for Paleolithic sites in the area are outlined. We describe the discovery and excavations at Kushevat, its stratigraphy and its faunal remains. On the basis of correlation with neighboring key Late Neopleistocene sections with a representative series of absolute dates, the age of the site is estimated at cal 50–35 ka BP. Results of a traceological study of a possibly human-modified reindeer antler are provided. Findings at Kushevat and the available information on the early peopling of northern Eurasia suggest that the boundary of the inhabited part of that region must be shifted ~200 km to the north. The Ob, therefore, is one of the last major Siberian rivers where traces of the Early Upper Paleolithic culture have been found. The discovery of a stratified site in its lower stretch is a milestone in the Paleolithic studies in the region. A large area over which faunal remains are distributed, and the presence of lithics among the surface finds, suggest that Kushevat is a highly prospective site for future archaeological studies of the early stages in the human peopling of the region. 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