Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Paleoclimatic Boundaries and Human Settlement of the East Siberian Arctic

This article examines archaeological records relating to the East Siberian Arctic in the Stone Age. It spans approximately 50,000 years, from the early stage of MIS 3 to the Early Holocene. Human settlement of the region can be divided into three main stages: early (~50,000–29,000 BP, MIS 3), middle...

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Main Author: V. V. Pitulko
Other Authors: The author is grateful to the Russian Science Foundation for supporting this research through Projects No. 16-18-10265 (2016–2018), 16-18-10265P (2019–2020), and 21-18-00457 (since 2021 until now).
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: IAET SB RAS 2023
Subjects:
complex technologies
Upper Paleolithic
human settlement of the Arctic
environment and climate change
Antarctic and Alpine Research
Arctic
Climate change
Siberia
Online Access:https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1748
https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2023.51.3.116-123
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human settlement of the Arctic
environment and climate change
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human settlement of the Arctic
environment and climate change
V. V. Pitulko
Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Paleoclimatic Boundaries and Human Settlement of the East Siberian Arctic
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human settlement of the Arctic
environment and climate change
description This article examines archaeological records relating to the East Siberian Arctic in the Stone Age. It spans approximately 50,000 years, from the early stage of MIS 3 to the Early Holocene. Human settlement of the region can be divided into three main stages: early (~50,000–29,000 BP, MIS 3), middle (~29,000–11,700 BP, MIS 2), and late (11,700–8000 BP). The peopling of Arctic Eurasia and the cultural evolution in that part of the world were driven both by abiotic and biotic factors, as evidenced by the correspondance between archaeologically detectable changes and key paleoclimatic events. Early human settlement of that region is associated with a population marked by West Eurasian genetic ancestry, whose cultural elements are typical for Southern Siberia. The early settlers were replaced by people displaying East Asian ancestry, migrating northwards under the impact of climatic changes. It is concluded that the successful peopling of the Arctic was facilitated by the adoption of critically important innovations such as sewing with eyed bone needles, and manufacture of long shafts and pointed implements made of mammoth tusks. Lithic industries marking various stages are described. That of the early stage is characterized by fl ake technology; in the middle stage, wedge-shaped core technology appeared; and the principal feature of the late stage is microprismatic technology, indicating total population replacement. The onset of the Holocene coincides with a key innovation—land transportation by dogsled, resulting in much higher mobility.
author2 The author is grateful to the Russian Science Foundation for supporting this research through Projects No. 16-18-10265 (2016–2018), 16-18-10265P (2019–2020), and 21-18-00457 (since 2021 until now).
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title Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Paleoclimatic Boundaries and Human Settlement of the East Siberian Arctic
title_short Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Paleoclimatic Boundaries and Human Settlement of the East Siberian Arctic
title_full Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Paleoclimatic Boundaries and Human Settlement of the East Siberian Arctic
title_fullStr Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Paleoclimatic Boundaries and Human Settlement of the East Siberian Arctic
title_full_unstemmed Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Paleoclimatic Boundaries and Human Settlement of the East Siberian Arctic
title_sort late pleistocene to early holocene paleoclimatic boundaries and human settlement of the east siberian arctic
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url https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1748
https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2023.51.3.116-123
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op_source Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia; Vol 51, No 3 (2023); 116-123
Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии; Vol 51, No 3 (2023); 116-123
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spelling ftjarchaeology:oai:oai.nsc.elpub.ru:article/1748 2023-10-29T02:32:37+01:00 Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Paleoclimatic Boundaries and Human Settlement of the East Siberian Arctic V. V. Pitulko The author is grateful to the Russian Science Foundation for supporting this research through Projects No. 16-18-10265 (2016–2018), 16-18-10265P (2019–2020), and 21-18-00457 (since 2021 until now). 2023-10-01 application/pdf https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1748 https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2023.51.3.116-123 eng eng IAET SB RAS https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1748/940 Barr I.D., Clark C.D. 2012 Late Quaternary glaciations in Far NE Russia; combining moraines, topography and chronology to assess regional and global glaciation Synchrony. Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 53: 72–87. 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Quaternary Research, vol. 70: 51–59. https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1748 doi:10.17746/1563-0110.2023.51.3.116-123 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 51, No 3 (2023); 116-123 Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии; Vol 51, No 3 (2023); 116-123 1563-0110 complex technologies Upper Paleolithic human settlement of the Arctic environment and climate change info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2023 ftjarchaeology https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2023.51.3.116-12310.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12395-4 2023-10-03T17:03:07Z This article examines archaeological records relating to the East Siberian Arctic in the Stone Age. It spans approximately 50,000 years, from the early stage of MIS 3 to the Early Holocene. Human settlement of the region can be divided into three main stages: early (~50,000–29,000 BP, MIS 3), middle (~29,000–11,700 BP, MIS 2), and late (11,700–8000 BP). The peopling of Arctic Eurasia and the cultural evolution in that part of the world were driven both by abiotic and biotic factors, as evidenced by the correspondance between archaeologically detectable changes and key paleoclimatic events. Early human settlement of that region is associated with a population marked by West Eurasian genetic ancestry, whose cultural elements are typical for Southern Siberia. The early settlers were replaced by people displaying East Asian ancestry, migrating northwards under the impact of climatic changes. It is concluded that the successful peopling of the Arctic was facilitated by the adoption of critically important innovations such as sewing with eyed bone needles, and manufacture of long shafts and pointed implements made of mammoth tusks. Lithic industries marking various stages are described. That of the early stage is characterized by fl ake technology; in the middle stage, wedge-shaped core technology appeared; and the principal feature of the late stage is microprismatic technology, indicating total population replacement. The onset of the Holocene coincides with a key innovation—land transportation by dogsled, resulting in much higher mobility. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarctic and Alpine Research Arctic Arctic Climate change Siberia Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia (E-Journal)

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