Information Achievements of Prehistory in the Panorama of Archaeological Cultures in the Urals and Western Siberia
Our focus is the type of responses the population of the taiga zone of the Urals and Western Siberia gave to cognitive challenges, as well as dynamics and rhythms of information breakthroughs of the Stone-Early Iron Age. The existence of multi-directional migration corridors indicated formation of a...
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ftstpetersburgun:oai:dspace.spbu.ru:11701/32782 2023-05-15T18:30:26+02:00 Information Achievements of Prehistory in the Panorama of Archaeological Cultures in the Urals and Western Siberia Кorochkova, Olga N. 2021-06 https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2021.214 http://hdl.handle.net/11701/32782 en eng St Petersburg State University Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 66; Issue 2 Кorochkova O. N. Information Achievements of Prehistory in the Panorama of Archaeological Cultures in the Urals and Western Siberia. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2021, vol. 66, issue 2, рp. 549–566. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2021.214 http://hdl.handle.net/11701/32782 taiga Stone Age Bronze Age Iron Age information breakthroughs cognitive challenges symbolic activities fortifications metallurgical revolution reindeer herding revolution Article 2021 ftstpetersburgun https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2021.214 2021-08-23T23:58:28Z Our focus is the type of responses the population of the taiga zone of the Urals and Western Siberia gave to cognitive challenges, as well as dynamics and rhythms of information breakthroughs of the Stone-Early Iron Age. The existence of multi-directional migration corridors indicated formation of an extremely diverse anthropological, linguistic and cultural composition of the taiga pioneer population, thus creating natural communication barriers in the context of severe inter-group competition for resources. Against this background, in the Neolithic (7th–5th millenniums BC), a practice of building fortified settlements, hill-forts, and “sacrificial hills” became widespread — and that was not typical of hunters and fishermen. Erection of those complex and labor-consuming structures required mobilization of a significant number of people, as well as resources and expertise, and contributed to group consolidation in a new territory. It was that type of dramatic disruption that occurred at the turn of the 3rd and 2nd millenniums BC. Considerable changes in the way of life of the taiga population came as a direct result of the “metallurgical revolution”. The development of independent metallurgical centers in the Middle Urals traditional ideas about the inability of the population of the appropriating lifestyle to adopt transformative strategies. The northernmost regions became another watershed in the region. The turn of the Eras was marked by development in reindeer herding, which was accompanied by a series of discoveries in the fields of food production, transport development, communications, trade, and symbolic activities. Archaeological data directly indicate the formation of adequate responses and information breakthroughs to the cognitive challenges of the high latitudes of Eurasia, and explain the variety of forms of socio- ideological adaptations and evolutionary alternatives. The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project No. 18-09-40011 “Ural and Western Siberia in the archaeological retrospective: most important discoveries, rhythms, phenomena, and the paradoxes of development” и state assignment FEUZ-2020-0056. Article in Journal/Newspaper taiga Siberia Saint Petersburg State University: Research Repository (DSpace SPbU) Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History 66 2 549 566 |
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Our focus is the type of responses the population of the taiga zone of the Urals and Western Siberia gave to cognitive challenges, as well as dynamics and rhythms of information breakthroughs of the Stone-Early Iron Age. The existence of multi-directional migration corridors indicated formation of an extremely diverse anthropological, linguistic and cultural composition of the taiga pioneer population, thus creating natural communication barriers in the context of severe inter-group competition for resources. Against this background, in the Neolithic (7th–5th millenniums BC), a practice of building fortified settlements, hill-forts, and “sacrificial hills” became widespread — and that was not typical of hunters and fishermen. Erection of those complex and labor-consuming structures required mobilization of a significant number of people, as well as resources and expertise, and contributed to group consolidation in a new territory. It was that type of dramatic disruption that occurred at the turn of the 3rd and 2nd millenniums BC. Considerable changes in the way of life of the taiga population came as a direct result of the “metallurgical revolution”. The development of independent metallurgical centers in the Middle Urals traditional ideas about the inability of the population of the appropriating lifestyle to adopt transformative strategies. The northernmost regions became another watershed in the region. The turn of the Eras was marked by development in reindeer herding, which was accompanied by a series of discoveries in the fields of food production, transport development, communications, trade, and symbolic activities. Archaeological data directly indicate the formation of adequate responses and information breakthroughs to the cognitive challenges of the high latitudes of Eurasia, and explain the variety of forms of socio- ideological adaptations and evolutionary alternatives. The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project No. 18-09-40011 “Ural and Western Siberia in the archaeological retrospective: most important discoveries, rhythms, phenomena, and the paradoxes of development” и state assignment FEUZ-2020-0056. |
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Information Achievements of Prehistory in the Panorama of Archaeological Cultures in the Urals and Western Siberia |
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Information Achievements of Prehistory in the Panorama of Archaeological Cultures in the Urals and Western Siberia |
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Information Achievements of Prehistory in the Panorama of Archaeological Cultures in the Urals and Western Siberia |
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Information Achievements of Prehistory in the Panorama of Archaeological Cultures in the Urals and Western Siberia |
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Information Achievements of Prehistory in the Panorama of Archaeological Cultures in the Urals and Western Siberia |
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information achievements of prehistory in the panorama of archaeological cultures in the urals and western siberia |
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