Northern Asia

Andreev, Andrey A.; Tarasov, Pavel E.

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“…According to Andreev et al (2011) and Andreev and Tarasov (2013) the Late Glacial/Preboreal transition near the Laptev Sea coast that occurred at about 11.5 cal ka BP, was characterized by a significant increase in birch, shrub alder, and willow pollen and the interval from ca. 10.5 to ca.…”

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Multiproxy diet analysis of the last meal of an early Holocene Yakutian bison

Geel

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et al. 2014

J Quaternary Science

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General rightsThis document is made available in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite only the published version using the reference above. Full terms of use are available: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/pure/about/ebr-terms AbstractPollen, botanical macrofossils, chemical components and ancient DNA were studied in samples from the rumen of a frozen Yakutian bison (Bison priscus) that lived ca. 10,500 calendar years before present. The dialkyl glycerol ether lipid archaeol (2,3-di-O-phytanyl-sn-glycerol) was detected and is interpreted to have been derived from methanogenic Archaea in the rumen. This is the oldest reported occurrence of archaeol attributed to digestive tract Archaea. Remains of shrubs (Alnus, Betula, Salix) and Poaceae indicate that the animal probably lived in a landscape of predominantly dry soils, intermixed with wetlands containing herbaceous plant species as indicated by remains of Comarum palustre, Caltha palustris, Eriophorum, Sparganium, Menyanthes trifoliata and Utricularia. All recorded taxa still occur in the present day Yakutian tundra vegetation. We discuss the representativeness in space and time of the methods used. Both the botanical microfossil and macrofossil records may be biased because of differences in pollen production and dispersal between species, the food choice of the bison, and the season of death of the animal. Similarities and differences are discussed to highlight pitfalls of the individual analytical techniques. We highlight the power of data integration.

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Multiproxy diet analysis of the last meal of an early Holocene Yakutian bison

Geel

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“…The paleoenvironmental records representing the Eurasian temperate steppe zone (Andreev and Tarasov, 2013; Tarasov et al, 2012) demonstrate spatially and temporally different climate histories, indicating that the eastern Central Asian grasslands were noticeably wetter than at present between 8000 and 3000 BC in response to the early Holocene strengthening of the summer monsoon circulation (Harrison et al, 1996). The re-establishment of a steppe-vegetation-dominant ecosystem was associated with a decrease in atmospheric precipitation after 3000 BC caused by a weakening of the summer monsoon.…”

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The spread of agriculture into northern Central Asia: Timing, pathways, and environmental feedbacks

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Over the past decade, researchers have directed greater focus toward understanding Bronze (3200–800 BC) and Iron Age (800 BC–AD 400) economies of Central Asia. In this article, we synthesize paleobotanical data from across this broad region and discuss the piecemeal archaeological evidence for agriculture in relation to environmental records of vegetation and climate change. The synthesis shows that agricultural products were present in northern Central Asia by the mid-3rd millennium BC; however, solid evidence for their spread even further north into the Altai Mountains and southern Siberia only comes from the late 2nd and early 1st millennia BC. The earliest crops introduced into Central Asia likely came as a mixed package of free-threshing wheat, naked barley, and broomcorn millet, an assemblage pioneered further south along the northern foothills of the Central Asian mountains. Further east, in Mongolia, and debatably to the west of Central Asia, in the steppe of northern Kazakhstan and the southern Ural region of Russia, the earliest evidence of agriculture (with a similar mixed assemblage) is considerably later, roughly late 1st millennium BC. The lack of clear-cut early evidence for agricultural goods either east or west of the Central Asian mountain belt suggests that agriculture spread northward along these mountains, based on an agropastoral system pioneered millennia earlier at higher elevations of lower latitudes. Additionally, moister regional environmental conditions in the northern mountains after 3000 cal. BC may have increased the favorability of adopting an agricultural component in the economy.

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“…The frequency of spores of coprophilous fungi in the intestinal sample from the horse does not show more than the presence of feces in the area where the horse lived. For climatic conditions as derived from the fossil record in northern Siberia, we refer to Giterman et al (1982), Andreev et al (2011), and to Andreev and Tarasov (2013).…”

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“…Considering the potential bias in the pollen record and the availability of only one horse meal we cannot make firm conclusions about climatic conditions. For climatic conditions as derived from the fossil record in northern Siberia we refer to Andreev et al (2011) and to Andreev and Tarasov (2013).…”

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Multiproxy study of the last meal of a mid-Holocene Oyogos Yar horse, Sakha Republic, Russia

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Russian Academy of Sciences, 8th of March Str. 202, Ekaterinburg, 620144, RussiaThe last meal of a horse that lived in northern Yakutia ca 5400 years ago was studied using pollen, spores, botanical macroremains, lipid composition and ancient DNA in order to reconstruct its components. Pollen of Poaceae was superabundant, but this may be due to overArepresentation as a consequence of grazed inflorescenses of

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Multiproxy diet analysis of the last meal of an early Holocene Yakutian bison

Multiproxy diet analysis of the last meal of an early Holocene Yakutian bison

The spread of agriculture into northern Central Asia: Timing, pathways, and environmental feedbacks

Multiproxy study of the last meal of a mid-Holocene Oyogos Yar horse, Sakha Republic, Russia

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