‘They came from the ends of the earth’: long-distance exchange of obsidian in the High Arctic during the Early Holocene

Pitulko, Vladimir V.; Kuzmin, Yaroslav V.; Glascock, Michael D.; Pavlova, Elena Y.; Grebennikov, A. V.

doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.2

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“…This model raises additional questions about the modes of transport of the mass of organic material from the killing and processing sites to places of storage and garbage. Such a task would be unthinkable without the use of facilities made of wood (viz., slides or sledges) This view is actually supported by recent ethnological evidence from the Arctic where sledges are used for transport year‐round (Sázelová, Svoboda, Kosintsev, & Novák, ), Figure , and the same area provided the earliest (Mesolithic) evidence of preserved parts of wooden sledges (Pitulko, Kuzmin, Glascock, Pavlova, & Grebennikov, ), Figure .…”

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Pleistocene landslides and mammoth bone deposits: The case of Dolní Věstonice II, Czech Republic

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Krejčí

et al. 2019

Geoarchaeology

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The formation of extensive mammoth bone deposits is a characteristic feature of the large Upper Paleolithic settlements of the Moravian Gravettian (approximately 30 ky cal BP). Some of these were preferentially deposited in moist locations, possibly for reasons of hygiene and conservation. Here, we present a case of a mammoth bone deposit located in a side gully below the Dolní Věstonice II settlement, where an earlier a Pleistocene landslide temporarily created a shallow water basin. The environmental record is provided by analyses of pollen and mollusks. The structure of the osteological and archaeological assemblages suggests the use of this location as a place for storage, garbage disposal, and related activities. We suggest that the mammoth remains were transported to such places by humans either directly from nearby kill sites, or, after first selection, from the nearby settlement. We also discuss possible facilities for such transport. K E Y W O R D SCzech Republic, Dolní Věstonice, Gravettian, landslide, mammoth bone deposit

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confidence: 72%

Pleistocene landslides and mammoth bone deposits: The case of Dolní Věstonice II, Czech Republic

Svoboda

Krejčí

et al. 2019

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“…Hunter-gatherers were very mobile (e.g. Pitulko et al 2019 ), and the intensive network of waterways connecting Lake Onega across a huge geographical area in all directions offered easy routes for people to move, build contacts and mix genes with each other.…”

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Let’s groove: attachment techniques of Eurasian elk (Alces alces) tooth pendants at the Late Mesolithic cemetery Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov (Lake Onega, Russia)

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Rainio

Girya

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Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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More than 4300 Eurasian elk (Alces alces) incisors, most of them pendants, were found in 84 burials in the Late Mesolithic cemetery of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov, Northwest Russia. We analysed the manufacture techniques of elk teeth (4014), in the collection of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, St Petersburg. A striking observation is that the manufacture of these pendants is similar in all burials. Teeth were worked by carving one or several grooves around the root tip. In addition to grooved ones, a number of teeth were not worked at all. The uniformity of the chosen species, tooth and techniques indicates that strict norms prevailed in the pendant industry. Despite the overall similarity, our study shows some variation in making pendants. A groove can cut the whole circumference of the root, or several distinct grooves can mark opposite sides of the root. Sometimes the grooves are deep and made carefully, and sometimes they are weak and made hastily. A typology of various groove types was created. In many graves, one groove type dominates. We interpret that this inter-burial variation and domination of one type resulted from personal choice and taste based on practicality. Such variation could also be associated with kin identifiers, but we did not find clear support for that in our study. Our study indicates that the groove types as such had no connection with particular ornaments, garments or hanging positions.

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“…Красное, расположенного в юго-восточной части Чукотки на расстоянии две тысячи километров пути. По заключению авторов исследования древние обитатели поселения могли преодолевать большие дистанции с помощью ездовых собак, чьи останки были найдены на острове (Pitulko et. al., 2019).…”

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The Ancient Cultures of the Extreme Northeast Asia and Ethnogenetic Reconstructions

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Fedorchenko²,

Lebedint︠s︡ev³

et al. 2019

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В статье рассматриваются особенности развития древних археологических культур крайнего Северо-Востока Азии в контексте реконструкции этногенетических процессов в позднем плейстоцене и голоцене. На основе исследований предыдущих лет и недавних открытий предлагается комплексный взгляд на проблемы этнической идентификации древних культур, реконструкции направлений миграций и эпизодов этнического взаимодействия в регионе. Широкое распространение берингийской традиции верхнего палеолита могло быть связано с древней палеосибирской популяцией, которая в значительной степени стала предковой для многих групп населения крайнего Северо-Востока Азии и Северной Америки, в том числе для палеоэскимосов, неоэскимосов и чукотско-камчатской общности, а также повлияла на генофонд общего предка кетов и атапасков. Обнаруженный в погребении на оз. Ножий в Забайкалье гаплотип D2a'b митохондриального генома может указывать на носителей китойской традиции, как на популяцию, связанную с азиатскими предками палеоэскимосов. Выделено две крупных волны обратной миграции из Америки на крайний Северо-Восток Азии в эпоху голоцена. Миграция палеоэско-алеутских групп фиксируется, начиная с ~3 500 кал. л.н. и выражается в появлении палеоэскимосской традиции на Чукотке и токаревской культуры в Северном Приохотье. Начиная с ~2 100 кал. л.н. отмечается неоэскимосская экспансия на Чукотку, что проявилось в развитии неоэскимосских культур Берингоморья.

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‘They came from the ends of the earth’: long-distance exchange of obsidian in the High Arctic during the Early Holocene

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Cited by 36 publications

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Pleistocene landslides and mammoth bone deposits: The case of Dolní Věstonice II, Czech Republic

Pleistocene landslides and mammoth bone deposits: The case of Dolní Věstonice II, Czech Republic

Let’s groove: attachment techniques of Eurasian elk (Alces alces) tooth pendants at the Late Mesolithic cemetery Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov (Lake Onega, Russia)

The Ancient Cultures of the Extreme Northeast Asia and Ethnogenetic Reconstructions

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