Vegetation dynamics around Lake Baikal since the middle Holocene reconstructed from the pollen and botanical composition analyses of peat sediments: Implications for paleoclimatic and archeological research

Безрукова, Е. В.; Hildebrandt, Steffi; Letunova, P. P.; Ivanov, E. V.; Орлова, Л. А.; Müller, Stefanie; Tarasov, Pavel E.

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.10.043

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“…This conclusion accords with the interpretations based on middle to late Holocene pollen records from neighboring steppe and forest-steppe regions of Siberia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia (e.g. Schlütz et al, 2008;Rudaya et al, 2009;Bezrukova et al, 2013;Mackay et al, 2013).…”

Section: Pollen Data Regional Vegetation and Human Impactsupporting

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Tracing the North Atlantic decadal-scale climate variability in a late Holocene pollen record from southern Siberia

Hildebrandt¹,

Müller²,

Калугин

et al. 2015

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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Tracing the North Atlantic decadal-scale climate variability in a late Holocene pollen record from southern Siberia

Hildebrandt¹,

Müller²,

Калугин

et al. 2015

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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“…The BHAP research strategy successfully introduced in the Lake Baikal Region strongly relies on the individual life history approach and multi-proxy environmental and climatic reconstructions for better understanding Neolithic and Bronze Age hunter-gatherer life ways (see Bezrukova et al, 2013; Weber et al, 2013 and references therein). However, compatible (both bioarchaeological and palaeoenvironmental) datasets are still to be generated for the Hokkaido Region in order to revisit its past from this new evolutionary perspective.…”

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Palaeobotanical records from Rebun Island and their potential for improving the chronological control and understanding human–environment interactions in the Hokkaido Region, Japan

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Rebun Island with Hamanaka and Funadomari among the 43 documented archaeological sites and the environmental archive stored in the Lake Kushu sediment proves to be one of the key areas to study the interplay between ecology, climate and human activities. This paper focuses on the potential of palaeobotanical records from Rebun Island for improving the chronological control and understanding of late Quaternary climate changes and habitation environments of northern hunter-gatherers in the Hokkaido Region of Japan. A set of 57 radiocarbon dates of the RK12 core (Lake Kushu) demonstrates that it represents a continuous environmental archive covering the last c. 17,000 years. The RK12 pollen record reflects distinct vegetation changes associated with the onset of the lateglacial warming about 15,000 cal. yr BP and the cold climate reversal after c. 13,000 cal. yr BP. The onset of the current Holocene interglacial after c. 11,700 cal. yr BP is marked by a major spread of trees. The middle Holocene ( c. 8000–4000 cal. yr BP) is characterized by a major spread of deciduous oak in the vegetation cover reflecting a temperature increase. A decline of oak and spread of fir and pine is recorded at c. 2000 cal. yr BP. After c. 1100 cal. yr BP, arboreal pollen percentages decrease, possibly linked to intensified usage of wood during the Okhotsk and Ainu culture periods. The results of diatom analysis suggest marshy or deltaic environments at the RK12 coring site prior to c. 10,500 cal. yr BP and a brackish lagoon between c. 10,500 and 7000 cal. yr BP. A freshwater lake developed after 6500 cal. yr BP, likely reflecting sea level stabilization and formation of the sand bar separating the Kushu depression from the sea. Plant macrofossil analysis shows use of various wild plants and also domesticated barley during the Okhotsk and Ainu periods.

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“…The LN burials fall within a relatively cool period, whereas the EBA component falls within a warmer and drier period, between ca. 4000 and 3000 cal BP (Bezrukova et al, 2013(Bezrukova et al, , 2014Mayewski et al, 2004). Thus, a more open landscape and a greater abundance of game during the EBA may have prevailed, allowing for an increased emphasis on higher-ranked terrestrial resources, such as roe and red deer (cf.…”

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Integrated stable isotopic and radiocarbon analyses of Neolithic and bronze age hunter-gatherers from the Little Sea and Upper Lena micro- regions, Cis-Baikal, Siberia

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Hommel

et al. 2020

Journal of Archaeological Science

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The Lake Baikal region of southern Siberia has a rich mortuary record with good skeletal preservation that has provided the most comprehensive isotopic database for palaeodietary studies of north-temperate hunter-gatherers in the world. Building on previous work, this study contributes new δ C, δ N, and AMS radiocarbon dating results from the cemeteries of Verkholensk (n = 44) in the Upper Lena River micro-region and Ulan-Khada (n = 19) in the Little Sea micro-region. Our results reveal several previously unrecognized patterns. Early Bronze Age (EBA, 4600-3700 cal BP) individuals at Verkholensk exhibit lower δ 15 N values than in the Late Neolithic (LN, 5570-4600 cal BP), suggesting a shift to a more terrestrial diet in the later period. In addition, EBA individuals at Verkholensk differ in both δ 13 C and δ 15 N from those at the nearby site of Obkhoi, suggesting territorial divisions at a surprisingly small scale, though there is a diachronic component that also needs to be considered. The comparison highlights the need for additional work on freshwater reservoir corrections for the Upper Lena. The Ulan-Khada EBA results are consistent with the dietary patterns previously identified for the Little Sea micro-region, with a division into distinct 'Game-Fish' and 'Game-Fish-Seal' diets. A new finding is that EBA females with Game-Fish-Seal diets for the whole of the Little Sea sample display significantly lower mean δ 13 C values than their male counterparts.A small number of outliers in δ 13 C and/or δ 15 N were identified at both Verkholensk and Ulan-Khada that may support previous suggestions of migration between the Upper Lena and Little Sea micro-regions. Exploratory use of δ 18 O isotopes in bone collagen offers a novel line of support for this scenario, but further research is needed.

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Vegetation dynamics around Lake Baikal since the middle Holocene reconstructed from the pollen and botanical composition analyses of peat sediments: Implications for paleoclimatic and archeological research

Cited by 27 publications

References 37 publications

Tracing the North Atlantic decadal-scale climate variability in a late Holocene pollen record from southern Siberia

Tracing the North Atlantic decadal-scale climate variability in a late Holocene pollen record from southern Siberia

Palaeobotanical records from Rebun Island and their potential for improving the chronological control and understanding human–environment interactions in the Hokkaido Region, Japan

Integrated stable isotopic and radiocarbon analyses of Neolithic and bronze age hunter-gatherers from the Little Sea and Upper Lena micro- regions, Cis-Baikal, Siberia

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