Vegetation Patterns and Conservation Issues in Southern Crimea

Córdova, Carlos E.; Rybak, Alexander R.; Lehman, Paul H.

doi:10.1080/10889388.2001.10641176

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“…Compared with other herbivores of the site, the saiga diet included plants with a higher δ 13 C values than those expected in C 3 plants 42 . Buran-Kaya III is currently located in a premontane forest-steppe area without favourable conditions for C 4 plants development 43 . From an isotopic point of view, saigas of Buran-Kaya III are comparable with some of the most 13 C-enriched modern specimens of Kazahkstan, which are known to consume significant amounts of Chenopodiaceae 44 (Supplementary Data 5 , Supplementary Fig.…”

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Isotopic analyses suggest mammoth and plant in the diet of the oldest anatomically modern humans from far southeast Europe

Drucker

Naito

Péan

et al. 2017

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Relatively high 15N abundances in bone collagen of early anatomically modern humans in Europe have often been interpreted as a specific consumption of freshwater resources, even if mammoth is an alternative high 15N prey. At Buran-Kaya III, access to associated fauna in a secured archaeological context and application of recently developed isotopic analyses of individuals amino acids offer the opportunity to further examine this hypothesis. The site of Buran-Kaya III is located in south Crimea and has provided a rich archaeological sequence including two Upper Palaeolithic layers, from which human fossils were retrieved and directly dated as from 37.8 to 33.1 ka cal BP. Results from bulk collagen of three human remains suggests the consumption of a high 15N prey besides the contribution of saiga, red deer, horse and hare, whose butchered remains were present at the site. In contrast to bulk collagen, phenylalanine and glutamic acid 15N abundances reflect not only animal but also plant protein contributions to omnivorous diet, and allow disentangling aquatic from terrestrial resource consumption. The inferred human trophic position values point to terrestrial-based diet, meaning a significant contribution of mammoth meat, in addition to a clear intake of plant protein.

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Isotopic analyses suggest mammoth and plant in the diet of the oldest anatomically modern humans from far southeast Europe

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Naito

Péan

et al. 2017

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“…Figure 3 (A) Elevation and climatic limits of some arboreal formations (modified from Vyed', 1983). (B) Transect of vegetation across the Crimean Mountains (after Cordova et al, 2001b).…”

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Holocene environmental change in southwestern Crimea (Ukraine) in pollen and soil records

Córdova

Lehman

2005

The Holocene

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Pollen records and soil development sequences from the Heraklean Peninsula and the Chyornaya Valley provide information on climatic change and fluctuation of ecological boundaries (mesic forests, steppes and sub-Mediterranean shrublands) in southwestern Crimea during the Holocene. Forests of Quercus, Ulmus, Corylus and Carpinus existed in the Heraklean Peninsula between 12 ka and 11 ka. The subsequent reduction of arboreal pollen and the expansion of Artemisia and Knautia, in conjunction with chernozem soil development, indicate prevailing steppe conditions between 11 ka and 7.5 ka. An increase in arboreal pollen, dominated by sub-Mediterranean and Mediterranean taxa, and the development of brown cinnamonic (calfersic) soil suggest higher temperatures and summer drought between 7.5 ka and 5 ka. An increase in arboreal pollen and the development of a meadow cinnamonic soil suggest an increase in moisture between 5.4 ka and 4.6 ka. A subsequent decrease in AP and the development of calcic horizons in cinnamonic soils indicate that a dry phase occurred between 4.2 ka and 3.5 ka. Woodland expansion occurred again after 3.2 ka, only to be interrupted by the establishment of Greek farms in the fifth century BC. An increase in AP on or after the first century BC was the result of climatic amelioration in conjunction with farm abandonment prompted by political crisis and steppe warrior raids. Although Holocene pollen and soil records from the Ukrainian steppes present climate trends similar to the Heraklean Peninsula, differences in plant taxa and soil response to climatic changes exist due to their different position with respect to marine influences.

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Paleoethology as a tool for the development of archaeological models of land-use: the Crimean Middle Palaeolithic

Burke

Ebert

Cardille

et al. 2008

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Vegetation Patterns and Conservation Issues in Southern Crimea

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Isotopic analyses suggest mammoth and plant in the diet of the oldest anatomically modern humans from far southeast Europe

Isotopic analyses suggest mammoth and plant in the diet of the oldest anatomically modern humans from far southeast Europe

Holocene environmental change in southwestern Crimea (Ukraine) in pollen and soil records

Paleoethology as a tool for the development of archaeological models of land-use: the Crimean Middle Palaeolithic

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