Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
G. A. Leonova, A. E. Maltsev, Yu Preis, L. Miroshnichenko
Summary: The postdepositional diagenetic processes and behavior of biogenic and other elements in Holocene peatlands in Ubinskoe and Sherstobitovo bogs of the Baraba forest-steppe zone were studied. The peat contains various elements at relatively high concentrations, while microbial processes affect pH and Eh behavior. The bog waters exhibit unique chemistry and high concentrations of certain elements due to low pH, indicating rapid decomposition and oxidation of organic matter.
APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Anthropology
V. Molodin, M. S. Nesterova, L. S. Kobeleva
Summary: This article summarizes the findings of a spatially localized group of graves and ritual features at the Andronovo (Fedorovka) cemetery Tartas-1 in the Baraba forest-steppe, revealing the close ties between Andronovo migrants and the native population, as well as the consolidation of immigrant groups through traditional ritual practices.
ARCHAEOLOGY ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY OF EURASIA
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
V. N. Golosov, A. L. Collins, N. G. Dobrovolskaya, O. Bazhenova, Yu Ryzhov, A. Yu Sidorchuk
Summary: The study assessed the total soil loss from cultivated land in the Chernozems-Kastanozems belt of European Russia and Siberia, utilizing the soil profile truncation method. It found that topography and precipitation erosion index are critical factors determining soil loss rates, while ploughing duration does not significantly affect the proportion of eroded land.
Article
Archaeology
Vyacheslav I. Molodin, Lilia S. Kobeleva
Summary: The article summarizes the initial findings from a new Bronze Age site in Vengerovo District, providing important clues about the culture and population movements of that time. The site includes pillar pits and fire pits, where pottery fragments and animal bones were found. The discovery of different pottery traditions within the same settlement raises questions about the coexistence of different cultures or possible migration.
ROSSIISKAYA ARKHEOLOGIYA
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Vyacheslav L. Molodin, Liliya S. Kobeleva
Summary: A series of burial complexes dating back from the Neolithic era to the early-developed Bronze Age were discovered in the Tartas-1 area of the Baraba forest-steppe, revealing the presence of the previously unknown Baraba Neolithic culture. These burials span different periods, including the Neolithic and early Bronze Age, each with unique burial practices and accompanying artifacts.
TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sturt W. Manning
Summary: The historical relevance of the Thera volcanic eruption and its synchronizations with Aegean and East Mediterranean civilizations have been disputed. Recent research using Bayesian analysis and C-14 dating has provided a more precise date range for the eruption, around 1606-1589 BCE, which clarifies its cultural and historical context.
Article
History
Natalya S. Efremova
Summary: The article explores the burial rituals of archaeological cultures in the Baraba forest-steppe during the Bronze Age, revealing both common features and variations between different cultures, suggesting a shared worldview and evolving ritual practices. The presence of sacrificial offerings, human sacrifices, barriers, and cremation rites indicate the importance placed on the other world, while the evolving rites and artifacts reflect the development and transformation of funeral practices.
VESTNIK TOMSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA ISTORIYA-TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF HISTORY
(2021)
Article
Anthropology
Vyacheslav I. Molodin, Dmitry V. Selin, Lyudmila N. Mylnikova, Igor A. Durakov, Nataliya S. Efremova
Summary: The Tartas-1 site discovered in Western Siberia dates back to the transitional period between the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, yielding remains of frame-and-post structures, metallurgic furnaces, votive bronze objects, pottery fragments, and animal and human bones. The authors argue that this site represents the first known cultic complex in Western Siberia.
Article
Anthropology
A. P. Borodovsky
Summary: This study introduces a crested shaft-hole axe found in Novosibirsk Region, which suggests the local manufacturing of such axes in addition to their importation. These axes serve as markers for landscape zones and transportation routes in southwestern Siberia during the Bronze Age.
ARCHAEOLOGY ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY OF EURASIA
(2022)
Article
Anthropology
Z. V. Marchenko, M. S. Kishkurno, A. E. Grishin, S. Reinhold, F. V. Zhuravkov
Summary: A comparative analysis of skeletal and dental pathologies in individuals from Late Krotovo and Andronovo (Fedorovka) cemeteries in southwestern Siberia was conducted. The results showed differences in the occurrence of enamel hypoplasia and Harris lines between the Late Krotovo and Andronovo groups, potentially related to different stress levels in children and adolescents.
ARCHAEOLOGY ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY OF EURASIA
(2021)
Article
History
A. Poliakov, S. Svyatko
Summary: This passage discusses the first radiocarbon chronology of the Bronze Age and Scythian period in the Minusinsk Basins published in 2009, and the subsequent increase in radiocarbon definitions over the past decade. The most significant changes have affected the chronological frames of the Afanasyeva Culture.
VESTNIK SANKT-PETERBURGSKOGO UNIVERSITETA-ISTORIYA
(2021)
Article
Anthropology
Xiaotong Wu, Zhiyong Guo, Nu He, Shijie Zhao, Yanxin Li, Huimin Yu, Fang Huang, Xingxiang Zhang
Summary: The Longshan period in the late third-millennium BC was crucial for the formation of states in central China. During this period, long-distance networks expanded, sharing material culture and spreading cultural practices. This led to social and ideological developments that paved the way for the rise of states and cities on the Central Plain. The research conducted by the authors using multiple isotope analyses indicates significant long-distance migration among females during the Longshan period, suggesting exogamous marriage for political alliances.
Article
Anthropology
N. Benecke, S. K. Vasiliev, V. Molodin, L. N. Mylnikova, M. S. Nesterova, S. Reinhold
Summary: This study focuses on faunal remains from Vengerovo-2 in the Baraba forest-steppe, a Bronze Age site associated with the Krotovo culture. The sample, consisting of small fragments likely from butchering and kitchen waste, revealed a domesticated animal breeding system centered on sheep and goats. The analysis also found similarities between the faunal sample from Vengerovo-2 and contemporaneous Krotovo and Yelunino sites in terms of composition.
ARCHAEOLOGY ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY OF EURASIA
(2021)
Article
Anthropology
E. Balkov, Y. G. Karin, O. A. Pozdnyakova, P. G. Dyadkov, D. A. Goglev
Summary: This study presents the results of aerial photographic and magnetometric studies at the Aul-Koshkul-1 archaeological site, demonstrating the potential benefits of using aerial photography and magnetometry together to locate and study archaeological sites at a more advanced level.
ARCHAEOLOGY ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY OF EURASIA
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Anton E. Maltsev, Galina A. Leonova, Yuliya Preis, Leonid Miroshnichenko, Svetlana B. Zayakina, Alexey S. Shavekin
Summary: This study investigates the postdepositional diagenetic processes and behavior of biogenic and other elements in Holocene peatlands in Ubinskoe and Sherstobitovo bogs. The formation of goethite and hydrogoethite in upper peat layers is favored by the low pH of the water and an oxic environment in peat. Early diagenetic processes lead to precipitation of authigenic minerals such as pyrite, siderite, calcite, and kaolinite. The presence of iron-oxidizing bacteria and phosphate-mobilizing bacteria in the peat profiles indicates their role in the oxidation of iron and mobilization of phosphorus.
GEOSFERNYE ISSLEDOVANIYA-GEOSPHERE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Yaroslav Kuzmin, Natalia D. Burova, Elya P. Zazovskaya, Nataliya E. Zaretskaya, Arkady B. Savinetsky, Bulat F. Khasanov
Summary: This article provides an overview of the origins and early years of radiocarbon dating in Russia. It briefly describes the achievements of several major scholars in this field from Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Moscow, and Novosibirsk. The existing and closed Russian laboratories are also mentioned.
Review
Anthropology
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin, Vyacheslav S. Slavinsky, Aleksander A. Tsybankov, Susan G. Keates
Summary: This paper reviews significant issues related to the fossil hominins from the Altai Mountains of Siberia (Russia), focusing on Denisovans, Neanderthals, and early modern humans. The authors question the uncritical acceptance of recovered information leading to unreliable chronologies of artifact assemblages and fossils, and examine the disturbance and redeposition evidence found in the chronostratigraphic contexts of the sites. The analysis suggests a Middle Paleolithic dating of around 50,000-130,000 years ago, an Upper Paleolithic dating of approximately 12,000-48,000 years ago, and specific age estimates for Denisovans, Neanderthals, and modern humans.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Geography, Physical
Zhanna V. Marchenko, Svetlana V. Svyatko, Artem E. Grishin
Summary: The study utilizes isotopic analysis of fish bones, combined with other paleontological materials, to reconstruct past human subsistence, revealing that the high 613C values in fish bones from the Neolithic layer at a prehistoric settlement in Western Siberia originate from endorheic lakes.
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Anthropology
Z. V. Marchenko, M. S. Kishkurno, A. E. Grishin, S. Reinhold, F. V. Zhuravkov
Summary: A comparative analysis of skeletal and dental pathologies in individuals from Late Krotovo and Andronovo (Fedorovka) cemeteries in southwestern Siberia was conducted. The results showed differences in the occurrence of enamel hypoplasia and Harris lines between the Late Krotovo and Andronovo groups, potentially related to different stress levels in children and adolescents.
ARCHAEOLOGY ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY OF EURASIA
(2021)
Article
Anthropology
O. A. Pozdnyakova, E. Balkov, P. G. Dyadkov, Z. Marchenko, A. E. Grishin, N. D. Evmenov
Summary: Prospection studies at the Novaya Kurya-1 cemetery in Western Siberia utilized remote sensing methods and original techniques to identify 14 kurgans, most of which date back to the Early Scythian period. Further studies are needed to identify additional features detected at the site.
ARCHAEOLOGY ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY OF EURASIA
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anders Bergstrom, David W. G. Stanton, Ulrike H. Taron, Laurent Frantz, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Erik Ersmark, Saskia Pfrengle, Molly Cassatt-Johnstone, Ophelie Lebrasseur, Linus Girdland-Flink, Daniel M. Fernandes, Morgane Ollivier, Leo Speidel, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Michael V. Westbury, Jazmin Ramos-Madrigal, Tatiana R. Feuerborn, Ella Reiter, Joscha Gretzinger, Susanne C. Muenzel, Pooja Swali, Nicholas J. Conard, Christian Caroe, James Haile, Anna Linderholm, Semyon Androsov, Ian Barnes, Chris Baumann, Norbert Benecke, Herve Bocherens, Selina Brace, Ruth F. Carden, Dorothee G. Drucker, Sergey Fedorov, Mihaly Gasparik, Mietje Germonpre, Semyon Grigoriev, Pam Groves, Stefan T. Hertwig, Varvara V. Ivanova, Luc Janssens, Richard P. Jennings, Aleksei K. Kasparov, Irina V. Kirillova, Islam Kurmaniyazov, Yaroslav V. Kuzmin, Pavel A. Kosintsev, Martina Laznickova-Galetova, Charlotte Leduc, Pavel Nikolskiy, Marc Nussbaumer, Coilin O'Drisceoil, Ludovic Orlando, Alan Outram, Elena Y. Pavlova, Angela R. Perri, Malgorzata Pilot, Vladimir V. Pitulko, Valerii V. Plotnikov, Albert V. Protopopov, Andre Rehazek, Mikhail Sablin, Andaine Seguin-Orlando, Jan Stora, Christian Verjux, Victor F. Zaibert, Grant Zazula, Philippe Crombe, Anders J. Hansen, Eske Willerslev, Jennifer A. Leonard, Anders Gotherstrom, Ron Pinhasi, Verena J. Schuenemann, Michael Hofreiter, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Beth Shapiro, Greger Larson, Johannes Krause, Love Dalen, Pontus Skoglund
Summary: This article analyzes ancient wolf genomes and finds that wolf populations were highly connected in the late Pleistocene, suggesting a complex history of wolf domestication. Dogs are overall more closely related to ancient wolves from eastern Eurasia, but dogs in the Near East and Africa derive up to half of their ancestry from a distinct population related to modern southwest Eurasian wolves.
Article
Anthropology
Li Jaang
Summary: This article examines the political anthropology of Neolithic and Bronze Age China, with a focus on the rise of the Erlitou secondary state. It explores the reorganization of lowland populations, the creation of a new collective identity, and the influence of upland polities and societies on Erlitou's ideologies, political system, and economic network.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Geography, Physical
Yaroslav Kuzmin, Andrei Shpansky
Summary: New data on the age and composition of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes for Late Pleistocene megafauna in the Chulym River basin in West Siberia were obtained. The study reveals both similarities and differences in the stable isotope data compared to other parts of Siberia.
JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Yaroslav Kuzmin, Mathieu Boudin, Marine Wojcieszak, Antoine Zazzo, Laura van der Sluis, Darya Stulova, Konstantin N. Gavrilov, Elizaveta V. Veselovskaya, Sergey V. Vasilyev
Summary: Chronological and stratigraphic frameworks are vital for Upper Paleolithic archaeology, physical anthropology, and ecology. Previous radiocarbon dating of the Sungir burial complex in central European Russia was hindered by contamination. However, new data from radiocarbon and stable isotope analysis confirm the approximate age of the Sungir burials and the cultural layer below them.
Article
Archaeology
Rashid A. Fataliyev, Michael D. Glascock, Yaroslav Kuzmin, Azad A. Zeynalov
Summary: This paper presents the geological and geochemical characterizations of the Kechaldag obsidian source in southwestern Azerbaijan. The comprehensive geochemical signature of the Kechaldag obsidian source was obtained for the first time, providing data for in-depth study of obsidian exploitation in the Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age of the Lesser Caucasus and neighboring regions.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Anthropology
Z. V. Marchenko, A. E. Grishin, Y. N. Garkusha, E. A. Kerbs
Summary: This study describes new findings of Neolithic burials at two sites in the Northern Angara area excavated by the Boguchany archaeological expedition in 2012. The analysis of preserved remains, funerary rites, and radiocarbon dates suggests the presence of the Isakovo culture at these burial sites, divided into three chronological groups.
ARCHAEOLOGY ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY OF EURASIA
(2022)
Review
Archaeology
Yaroslav Kuzmin, Oksana Yanshina, Andrei Grebennikov
Summary: This study provides a comprehensive review and summary of obsidian provenance in the southern Kuriles (Kunashir and Iturup islands), revealing the main sources of high-quality volcanic glass to be Hokkaido Island and the Kamchatka Peninsula. The presence of obsidian from Kamchatka at an Epi-Jomon site on southern Kunashir Island contributes to our understanding of ancient contacts and population dispersals in insular Northeast Asia. The use of boats in the southern Kuriles has been evident since the beginning of colonization, highlighting the importance of seafaring activities in the region. Considering the Kurile Islands as a migration route between Northeast Asia, Siberia, and North America, the study of human colonization in the Kuriles has broader implications for Eurasia as a gateway to the Americas.
JOURNAL OF ISLAND & COASTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Anthropology
Roderick Campbell, Yitzchak Jaffe, Christopher Kim, Camilla Sturm, Li Jaang
Summary: This article argues that the dominant narratives concerning the political economy of the Chinese Bronze Age are in need of significant revision, suggesting that the Bronze Age should begin in the third millennium BC and highlighting the political economic heterogeneity. Despite the tendency to equate complexity with centralization and hierarchy, there is little evidence of such institutions, with significant investment in public goods and evidence of horizontal exchange and increasing commercialization before the Anyang period.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
