Bronze-early iron age environment of the Iman River Basin, Russian far east

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 503-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalya B. Verkhovskaya ◽  
Aleksandr S. Kundyshev ◽  
Nikolay A. Kliuev
Radiocarbon ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1611-1620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V Kuzmin ◽  
Vsevolod S Panov ◽  
Viacheslav V Gasilin ◽  
Sergei V Batarshev

ABSTRACTNew paleodietary data were obtained after the discovery and excavation in 2015–2017 of the Cherepakha 13 site in the southern part of Primorye (Maritime) Province in far eastern Russia. The site is located near the coast of Ussuri Bay (Sea of Japan) and belongs to the Yankovsky cultural complex of the Early Iron Age 14C-dated to ca. 3000 BP (ca. 1200 cal BC). The stable isotope composition of the bone collagen for 11 humans and 30 animals was determined. For humans, the following values (with±1 sigma) were yielded: δ13C=–10.2±0.8‰; and δ15N=+12.4±0.3‰. The majority of terrestrial animals show the usual isotopic signals: δ13C=–19.4 ÷ –23.3‰; and δ15N=+4.6÷+6.6‰ (for wolves, up to +10.1‰); dogs, however, have an isotopic composition similar to humans: δ13C= –11.7±1.2‰; and δ15N=+12.4±0.4‰. Marine mammals have common values for pinnipeds: δ13C=–13.7 ÷ –14.6‰; and δ15N=+17.4 ÷ +18.0‰. The main food resources for the population of Cherepakha 13 site were (1) marine mollusks, fish, and mammals; and (2) terrestrial mammals; and possibly C4 plants (domesticated millets).


Radiocarbon ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 353-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V Kuzmin ◽  
Alexander A Vasilevski ◽  
Sergei V Gorbunov ◽  
G S Burr ◽  
A J Timothy Jull ◽  
...  

A chronological framework for the prehistoric cultural complexes of Sakhalin Island is presented based on 160 radiocarbon dates from 74 sites. The earliest 14C-dated site, Ogonki 5, corresponds to the Upper Paleolithic, about 19,500–17,800 BP. According to the 14C data, since about 8800 BP, there is a continuous sequence of Neolithic, Early Iron Age, and Medieval complexes. The Neolithic existed during approximately 8800–2800 BP. Transitional Neolithic-Early Iron Age complexes are dated to about 2800–2300 BP. The Early Iron Age may be dated to about 2500–1300 BP. The Middle Ages period is dated to approximately 1300–300 BP (VII–XVII centuries AD).


Radiocarbon ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 675-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin ◽  
A. J. T. Jull ◽  
Lyobov A. Orlova ◽  
Leopold D. Sulerzhitsky

Ca. 150 unequivocal 14C dates from the prehistoric cultures in the Russian Far East can be used to elucidate chrono-cultural boundaries in that region. Microblade technology started as early as ca. 20,000 bp, and continued to exist in the middle Amur River basin until ca. 10,500 bp, and in Primorye until ca. 7800 bp. The emergence of pottery-making in the lower Amur River basin goes back to ca. 13,300 bp. The transition from Upper Paleolithic to Neolithic took place during the time interval 13,300–7800 bp and pottery was widely spread in the Russian Far East by ca. 6700–8400 bp. The first evidence of shellfish collection is estimated to ca. 6400 bp at Peter the Great Gulf coast, Sea of Japan. The beginning of agriculture in Primorye, based on finding of both millet seeds (Setaria italica L.) and pollen of cultivated cereals (Cerealia), is 14C-dated to ca. 4200–3700 bp (ca. 1980–2900 cal BC). The Neolithic/Early Iron Age boundary was estimated at ca. 3100–3300 bp (1400–1600 cal BC) in the mainland Russian Far East, and to ca. 1800–2300 bp (400 cal BC–200 cal ad) on the Sakhalin and southern Kuril Islands.


2017 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
N. S. Probatova

Calamagrostis are described from the Russian Far East. Chromosome numbers are reported for two new taxa. Calamagrostis burejensis Prob. et Barkalov, 2n = 28 (sect. Calamagrostis), C. zejensis Prob., 2n = 28 (sect. Deyeuxia), and C. × amgunensis Prob. (C. amurensis Prob. × C. neglecta (Ehrh.) G. Gaertn., B. Mey. et Scherb. s. l.) are described from the Amur River basin (Amur Region or Khabarovsk Territory); Arundinella rossica Prob. (sect. Hirtae) and Calamagrostis kozhevnikovii Prob. et Prokopenko (sect. Calamagrostis) from Primorye Territory.


Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4472 (1) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
VALENTINA A. TESLENKO ◽  
LOUIS BOUMANS

Nemoura sirotskii sp. n. (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) is described as a new stonefly species from the tributary streams of Zeya Reservoir (Amur River Basin) in the south of the Russian Far East. Detailed descriptions and illustrations are provided for the larvae and adult specimens. The diagnostic characters distinguishing it from sympatric species N. arctica are discussed. 


Author(s):  
Nadezhda M. Yavorskaya ◽  
Marina A. Makarchenko ◽  
Oksana V. Orel ◽  
Eugenyi A. Makarchenko

A long-term study implemented in the Amur River basin enabled us to generate an updated checklist of 606 valid species in Chironomidae (Diptera) which are composed of 129 genera and six subfamilies, with 98 (17%) described new species belonging to 46 genera. Among the 98 recently described species, 46 ones (45%), were considered as possible endemics and sub-endemics. The numbers of species and genera by subfamilies is as follows: Podonominae (3 species; 3 genera), Tanypodinae (17; 9), Diamesinae (25; 11), Prodiamesinae (7; 3), Orthocladiinae (307; 57) and Chironominae (247; 46). The higher numbers of species (421 and 410, respectively) were recorded in the Lower and Middle parts of the Amur River basin, as compared with the Upper part of the basin. Most of the recorded chironomids (387 species, 67%) are Palaearctic in distribution, while others (191, 33%) are widely Holarctic. Species with Palaearctic distribution mostly have the following range types: East Palaearctic continental (23%); East Palaearctic continental-insular (20%); Palaearctic transpalaearctic (14%); Palaearctic amphi-Eurasian (10%).


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