The Neolithization of Siberia and the Russian Far East: radiocarbon evidence

Antiquity ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (284) ◽  
pp. 356-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin ◽  
Lyubov A. Orlova
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Amur River ◽  
Old World ◽  
Neolithic Cultures ◽  
The Russian Far East

Results of recent excavations and radiocarbon dating show that several places in Siberia and the Russian Far East, such as the Lower Amur River basin and the Transbaikal, represent independent centres of pottery invention, and all pre-date 10,000 BP. These two areas should be considered among the earliest centres of pottery origins in East Asia and the Old World. The rest of Siberia is characterized by significantly later appearance of Neolithic cultures, between c. 8000 BP and c. 4600–2600 BP.

New taxa in Arundinella and Calamagrostis (Poaceae) from the Russian Far East

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
N. S. Probatova
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Chromosome Numbers ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Amur Region ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Amur River ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
The Russian Far East

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.

A new species of Nemoura Latreille (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Amur River Basin (South of the Russian Far East)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4472 (1) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
VALENTINA A. TESLENKO ◽  
LOUIS BOUMANS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Amur River ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The Russian Far East

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. 

scholarly journals 14C Chronology of Stone Age Cultures in the Russian Far East

Radiocarbon ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 675-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin ◽  
A. J. T. Jull ◽  
Lyobov A. Orlova ◽  
Leopold D. Sulerzhitsky
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Upper Paleolithic ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Amur River ◽  
The Russian Far East

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.

scholarly journals The earliest centres of pottery origin in the Russian Far East and Siberia: review of chronology for the oldest Neolithic cultures

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin
Keyword(s):  
Southern China ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Amur River ◽  
Early Emergence ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
China And Japan ◽  
Hunting And Fishing ◽  
Neolithic Cultures ◽  
The Russian Far East

The earliest pottery from the Russian Far East, Osipovka and Gromatukha cultural complexes, was radiocarbon-dated to c. 13 300–12 300 BP. In Siberia, the earliest pottery is known from the Ust-Karenga complex, dated to c. 11 200–10 800 BP. The Osipovka and Gromatukha complexes belong to the Initial Neolithic, and they are contemporaneous with the earliest Neolithic cultures in southern China and Japan. In spite of the very early emergence of pottery in the Russian Far East, there is no evidence of agriculture at the beginning of the Neolithic, and subsistence remains based on hunting and fishing, including anadromous salmonids in the Amur River and its tributaries.

scholarly journals Radiocarbon Chronology of the Earliest Neolithic Sites in East Asia

Radiocarbon ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (2B) ◽  
pp. 1121-1128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V Kuzmin ◽  
Charles T Keally
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Amur River ◽  
Radiocarbon Age ◽  
Centers Of Origin ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
Radiocarbon Chronology

The radiocarbon age of the earliest pottery from Russian Far East—Gromatukha and Osipovka cultures—is between around 13,300 BP and around 10,400 BP. This shows that the Amur River basin was one of the centers of origin of pottery in East Asia, at the end of the Pleistocene. Today, there are three areas within East Asia with pottery-associated 14C dates between around 14,000 BP and 13,000 BP—southern China, the Japanese Isles, and Russian Far East.

New species and records of Beckidia Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1151 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
OKSA V. ZORINA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Amur River ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
Holarctic Region ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Russian Far East

Two new species of Beckidia Sæther, B. biraensis and B. connexa, from the Amur River Basin are described and figured as males. The male of B. tethys (Townes) is redescribed and figured and the species is recorded for the first time from Russia. The generic diagnosis is emended and a key to the males of Beckidia from the Holarctic Region is given.

scholarly journals An updated checklist of Chironomidae (Diptera) from the Amur River basin (Russian Far East)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadezhda M. Yavorskaya ◽  
Marina A. Makarchenko ◽  
Oksana V. Orel ◽  
Eugenyi A. Makarchenko
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Amur River ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
The Amur River

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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