scholarly journals The burial ground on Tankovoye Lake (Iturup Island): brief history and results of researches

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-81
Author(s):  
Oksana Yanshina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Kuril Islands ◽  
Burial Ground ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Archaeological Collections ◽  
The Kuril Islands ◽  
Key Sites ◽  
Burial Objects ◽  
High Level

The burial ground located on a bank of Tankovoye Lake (Kuibyshevskoye) is one of the key sites in the archaeology of the Kuril Islands. This is due not only to the fact that huge archaeological collections reflecting all stages of peopling of the region have been collected here over many years of excavations but also to the fact that this burial ground still remains the only object of this kind throughout the entire islands chain. Moreover, apart of the burials themselves, the stone burial structures, which have not yet been recorded on other sites of the Kuril Islands, but have analogies in the Jōmon culture, were also revealed at the site. Interest in this site is also enhanced by recent genetic studies, which unexpectedly demonstrated a high level of genetic similarity of a person buried here with modern Koryaks and Itelmens. At the same time, despite the site’s uniqueness, it is heavily underrepresented in available scientific publications. Information about it can be found only in the field reports and in few the hard-to-reach regional publications. Therefore, this article provides a brief overview of all data gathered at this site. It is based on the field reports, data from the private archive of Y. Knorozov, museum collections of the Sakhalin Regional Museum, and on the results of the author’s own research as well. Summing up the outcomes of long-term researches, we have to state that the site’s unique objects remain almost unexplored. For many years, studies here were limited to visual examination, cleaning up of the dune opening, and surface artifact gathering. Therefore, the nature of the burial objects found at the site might be recognized only in the most general terms. Their cultural affiliation also remains questionable. Radiocarbon dates suggest that the early Epi-Jōmon epoch is most powerfully represented near the lake, while the bulk of the ceramics collected here belongs to the later stage of this epoch (in accordance with archaeological data from Hokkaido). In addition, artifacts of Middle and Final Jōmon, Okhotsk culture, Satsumon-Tobinitai culture, and Ainu are presented here as well. Presumably, people could bury their dead here during the epochs of Final Jōmon, Epi-Jōmon and, possibly, the Okhotsk culture.

scholarly journals PACIFIC COD OF THE KURIL ISLANDS: STOCK AND CONTEMPORARY FISHING

Fisheries ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-51
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Zolotov ◽  
Nikolay Antonov ◽  
Olga Maznikova
Keyword(s):  
Kuril Islands ◽  
Pacific Cod ◽  
The North ◽  
Trawl Fishing ◽  
Northern Kuril Islands ◽  
The Kuril Islands ◽  
High Level ◽  
North And South ◽  
South Kuril Islands

The paper analyzes the long-term dynamics of stocks and annual catches of Pacific cod of the Kuril Islands, and also considers the structure of its modern fishery, taking into account the changes that have occurred in the organization of its coastal fishing in recent years. It was shown that the dynamics of commercial biomass of Pacific cod in the Northern and Southern Kuril Islands is comparable to that in 1975-2020 for groups in the southeastern part of the Bering Sea, the Karagin and Olyutor bays, on the shelf of Western Kamchatka, and in south-western Sakhalin. Development of the cod fishery in the North and South Kuril Islands in 1980-2019 went in accordance with the dynamics of stocks, the maximum catches were observed during the period of a high level of abundance of both groups in the 1980s. While the structure of the cod fishery on the shelf of the Northern Kuril Islands to date can be considered established, the development of fishing in the South Kuril Islands in the last two decades went by the gradual replacement of trawl fishing in the winter-spring period with snorkeling in the summer season.

scholarly journals A comparison of food sources of nudibranch mollusks at different depths off the Kuril Islands using fatty acid trophic markers

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e12336
Author(s):  
Anatolii Komisarenko ◽  
Vladimir Mordukhovich ◽  
Irina Ekimova ◽  
Andrey Imbs
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Trophic Ecology ◽  
Kuril Islands ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Soft Corals ◽  
Sea Anemones ◽  
The Kuril Islands ◽  
High Level ◽  
Benthic Ecosystems ◽  
Trophic Markers

Gastropod molluscs such as nudibranchs are important members of deep-sea benthic ecosystems. However, data on the trophic ecology and feeding specialization of these animals are limited to date. The method of fatty acid trophic markers (FATM) was applied to determine the dietary preferences of nudibranchs off the Kuril Islands. Fatty acid (FA) compositions of Dendronotus sp., Tritonia tetraquetra, and Colga pacifica collected from deep waters were analyzed and compared with those of Aeolidia papillosa and Coryphella verrucosa from the offshore zone. The high level of FATM such as 22:5n-6 and C20 monounsaturated FAs indicated that Dendronotus sp. preys on sea anemones and/or anthoathecates hydroids similarly to that of shallow-water species A. papillosa and C. verrucosa. The high percentage of tetracosapolyenoic acids and the ratio 24:6n-3/24:5n-6 indicated that T. tetraquetra preys on soft corals such as Gersemia and/or Acanella at a depth of 250 m, but soft corals of the family Primnoidae may be the main item in the diet of T. tetraquetra at a depth of 500 m. The high content of Δ 7,13-22:2 and 22:6n-3 shows that C. pacifica can feed on bryozoans. In C. pacifica, 22:5n-6 may be synthesized intrinsically by the mollusks, whereas odd-chain and branched saturated FAs originate from associated bacteria.

First data on Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Iturup Island (Kuril Islands)

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Przhiboro
Keyword(s):  
Kuril Islands ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Iturup Island ◽  
The Kuril Islands ◽  
First Time

The first data are presented about the Sciomyzidae of Iturup, the largest of the Kuril Islands. A total of ten species are recorded. Limnia setosa Yano is recorded for the first time from Russia; Tetanocera montana Day and T. phyllophora Melander are recorded for the first time from the Kuril Islands. Photographs, comments on diagnostic characters and adult habitats of poorly known species are given.

Psyllids of the Kuril Islands (Homoptera, Psylloidea)

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
E.S. Labina
Keyword(s):  
Kuril Islands ◽  
The Kuril Islands ◽  
Faunal List ◽  
First Time

A faunal list of Psylloidea of the Kuril Islands is given. Of the 34 species reported, 17 are new to the fauna of the archipelago and some are recorded for the first time from particular islands, especially from Northern and Middle Kurils and Shikotan.

scholarly journals Description of a New Species of Guillemot from the Kuril Islands

The Auk ◽  
1897 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonhard Stejneger
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Kuril Islands ◽  
The Kuril Islands ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Children burials of the Saka times in Central Kazakhstan

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-94
Author(s):  
Arman Ziyadenovich Beisenov ◽  
Galiya Appazovna Bazarbaeva ◽  
Daniyar Bolatbekovich Duisenbay
Keyword(s):  
Early Period ◽  
Burial Ground ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
New Research ◽  
Karaganda Region

The materials on the children burials belonging to Tasmola culture in Central Kazakhstan were studied by M.K. Kadyrbaev and A.Z. Beisenov. As the analysis of available data shows there are only nine studied children burials of Tasmola culture. It is possible that some of the children graves, represented by small mounds, do not contain accompanying subjects and in the early period of research they were not mentioned on the pages of scientific publications and reports. New research shows that, along with small mounds, there are significant ones distinguished by their parameters and structure. Two of the nine constructions have diameters higher than 20 m, one of them is 18 m and particularly notable is the kurgan 7 in the burial ground Akbeit studied in Karaganda Region. Its diameter is 21,5 m, height 2,5 m. A four or five year old child, probably a girl, was buried there. The child was buried in a rich dress, as evidenced by gold torque, worn around the neck, and two gold earrings, a bronze mirror, a bone case for cosmetics. Children burials of Tasmola culture as well as the adult burials indicate social strata of that society.

scholarly journals EXPEDITIONAL EXPLORATION OF THE KURIL ISLANDS IN 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 4(48) ◽  
pp. 101-107
Author(s):  
E.G. Kalacheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Flux ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Hydrothermal Activity ◽  
Kuril Islands ◽  
Thermal Fields ◽  
Analytical Work ◽  
Magmatic Volatiles ◽  
The Kuril Islands ◽  
Volcanic Islands ◽  
Relationship Of

This report provides a brief description of the field work on the Kuril Islands. It was performed within the framework of the R&D theme, projects of the RSF and the RFFR, which are realized in the laboratory of postmagmatic processes of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS. Hydrological and hydrochemical works were performed on the rivers draining the slopes and thermal fields of the Sinarka, Kuntomintar volcanic massifs (Shiashkotan Island), and the Vernadsky and Karpinsky Ridges (Paramushir Island). The study of the chemical erosion of volcanic islands and the assessment of the hydrothermal export of magmatic volatiles are the goals of this work. Infrared photography was taken and the total flux of volcanic SO2 and diffusion flux of CO2 were measured on thermal fields in the caldera of Golovnin volcano. A detailed hydrogeochemical survey was made on the thermal fields of the Ebeko volcano to study the relationship of volcanic and hydrothermal activity of the volcano. For further analytical work, a large number of water and gas samples were taken and a representative collection of rocks and sediments was collected during the expedition.

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