scholarly journals LAKE SETTLEMENTS OF THE UPPER VOLGA REGION IN THE 7—6th mil. CAL BC: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALAEOECOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF THE FIRST POTTERY’ «INVASION» (ZAMOSTJE 2)

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 151-163
Author(s):  
O. V. Lozovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Analysis ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Cold Event ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Upper Volga ◽  
Wetland Site

In the Middle Holocene, favorable living conditions were formed environmental on the territory of the modern Upper Volga River, which, after the retreat of the latest glacier, abounded with a branched system of feeders. They contributed to the economic stability driven by hunting for elk and beaver, waterfowl and marsh birds, as well as intensive fishing. In the recent decades, it was considered proven that ceramics were perceived by the native population, and the Early Neolithic, thus, was developed on a local basis. The new data accumulated in recent years makes it possible to bring up this topic again. Natural, economic and cultural changes during the period from the end of the 7th to the beginning of the 6th millennium cal BC are considered on the example of the well-known multi-layer wetland site Zamostje 2, with preserved wooden fishing structures and a large number of bone and antler artefacts. The period of sharp climatic changes, known as the 8200 Cold Event, synchronous with the upper Mesolithic layer, influenced the site landscape, but, as it seems, did not affect the lifestyle of the local population. The comparison between the two main archaeological layers of the lake settlement — the Late Mesolithic Upper layer (LM UL) and the Early Neolithic (EN), represented by the Upper Volga culture (UVc), shows both clear traces of continuity, primarily in the structure of the economy and production toolkits as well as new cultural influences reflected in the types of projectile hunting weapons and fishing gear. The function of the Early Neolithic pots, reconstructed on the basis of lipid analysis, also indicates the preservation of the comprehensive Mesolithic diet.

scholarly journals Genome diversity in the Neolithic Globular Amphorae culture and the spread of Indo-European languages

2017 ◽  
Vol 284 (1867) ◽  
pp. 20171540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Tassi ◽  
Stefania Vai ◽  
Silvia Ghirotto ◽  
Martina Lari ◽  
Alessandra Modi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Approximate Bayesian Computation ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Genome Diversity ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Demographic Models ◽  
European Languages ◽  
Complete Sequences ◽  
Approximate Bayesian

It is unclear whether Indo-European languages in Europe spread from the Pontic steppes in the late Neolithic, or from Anatolia in the Early Neolithic. Under the former hypothesis, people of the Globular Amphorae culture (GAC) would be descended from Eastern ancestors, likely representing the Yamnaya culture. However, nuclear (six individuals typed for 597 573 SNPs) and mitochondrial (11 complete sequences) DNA from the GAC appear closer to those of earlier Neolithic groups than to the DNA of all other populations related to the Pontic steppe migration. Explicit comparisons of alternative demographic models via approximate Bayesian computation confirmed this pattern. These results are not in contrast to Late Neolithic gene flow from the Pontic steppes into Central Europe. However, they add nuance to this model, showing that the eastern affinities of the GAC in the archaeological record reflect cultural influences from other groups from the East, rather than the movement of people.

The Peopling of the Baraba Forest-Steppe in the Neolithic: Cranial Evidence

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-146
Author(s):  
T. A. Chikisheva ◽  
D. V. Pozdnyakov
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Russian Plain ◽  
Northern Eurasia ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Population Continuity ◽  
Lake Systems

On the basis of statistical analysis of craniometric data relating to Mesolithic and Neolithic samples from northern Eurasia, we discuss the peopling of the Baraba forest-steppe in the Early Holocene. This region is represented by samples from Sopka-2/1 (early sixth millennium BC), Protoka (late fifth to early fourth millennia BC), Korchugan (early-mid sixth millennium BC), and Vengerovo-2A (late sixth millennium BC). The results of the principal component analysis are interpreted in the context of debates over the role of autochthonous traditions in the Neolithic. During the Preboreal period (10 ka BP), large parts of the Baraba forest-steppe were flooded by the transgression of lake systems during climatic warming. This may have caused depopulation, lasting for at least a millennium. The Early Holocene people of Baraba were an offshoot of Meso-Neolithic populations of the northwestern Russian Plain. On that basis, the Early Neolithic populations of Baraba were formed. Direct population continuity is traceable only through the Chalcolithic. Since the late sixth millennium BC, however, the local population had incorporated migrants from the Pit-Comb Ware area in the central Russian Plain and, indirectly (via the Neolithic Altai), from the Cis-Baikal area.

scholarly journals New trends in the Chinese diet: cultural influences on consumer behaviour

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Del Giudice ◽  
Giovanni Cicia ◽  
Klaus G. Grunert ◽  
Athanasios K. Krystallis ◽  
Yanfeng Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Food Culture ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Chinese Consumers ◽  
Initial Attempt ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Chinese Consumer ◽  
Food Taking ◽  
Culinary Culture

China is one of the most dynamic regions in the world in terms of economic growth and development. Such development has inevitably influenced the structure and habits of Chinese society. Whilst the economic condition of the middle class and high-income segment have steadily improved, cultural changes are also under way: ancient Chinese traditions now include major elements from other cultures, most notably the West (Hsing, 2011). The above scenario is the background to this paper. A structured research-administered survey was developed to investigate the changes in the Chinese consumer food culture: 500 urban participants were randomly selected from six reference cities, covering geographically almost the whole country. This study aims not only to analyze the propensity of consumers to include food products from other countries in their ancient Chinese culinary culture, but also represents an initial attempt to perform a market segmentation of Chinese consumers according to their degree of cultural openness toward non-Chinese food, taking into account socio-demographic, cognitive and psychographic variables.

GIS Application to Water Quality Management in the Upper Volga River Basin: Joint TVA/Russia Project

1993 ◽  
Vol 28 (3-5) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Belyaeva ◽  
John M. Higgins ◽  
Natalia Kirpichnikova ◽  
Irina Lanzova ◽  
James R. Hagerman
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Water Quality Management ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Volga River Basin ◽  
Joint Project ◽  
Upper Volga ◽  
Tennessee Valley ◽  
Resource Data

The Water Problem Institute of the Russian Academy of Science and the Tennessee Valley Authority are participating in a joint project to demonstrate the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in managing water resources under the changing economic system in Russia. The purpose is to improve decisions by better organizing, analyzing, and presenting water resource data and management options. Results to date include development of a conceptual approach and review of existing data. The project area includes the Upper Volga River Basin which encompasses the Moscow metropolitan area. Data are being managed at three levels depending on the scale and detail (i.e., regional, watershed, and local). Initial conclusions indicate a great potential for this technology, but many obstacles due to the current economic situation.

Soviet Cultural Practices and the West

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-151
Author(s):  
James von Geldern
Keyword(s):  
Rock Music ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
The West ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Technical Institutes ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Working Class Students ◽  
Original Picture

AbstractWestern cultural influences swept the closed Ukrainian city of Dniepropetrovsk under Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko. Imports included rock music, western literature and films, consumer products such as jeans. Primary consumers were children of the elite, and later young working class students of technical institutes. These products entered Dniepropetrovsk from L'viv, and later from fraternal socialist countries and the west. They were brought illegally by black marketers and tourists. Consumers used the western products to assert new non-Soviet identities, which could include Ukrainian nationalism, religiosity, and westernized youth culture. Official reactions were contradictory, revealing tensions between Moscow and Ukrainian authorities, and within the Ukrainian cultural and security apparatus. Komsomol activists were instrumental in disseminating new trends in western music through officially sponsored discotheques. These activists would form the core of the entrepreneurial class that emerged during Gorbachev's market reforms. Zhuk offers an original picture of Soviet cultural practices by focusing on a closed Ukrainian city, rather than the more cosmopolitan Moscow or Leningrad, and by featuring cultural changes during the final three decades of Soviet power. He provides rich documentation through participant interviews, and periodicals and archival documents not previously consulted by researchers.

scholarly journals Kargopolin ja Kenozeron alueiden etnohistoria

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (95) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauli Rahkonen
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Middle Zone ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
The South ◽  
Old Russian ◽  
Arkhangelsk Oblast ◽  
South West ◽  
Different Sources

The region of Kargopol and Kenozero is located in the middle zone of Baltic and Volgaic cultural influences that began in the Neolithic Period. The Volgaic influence on the onomasticon is obvious in the area of Kargopol. By contrast, it is almost invisible in the Kenozero region, where Finnic influence is remarkable.  Especially the names of the lakes very often have a Finnic background. There are also some toponyms originating from Saami languages. The traditions of the local population in the Kenozero area confirm the picture presented by the onomasticon. The Finnic language spoken in the Kargopol-Kenozero region seems to originate from different sources. The old Russian imperial governmental boundaries most probably were formed according to the ancient territories of the Finno-Ugric tribes. Accordingly, the old Government of Olonets follows the distribution of Finnic toponyms in modern Karelia and the South-West Arkhangelsk oblast.

scholarly journals Modelling spring flood in the area of the Upper Volga basin

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 115-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Helms ◽  
O. Evdakov ◽  
J. Ihringer ◽  
F. Nestmann
Keyword(s):  
River Basin Management ◽  
Volga Basin ◽  
Runoff Generation ◽  
Spring Flood ◽  
Hydrologic Simulation ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Flow Process ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Upper Volga ◽  
Macro Scale

Abstract. Integrated river-basin management for the Volga river requires understanding and modelling of the flow process in its macro-scale tributary catchments. At the example of the Kostroma catchment (16 000 km2), a method combining existing hydrologic simulation tools was developed that allows operational modelling even when data are scarce. Emphasis was placed on simulation of three processes: snow cover development using a snow-compaction model, runoff generation using a conceptual approach with parameters for seasonal antecedent moisture conditions, and runoff concentration using a regionalised unit hydrograph approach. Based on this method, specific regional characteristics of the precipitation-runoff process were identified, in particular a distinct threshold behaviour of runoff generation in catchments with clay-rich soils. With a plausible overall parameterisation of involved tools, spring flood events could successfully be simulated. Present paper mainly focuses on the simulation of a 16-year sample of snowmelt events in a meso-scale catchment. An example of regionalised simulation in the scope of the modelling system "Flussgebietsmodell" shows the capabilities of developed method for application in macro-scale tributary catchments of the Upper Volga basin.

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