scholarly journals Tracing the Materiality of Feathers in Stone Age North-Eastern Europe

2020 ◽  
pp. 23-46
Author(s):  
Kristiina Mannermaa ◽  
Tuija Kirkinen
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Direct Evidence ◽  
Microscopic Analysis ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The World ◽  
Traditional Societies ◽  
Mesolithic Period

The use of feathers in ritual costumes and everyday clothing is well described in ethnographic sources throughout the world. From the same sources we know that bird wings and feathers were loaded with meaning in traditional societies worldwide. However, direct archaeological evidence of prehistoric use of feathers is still extremely scarce. Hence, feathers belong to the ‘missing majority’: items that are absent from the archaeological record but which we can assume to have been of importance. Here we present microscopic analysis of soil samples from hunter-gatherer burial contexts which reveal the first direct evidence of the use of feathers in the Mesolithic period of north-eastern Europe.

Copper Use, Cultural Change and Neolithization in North-Eastern Europe (c. 5500–1800 BC)

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerkko Nordqvist ◽  
Vesa-Pekka Herva
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Material World ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
The Republic

In the context of northern Europe, copper use started early in eastern Fennoscandia (Finland and the Republic of Karelia, Russia), sometime after 4000 BC. This article explores this Stone Age copper use in eastern Fennoscandia in relation to broader cultural developments in the region between the adoption of pottery (c. 5500 BC) and the end of the Stone Age (c. 1800 BC). Stone Age copper use in north-eastern Europe has conventionally been understood in terms of technology or exchange, whereas this article suggests that the beginning of copper use was linked to more fundamental changes in the perception of, and engagement with, the material world. These changes were associated with the Neolithization of eastern Fennoscandia, which started earlier than has traditionally been thought. It is also argued that the adoption, use, and manipulation of new materials played an active role in the emergence of the Neolithic world in north-eastern Europe and beyond. Also, issues related to the Finno–Russian border dividing up eastern Fennoscandia and its effects on the study of early metal use and other prehistoric cultural processes are discussed.

scholarly journals A Ritual Feature with Bell Beaker Elements in a Late Neolithic Hunter-Gatherer Campsite in North-Eastern Poland

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Dariusz Manasterski ◽  
Katarzyna Januszek ◽  
Adam Wawrusiewicz ◽  
Aleksandra Klecha
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Western Group ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Bell Beaker ◽  
The Bronze Age

The ephemeral nature of religious practices and rituals makes them challenging to trace in the archaeological record of Late Neolithic hunter-gatherer communities in central and eastern Europe. A ritual feature with Bell Beaker elements discovered in north-eastern Poland, a region occupied by hunter-gatherer groups of the Neman cultural circle, is thus exceptional. Its syncretic character indicates its role as a harbinger of wider cultural change that led to the emergence in this region of the western group of the Bronze Age Trzciniec cultural circle.

ПРОЦЕСС НЕОЛИТИЗАЦИИ НА ТЕРРИТОРИИ ЛЕСНОЙ ПОЛОСЫ

2021 ◽  
pp. 297-301
Author(s):  
Анастасия Юрьевна Назарова
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
The West ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Late Mesolithic

Статья посвящена анализу наиболее изученных культур неолита лесной полосы от Скандинавии и Восточной Прибалтики до Волго-Камья и Приуралья (VII–IV тыс. до н.э.). Для анализа были отобраны следующие признаки неолитического пакета: керамика, шлифованные деревообрабатывающие орудия, долговременные жилища, крупные могильники, святилища и предметы импорта. В ходе исследования были собраны материалы по 16 археологическим культурам региона. В результате были выделены наиболее развитые неолитические культуры лесной полосы, с учетом данных, которые существуют насегодняшний день. Помимо этого, были выявлены наиболее часто встречающиеся признаки: керамика и шлифованные деревообрабатывающие орудия. Редким признаком является наличие святилищ. Были сделаны выводы об уровне развития исследуемых культур. Библиографические ссылки Выборнов А.А. Неолит степного-лесостепного Поволжья и Прикамья. Дисс. ... докт. истор. наук. СаВыборнов А.А. Неолит степного-лесостепного Поволжья и Прикамья. Дисс. ... докт. истор. наук. Самара, 2009. 393 с. Карманов В.Н. Неолит европейского Северо-Востока. Сыктывкар: Коми научный центр УрО РАН, 2008. 226 с. Лычагина Е.Л. Неолит Верхнего и Среднего Прикамья. Дисс... докт. ист. наук.  Пермь, 2019. 632 с. Назарова А.Ю. Проявление признаков неолитического пакета на территории лесной полосы в VII – IV тыс. до н.э. // Археология Евразийских степей. 2020. №5. С. 69–76. Назарова А.Ю. Сравнение неолитического пакета культур Восточной Прибалтики и Скандинавии // LIII Урало-Поволжская археологическая конференция студентов и молодых ученых (УПАСК, 1-3 февраля 2021 г.): материалы Всероссийской научно-практической конференции студентов, аспирантов и молодых ученых. / Отв. ред. А.А. Евгеньев. Оренбург: ОГПУ, 2021. С. 42-44 Неолит Северной Евразии / Археология СССР / Отв.ред. С.В. Ошибкина. М.: Наука, 1996. 380 с. Никитин В.В. Итоги изучения каменного века в Марийском Поволжье // Поволжская Археология. №3 (21). 2017. С. 168–189. Ошибкина С.В. Понятие о неолите // Неолит Северной Евразии. / Археология СССР / Отв. ред. С.В. Ошибкина. М.: Наука, 1996, С. 6–10. Kriiska A., Oras E., Lõugas L., Meadows J., Lucquinand A., Craig O. E. Late Mesolithic Narva Stage in Estonia: pottery, settlement types and chronology // Estonian Journal of Archaeology. 2017. No 1 (21). P. 52–86. Nordqvist, K., 2018. The Stone Age of north-eastern Europe 5500-1800 calBC. Bridging the gap between the East and the West. Academic dissertstion. Acta Universitatis Ouluensis. B Humanitaria 160. 2018. 164 p. Raemaekers D. Ertebolle and Swifterbant a comparison of attitudes // Anthropologie et Prehistoire. 1998. № 109. P. 155–161.

Freedom and life satisfaction in transition

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-164
Author(s):  
Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
National Income ◽  
World Values Survey ◽  
The World ◽  
Personal Feeling ◽  
Special Meaning

Freedom and life satisfaction are desirable conditions and they both have a special meaning in Eastern Europe — transition was largely about gaining freedom and ultimately overall wellbeing. There are several studies about the effect of freedom on life satisfaction, but none of them focuses on Eastern Europe. I investigate the effect of self-reported freedom on life satisfaction in post-transition Eastern Europe using the World Values Survey. Surprisingly, East Europeans feel less free and less satisfied with their lives than other nationals. But a personal feeling of freedom increases their life satisfaction at a higher rate than in other countries. Freedom is a strong predictor of life satisfaction as compared to national income.

Examining the Kinships System of the Bodo

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-192
Author(s):  
Dr. Oinam Ranjit Singh ◽  
Dr. Nushar Bargayary
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
The North ◽  
Kinship System ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

The Bodo of the North Eastern region of India have their own kinship system to maintain social relationship since ancient periods. Kinship is the expression of social relationship. Kinship may be defined as connection or relationships between persons based on marriage or blood. In each and every society of the world, social relationship is considered to be the more important than the biological bond. The relationship is not socially recognized, it fall outside the realm of kinship. Since kinship is considered as universal, it plays a vital role in the socialization of individuals and the maintenance of social cohesion of the group. Thus, kinship is considered to be the study of the sum total of these relations. The kinship of the Bodo is bilateral. The kin related through the father is known as Bahagi in Bodo whereas the kin to the mother is called Kurma. The nature of social relationships, the kinship terms, kinship behaviours and prescriptive and proscriptive rules are the important themes of the present study.

On Drummondia sinensis var. ussuriensis (Drummondiaceae, Bryophyta)

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 235-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. M. Afonina ◽  
V. Ya. Cherdantseva
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Southern Siberia ◽  
The Far East ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The World ◽  
World Distribution ◽  
North Eastern Part ◽  
State Nature

Drummondia sinensis Mull. Hal. var. ussuriensis (Broth.) Vitt has been found in Sokhondinskiy State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Zabaikalsky Territory, Southern Siberia). Earlier it was known in Russia from the southern part of the Far East as well as in north-eastern part of China and North of Mongolia. The type variety of Drummondia sinensis occurs in eastern part of China, Japan and India. Description and illustration of D. sinensis var. ussuriensis based on the material collected in Russia are given, comparison with close taxa is provided, and the world distribution is dicussed.

Westward Palaearctic range expansion of Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) and its arrival at Mediterranean coastal regions of Turkey and Syria

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-272
Author(s):  
Onat Başbay ◽  
Mudar Salimeh ◽  
Eddie John
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Invasive Pest ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
Coastal Regions ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The World ◽  
Invasive Pest Species ◽  
Papilio Demoleus

We review the continuing and extensive spread of Papilio demoleus in south-eastern Turkey and in regions of Turkey and Syria adjacent to the north-eastern Mediterranean. Since the authors documented the arrival of this attractive but potentially destructive papilionid species at coastal areas of Syria in 2019, regular monitoring has confirmed successful overwintering there, as well as in Turkey. As previously indicated, P. demoleus is widely recognized as an invasive pest species in Citrus-growing areas of the world and hence its arrival is of potential economic importance to a region in which citrus is widely grown.

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