Wooly mammoth mass accumulation next to the Paleolithic Yana RHS site, Arctic Siberia: Its geology, age, and relation to past human activity

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2461-2474

  Basilyan, A E ^a   Anisimov, M A ^b   Nikolskiy, P A ^a   Pitulko, V V ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic Siberia; Mammoth; Mammoth mass accumulation; Paleolithic; Pleistocene; Yana RHS site; Yana river

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BONE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMOTH; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SUBSIDENCE; TAPHONOMY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA; YANA RIVER;

BISON; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 79960105098     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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