TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kashin,Vitaly A.
AU  - Bland,Richard L.
AU  - Kuzmin,Yaroslav V.
TI  - The Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia: The History and Results of Research In 1940-1980
SN  - 9781803273914
AV  - GN772.32.R9 K374 2023 
U1  - 957.01 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Archaeopress
KW  - Paleolithic period-Russia (Federation)-Siberia, Eastern
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)-Russia (Federation)-Siberia, Eastern
KW  - Paleolithic period-Research-History-20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents Page -- List of abbreviations -- Translators' introduction -- Introduction -- List of Figures, Tables, and Plates -- Figure 1. Northeast Asia (after Kashin 2003, p. 152 -- modified) -- Figure 2. Distribution of Palaeolithic and presumably Palaeolithic sites in Northeast Asia (after Kashin 2003, p. 207 -- modified) -- Figure 3. Distribution of Palaeolithic sites in the Lena River basin (Okladnikov 1953a) (after Kashin 2003, p. 155 -- modified) -- Figure 4. Lithics from the Chastinskaya site (Okladnikov 1953a) (after Kashin 2003, p. 153, modified) -- Figure 5. Lithics from the Lena River sites (Okladnikov 1953a) (after Kashin 2003, p. 154 -- modified) -- Figure 6. Lithics from the Sumnagin I site -- Figure 7. Lithics from the Ikhine I site (after Mochanov 1977, pp. 142-143 -- modified) -- Figure 8. Lithics from the Dyuktai Cave, layer VIIa (after Mochanov 1977, p. 16 -- modified) -- Figure 9. Lithic and bone items from the Dyuktai Cave (after Mochanov 1977, p. 20 -- modified) -- Figure 10. Lithics from the Dyuktai Cave (after Mochanov 1977, p. 25 -- modified) -- Figure 11. Lithics from the Ust-Timpton I site, layer IVb (after Mochanov 1977, p. 160 -- modified) -- Figure 12. Lithics from the Ust-Timpton I site, layer Va (after Mochanov 1977, p. 178 -- modified) -- Figure 13. Lithics from the Ust-Timpton I site, layer Vb (after Mochanov 1977, p. 181 -- modified) -- Figure 14. Artefacts from the early Ushki culture (layer VII) (after Dikov 1979d, p. 35 -- modified) -- Figure 15. Wedge-shaped cores, microblades, and ski spalls from the dwelling of the Ushki I site, layer VI, 1965 excavations (after Dikov 1977a, p. 268 -- modified) -- Figure 16. Artefacts from the lower cultural layer (horizon C) of Ust-Mil II site (after Mochanov 1977, p. 37 -- modified); Figure 17. Lithics from the Verkhne-Troitskaya site (after Mochanov 1977, p. 65 -- modified) -- Figure 18. Lithics from the Ezhantsy site (after Mochanov 1977, p. 52 -- modified) -- Figure 19. Lithics from the Ezhantsy site (after Mochanov 1977, p. 54 -- modified).  1-2, 4-5 - scrapers -- 3, 6 - turtle-back cores -- 7, 9 - pebble cores -- 8 - core preform. -- Figure 20. Artefacts from the Berelekh site (after Mochanov 1977, p. 80 -- modified) -- Figure 21. Ivory and bone artefacts, and image of mammoth from the Berelekh site  (after Mochanov 1977, pp. 82, 84 -- modified) -- Figure 22. Lithics from the Tumulur site, Palaeolithic cultural layer  (after Mochanov 1977, p. 72 -- modified) -- Figure 23. Lithics from the Ikhine II site (after Mochanov 1977, p. 46 -- modified) -- Figure 24. The structure of Aldan River terraces and stratigraphic position of key Palaeolithic sites  (after Mochanov 1977, p. 216 -- modified) -- Figure 25. Lithics from the Kurung site, layer VI (after Mochanov et al. 1983, pp. 79, 379 -- modified) -- Figure 26. Striated slab and a "lunar calendar" from the Ushki I site, layer VI  (after Dikov 1979d, p. 66 -- modified) -- Figure 27. Lithics from the Siberdik site (after Kashin 2003, p. 194 -- modified) -- Figure 28. Lithics from the Siberdik site (after Kashin 2003, p. 195 -- modified) -- Figure 29. Lithics from the Kongo site (after Kashin 2003, p. 192 -- modified) -- Figure 30. Lithics from the Kongo site (after Dikov 1977a, p. 383 -- modified) -- Figure 31. Bifaces from the Berelekh site (after Kashin 2003, p. 206 -- modified) -- Table 1. Major Palaeolithic cultural complexes in Northeast Asia. -- Plate 1. The Lena River in Central Yakutia (photo by A.A. Galanin). -- Plate 2. The Vilyui River, with camp of geologists on the island (photo by A.A. Galanin); Plate 3. The gorge in the Druchak River valley, Northeastern Siberia (photo by I.E. Vorobei). -- Plate 4. The view of the Berelekh site -- arrows indicate suggested places of archaeological excavations in 1971 and 1974 (photo by V.V. Pitulko). -- Plate 5. A view of Ushki Lake and the channel of the Kamchatka River -- the green area (willow bushes) on the left side of the lakeshore is the location of the Ushki I site  (photo by N.A. Krenke). -- Plate 6. A cross-section of deposits at the Ushki cluster, near the Ushki I site -- light layers near the top are volcanic ashes, and dark layers below are paleosols (photo by N.A. Krenke). -- Chapter I -- Beginning of Palaeolithic Studies in Northeast Asia. Activities of the Lena Historical-Archaeological Expedition. The Period of Initial Accumulation of Data (1948-1959) -- Chapter II -- Investigations of the Palaeolithic of Aldan River and Kamchatka Peninsula. The Determination of Local Cultures and Creation of Regional Cultural-Chronological Schemes in the Evolution of the Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia (1960-1969) -- Sites of the Aldan River -- The Ushki Palaeolithic Complex -- Chapter III -- Investigations of the Palaeolithic in Yakutia, Western Coastal Region of the Okhotsk Sea, Chukotka, and Kamchatka. Further Development of Concepts about the Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia (1970-1980) -- Yakutsk Research Programme -- Magadan Research Programme -- Chapter IV -- Some Research Problems of the Northeast Asian Palaeolithic -- Conclusion -- Colour Plates -- References -- Published Sources -- Archival Materials -- Index
N2  - This volume combines details of discoveries of Palaeolithic sites in a vast region of Northeast Asia (covering mostly the northeastern part of modern Russia), and meticulous analysis of hypotheses, ideas, and concepts related to the Northeast Asian Palaeolithic
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