Climate, subsistence and human movements in the Western Dvina – Lovat River Basins

Autor:	M.A. Kulkova, Ganna I. Zaitseva, E.N. Dzinoridze, Anvar Shukurov, Andrey Mazurkevich, Kh. A. Arslanov, L.A. Savel'eva, B.N. Korotkevich, Pavel Dolukhanov
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	geography Time control geography.geographical_feature_category biology business.industry Drainage basin Subsistence agriculture Structural basin biology.organism_classification Archaeology Prehistory Diatom Fresh water Agriculture business Geology Earth-Surface Processes
Zdroj:	Quaternary International. 203:52-66
ISSN:	1040-6182
DOI:	10.1016/j.quaint.2008.04.023
Popis:	This article outlines the results of a multidisciplinary project currently conducted in the upper part of the basin of the Western Dvina River in North-Western Russia. The project targeted at prehistoric sites in that area was aimed at the precise dating of the initial transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture in that area. The methods used included pollen, diatom and geochemical analyses under strict time control provided by 14 C dating. The initial settlement emerged at ca 6200 cal BC, when the valley was taken up by a fresh water lake with a relatively high lake-level. The initial indices of agriculture became apparent in the deposits of Usvyatian Culture (4600–3400 cal BC), featuring large-scale constructions of pile-dwellings. Indices of swidden type agriculture became apparent in the deposits of Zhizhitsian Culture, 2300–2200 cal BC.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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