Geomorphology and Quaternary Sediments at Archaeological Sites near Anzhevka, Krasnoyarsk Territory

Autor: A. A. Tsybankov, V. S. Slavinsky, I. A. Grachev, A. A. Kartoziya, A. V. Vybornov, I.D. Zolnikov
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia. 45:15-24
ISSN: 1563-0110
DOI: 10.17746/1563-0110.2017.45.1.015-024
Popis: Archaeological and geomorphological studies at several sites near the village of Anzhevka contribute to the understanding of the cultural and chronological situation in the region during the Quaternary. They are especially relevant to intermediate regions such as the Kansk-Rybinsk Basin situated between the Baikal, Angara, and Yenisei drainages. Rescue excavations near Kansk on the right bank of the Kan River in 2015 yielded numerous fi nds relating to the Quaternary and the origin of modern topography of that basin. Excavated sites near Anzhevka include Nefteprovod-1 and -2 and Ryabchikov Klyuch-1, spanning the period from the Upper Paleolithic to recent centuries and including five geomorphological segments with different types of Quaternary deposits. The main landscape type at Ryabchikov Klyuch-1 is sharply ridged segmented, and that at Nefteprovod-1 and -2 is defined by structural denudation. It occupies the right edge of the Kan Valley, raised and divided into neotectonic blocks differing in elevation. The nature of the cuts is determined by geomorphological segmentation: the Quaternary stratum begins from the alluvial pack, and in certain areas between the pre-Quaternary sediments and the subaerial cover the alluvium is absent. Cultural layers are deposited in the upper pack, represented by the subaerial cover differing in various areas due to local alluvial erosion and aeolian deflation. Studies show the peculiar nature of geomorphology and sediments of the area, different from those at Strizhovaya Gora located 3.5 km downstream the Kan River.
Databáze: OpenAIRE