Multidisciplinary paleontological and stratigraphic studies at Lugovskoe (2002–2004)

Leshchinskiy, Sergey V.; Maschenko, E. N.; Ponomareva, E. A.; Орлова, Л. А.; Burkanova, Elena M.; Konovalova, V. A.; Teterina, I. I.; Gevlya, K. M.

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“…It should be noted that Berelekh is just one of many similar mass accumulations of mammoth remains known across northern Eurasia and dated to around the same time (between 15 and 12,000 14 C yr B.P. ), including the Achchagyi–Allaikha site in northeast Asia (Nikolsky et al, 2009), Gary in the Urals (Serikov, 2000), Lugovskoe in western Siberia (Leschinsky et al, 2006), and Sevsk in European Russia (Maschenko et al, 2006), among others. Although almost all of these locations (except for Sevsk) do have some evidence of human activity related to the exploitation of bone beds, their origins are clearly natural.…”

Section: Berelekh Stratigraphy and Chronologymentioning

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The Berelekh quest: A review of forty years of research in the mammoth graveyard in northeast Siberia

Pitulko

2010

Geoarchaeology

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The Berelekh mammoth graveyard became known following its first scientific description in 1947. Both the “graveyard” and the “archaeological site” were investigated in the early 1970s, and then systematic investigations ended. This article reviews all the available data from a range of sources and provides a complete set of the 36 14C dates so far obtained for the Berelekh geoarchaeological complex. The host deposits of the Berelekh bone bed (or mammoth graveyard) accumulated between 14,000 and 11,000 14C yr B.P., with the most intensive accumulation of bones around 12,300 14C yr B.P. There is almost no chronological overlap between the “graveyard” and “archaeological site” at the same location. Episodes of human habitation near the bone bed, which produced the Late Palaeolithic Berelekh archaeological site, were related to the exploitation of natural mass mammoth accumulation, which was a valuable source of raw material, such as ivory and long bones. The youngest mammoth remains date to 11,800 14C yr B.P. and have no cultural relation to the Dyuktai archaeological culture. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Section: Berelekh Stratigraphy and Chronologymentioning

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The Berelekh quest: A review of forty years of research in the mammoth graveyard in northeast Siberia

Pitulko

2010

Geoarchaeology

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“…Such concentrations of mammoth bones that are not related to the cultural layer of archaeological sites provide the most important comparative material for our study. These concentrations are well known in different areas of the continent: Volchyia Griva (Zenin, 2002), Shestakovo (Derevianko et al, 2000(Derevianko et al, , 2003, Lugovskoe (Leschinsky et al, 2006), Berelyokh (Nikolskiy et al, 2010a) in Siberia and Milovice (Oliva, 1988(Oliva, , 2000, and Dolni Véstonice I and II (Klima, 1963(Klima, , 1983Svoboda, 1986) in Europe. Gmelin, the first scientist to study mammoth accumulations at Kostenki in 1768, claimed to have excavated the same kind of concentration of bones from the Don River low terrace.…”

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

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Анисимов

Nikolskiy

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…The Lateglacial age of ca. 16–10k 14 C a bp for mammoth remains is determined by 14 C dating (Orlova et al ., 2004; Leshchinskiy et al ., 2006).…”

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“…The Lateglacial age of ca. 16-10k 14 C a BP for mammoth remains is determined by 14 C dating Leshchinskiy et al, 2006). At the Volchia Griva site (Novosibirsk Province) (Fig.…”

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Holes in the spinous processes of woolly mammoth vertebrae: spatial and temporal distribution, and the causes of pathology formation

Leshchinskiy

Kuzmin

Boudin

et al. 2021

J Quaternary Science

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The latest data on holes in the spinous processes of the vertebrae of woolly mammoths, a rare pathology, are presented. This was identified at 19 sites of northern Eurasia. Such destructive changes are recorded ca. 34–12k 14C a bp, and only two sites dated to >50k and >41k 14C a bp. The main hypotheses about hole formation are: vertebral abnormalities; bone infections; genetic traits; and unfavourable geochemical environment. The pathology occurred in mammoths of all age groups, and could have arisen at the embryonic stage. There are two types: classic holes associated with osteolytic changes; and very rarely tumour‐like lesions. The most likely cause of the lesions is alimentary osteodystrophy caused by chronic mineral starvation. The aetiology of this disease is usually associated with a deficiency or excess of macro‐ and microelements in the geochemical landscape, and through forage and water this leads to a severe metabolic disorder. Analysis of palaeopathological data shows two waves of geochemical stress in animals, ca. 26–18k and ca. 16–12k 14C a bp. Therefore, the woolly mammoth extinction can be viewed as a non‐linear function, with two peaks of high mortality corresponding to the Last Glacial Maximum and the Lateglacial.

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Multidisciplinary paleontological and stratigraphic studies at Lugovskoe (2002–2004)

Cited by 20 publications

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The Berelekh quest: A review of forty years of research in the mammoth graveyard in northeast Siberia

The Berelekh quest: A review of forty years of research in the mammoth graveyard in northeast Siberia

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

Holes in the spinous processes of woolly mammoth vertebrae: spatial and temporal distribution, and the causes of pathology formation

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