‘Neolithisation’ in the NE Sea of Azov region: one step forward, two steps back?

Gorelik, Alexander F.; Tsybrij, Andrej; Tsybrij, Viktor

doi:10.4312/dp.43.6

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“…In the wider north Caucasus area, first indication for a Neolithic economy, including domestic animals, has been proposed for the Lower Don River in the 7 th and 6 th millennium BCE, but the evidence is much debated [29,37,38]. Archaeological remains of the Darkveti-Meshoko Eneolithic of the mid-5 th millennium BCE point to agro-pastoral communities at the northern flanks of the Caucasus (S1 Fig).…”

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Diet and subsistence in Bronze Age pastoral communities from the southern Russian steppes and the North Caucasus

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The flanks of the Caucasus Mountains and the steppe landscape to their north offered highly productive grasslands for Bronze Age herders and their flocks of sheep, goat, and cattle. While the archaeological evidence points to a largely pastoral lifestyle, knowledge regarding the general composition of human diets and their variation across landscapes and during the different phases of the Bronze Age is still restricted. Human and animal skeletal remains from the burial mounds that dominate the archaeological landscape and their stable isotope compositions are major sources of dietary information. Here, we present stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data of bone collagen of 105 human and 50 animal individuals from the 5 th millennium BC to the Sarmatian period, with a strong focus on the Bronze Age and its cultural units including Maykop, Yamnaya, Novotitorovskaya, North Caucasian, Catacomb, post-Catacomb and late Bronze Age groups. The samples comprise all inhumations with sufficient bone preservation from five burial mound sites and a flat grave cemetery as well as subsamples from three further sites. They represent the Caucasus Mountains in the south, the piedmont zone and Kuban steppe with humid steppe and forest vegetation to its north, and more arid regions in the Caspian steppe. The stable isotope compositions of the bone collagen of humans and animals varied across the study area and reflect regional diversity in environmental conditions and diets. The data agree with meat, milk, and/or dairy products from domesticated herbivores, especially from sheep and goats having contributed substantially to human diets, as it is common for a largely pastoral economy. This observation is also in correspondence with the faunal remains observed in the graves and offerings of animals in the mound shells. In addition, foodstuffs with elevated carbon and nitrogen

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Section: Archaeological Cultures and Their Economiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Diet and subsistence in Bronze Age pastoral communities from the southern Russian steppes and the North Caucasus

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Subsistence strategies and the origin of early Neolithic community in the lower Don River valley (Rakushechny Yar site, early/middle 6th millennium cal BC): First results

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Mazurkevich

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Quaternary International

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Rediscovered Mesolithic Rock Art Collection from Kamyana Mohyla Complex in Eastern Ukraine

Radchenko

2022

Open Archaeology

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The unique rock art complex of Kamyana Mohyla in South-Eastern Ukraine is known due to its numerous cave art engraved elements and settlements, which show how important is this site in the general picture of European prehistory as regards the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age periods of the region. However, the assemblages from this site include also a collection of portable rock art artifacts called “churingas.” Important elements of this assemblage are thought to belong to the Mesolithic. These specimens illustrate different aspects of the artist’s worldview and are capable of revealing a lot of additional data on the technological and cultural aspects of their creation. However, their study is complicate because of a very abstract imaging, lack of systematic approach to the artifact classification and absence of a well-defined stratigraphic context from which they have been recovered. Likely, current state of archaeological record and modern technologies introduces the new opportunity to rediscover, reconsider and reshape this collection.

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‘Neolithisation’ in the NE Sea of Azov region: one step forward, two steps back?

Cited by 4 publications

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Diet and subsistence in Bronze Age pastoral communities from the southern Russian steppes and the North Caucasus

Diet and subsistence in Bronze Age pastoral communities from the southern Russian steppes and the North Caucasus

Subsistence strategies and the origin of early Neolithic community in the lower Don River valley (Rakushechny Yar site, early/middle 6th millennium cal BC): First results

Rediscovered Mesolithic Rock Art Collection from Kamyana Mohyla Complex in Eastern Ukraine

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