Palaeoecological evidence for Holocene vegetation, climate and land-use change in the low Don basin and Kalmuk area, southern Russia

Kremenetski, Constantin; Chichagova, O. A.; Shishlina, N. I.

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“…BC, that significantly affected a change in regional vegetation cover and the expansion of grassland, with the forest-steppe being replaced by semi-arid steppe (Zakh et al, 2010;Kiryushin, 2002). Periods of abrupt aridisation, increases in summer temperatures and decreases in winter temperature around 2800-2000 BC in the Eurasian steppe, have also been noted by other scholars (Kremenetski, 2003;Kremenetski et al, 1999) or around 2600-2300 cal BC (Shishlina et al, 2009). In the floodplains and valleys of the larger rivers the conditions persisted in a stable and favourable form (Zakh et al 2010).…”

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“…During the third millennium BC, the climate became more arid, with periods of abrupt aridisation (from the ca. 2800–2600 BC), increased summer temperatures and decreased winter temperatures have been recorded in the Eurasian steppe (Kremenetski, 2003; Kremenetski et al, 1999; Shishlina et al, 2009). Palynological studies in the Tobol-Ishim River and Upper Ob River basins had shown an expansion of grassland at this time, and the forest-steppe was being replaced by semi-arid steppe (Kiryushin, 2002; Zakh et al, 2010).…”

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Climatic or dietary change? Stable isotope analysis of Neolithic–Bronze Age populations from the Upper Ob and Tobol River basins

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The steppe and the forest-steppe zones of Siberia represent an environmental belt that links the outskirts of western Asia and Eastern Europe. This corridor of northern regions of steppe and forest steppe has contributed towards the dispersal of animal and crop species, metals, precious stones, as well as new technologies across Eurasia in prehistory (Kuzʹmina, 2008; Koryakova and Epimakhov, 2007). Dietary changes within the populations inhabiting the southwest Siberia and northern Kazakhstan in prehistory indicate changes in the economy, at the same time marking the beginnings of East-West interaction across northern Eurasia. Past palaeodietary research using stable isotope analysis have mainly focussed on pastoral cattle breeding populations of the Bronze Age period. The introduction of domestic animal species of the near Eastern origin, such as sheep and goats, dramatically changed the lives of the local population. It is crucial, however, to access the diets of humans and animals from earlier periods (Neolithic/Chalcolithic) in order to understand the timing and nature of dietary change during the Bronze Age of southwest Siberia and northern Kazakhstan. It has been implied from previous research suggesting that elevated δ13C or δ15N values in animals and subsequently in humans, for example, could be a result of climatic rather than dietary change. In this paper we discuss the timing of pastoralism in the southern zones of western Siberia (Upper Ob River) and northern Kazakhstan (Tobol River basin) by presenting the stable isotope results of the Neolithic to Bronze Age humans and fauna. This data, combined with the AMS radiocarbon dating results, allows us to detect human dietary change through time http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/holocene HOLOCENE

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Climatic or dietary change? Stable isotope analysis of Neolithic–Bronze Age populations from the Upper Ob and Tobol River basins

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“…By contrast, a drought c. 4500 bc was detected at Beresovskoye in the adjacent Upper Don River region, Russia (cf. Kremenetski et al 1999;Novenko et al 2012) followed by a wet phase after 4200 bc, several centuries before the occupation of Nebelivka.…”

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What was the ecological impact of a Trypillia megasite occupation? Multi-proxy palaeo-environmental investigations at Nebelivka, Ukraine

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Fine-resolution sampling of pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs and microcharcoal as well as sedimentological data in a 6-m sediment core were used to reconstruct both natural conditions and human impacts in the late fifth and early fourth millennia cal bc in the environs of the Nebelivka megasite in Kirovograd Oblast, Central Ukraine. This 238-ha site, dating to the Middle (or BII) Phase of the Trypillia culture, represents one of the first low-density urban establishments in Europe. Despite what was believed to be a sizable population, local human impacts reconstructed from the multi-proxy palaeo-ecological record were moderate in character. There was no positive evidence to indicate a depositional hiatus in the P1 core and no sign of a major ecological impact at any stage in the high-resolution record. The palaeo-ecological record indicates modest settlement agglomeration with less permanent populations rather than permanent populations of tens of thousands of people.

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“…Kremenetski et al (1999) find evidence for major human impacts from Bronze Age times onwards in southern Russia, whereas in Estonia, clear signs of human impact are delayed until around 1500 years BP (Niinemets and Saarse 2006).…”

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The Role of People in the Holocene

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2008

Natural Climate Variability and Global Warming

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Palaeoecological evidence for Holocene vegetation, climate and land-use change in the low Don basin and Kalmuk area, southern Russia

Abstract: Abstract. Two ~4C-dated pollen profiles from mires in the steppe belt of southern Russia are presented. On

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Climatic or dietary change? Stable isotope analysis of Neolithic–Bronze Age populations from the Upper Ob and Tobol River basins

Climatic or dietary change? Stable isotope analysis of Neolithic–Bronze Age populations from the Upper Ob and Tobol River basins

What was the ecological impact of a Trypillia megasite occupation? Multi-proxy palaeo-environmental investigations at Nebelivka, Ukraine

The Role of People in the Holocene

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