Vertebrate Animal Remains from Prehistoric and Medieval Settlements in Primorye (Russian Far East)

Paleodietary Patterns of the Cherepakha 13 Site Population (Early Iron Age) in Primorye (Maritime) Province, Russian Far East, based on Stable Isotope Analysis

“…More work is therefore needed to find out more precisely protein sources for the Cheerepakha 13 population, as it was done with the help of modeling using the FRUITS software (Fernandes et al 2014). As it is known from general zooarchaeological and archaeobotanical data for YC, its economy was based on a combination of gathering marine shellfish, marine fishing, and hunting marine mammals; and terrestrial hunting and plant gathering, and animal husbandry (mainly dogs and pigs, and to some extent cattle and horses), supplemented by millet and wheat agriculture (e.g., Andreeva et al 1986;Kuzmin 1995Kuzmin , 1997Kuzmin and Rakov 2011;Gasilin 2013). Our results are in accord with these reconstructions.…”

Late Pleistocene and Holocene Mustela remains (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Bliznets Cave in the Russian Far East

“…This hypothesis is conformed to a striking homogeneity of its craniomandibular characteristics throughout the Siberian part of the distribution range. Holocene findings were reported from Primorskii Territory from Chertovy Vorota, the grotto near Sinie Skaly and from Spasskaya Cave (Kuzmin, 1997;Panasenko, 2010).…”

Reconstruction of Prehistoric and Medieval Dietary Patterns in the Russian Far East: A Review of Current Data

“…A general description of prehistoric cultural complexes from the Russian Far East and their paleoeconomy can be found in recent summaries (Popov et al 2014;Tabarev 2014; see also Kuzmin 1997. The archaeology of the Neolithic complexes in Primorye is presented by Zhushchikhovskaya (2006).…”

“…The population of the Boisman 2 site subsisted on hunting marine and terrestrial mammals, and marine fish and mollusks (based on zooarchaeological data; see Popov and Yesner 2006), and possibly the gathering of wild plants (e.g. Kuzmin 1997. The site is 14 C dated to ~6700-5500 BP (charcoal) (Kuzmin 2012).…”

“…The subsistence of the people was based mainly on hunting terrestrial mammals according to the zooarchaeological evidence (e.g. Kuzmin 1997. The site is 14 C dated to ~8200-5900 BP according to charcoal and animal bone dates (Kuzmin et al 2012).…”