Lena River Region Archaeology [ Top ]
Archaeology of
Siberia: key Palaeolithic sites such as Mal'ta &
Buret near Irkutsk, with rich finds, more on Malta, plus Tolbaga in
Transbaikal
Diring Yuriakh site on a plateau
above the Lena River, near Yakutsk, suggested human occupation a startling 300,000 years
ago
Dyuktai
Culture: this stone age culture, with wedge-shaped cores and microblades, was named
for discoveries at Dyuktai Cave in
Yakutia
Ice
Age Siberia - Land of Wonders and Early
Archaeological Sites on a map with four sites, Ikhine, Ust-Mil, Verhne-Troitskoe and
Duktaiskaya or Dyuktai Cave, all on the Aldan River, a major Lena tributary
Ice Age or Paleolithic Siberia:
in-depth guide
Siberian
Paleolithic's well known sites such as Kara Bom, 43,000 BP;
Mal'ta and
Buret, dated to 23,000 BP, Studenoe 2 to 17,900 BP
Baikal Archaeology Project:
the Kitoi and Serovo-Glazkovo Neolithic cultures over 9,000 years old, with the theory
that the latter hunted the nerpa or baikal seal, plus research abstracts on topics
including origins of Kitoi Culture, coastal-inland trading networks, more
Studying Ancient
Peoples & Cultures at Lake Baikal, and ancient artifacts
discovered: bone beads, bracelets of sea shells, green nephrite pendants
Rock
Art in Russian Far East & Siberia: a window on ancient cultures in the Amur and
Lena River regions and Lake Baikal area, and comparison of Siberian native art from the Amur River, Chukotka areas
"Molecular
Genetic Diversity of Indigenous Siberians: Implications for Ancient DNA Studies of Cis-Baikal Archeological
Populations" - mtDNA haplogroups for Kitoi, Serovo-Glazkovo peoples, Theodore G.
Schurr, 2004
Zhokov Island Site: now one of the
New Siberian Islands off the coast and east of the Lena River Delta, this site of ancient
reindeer and polar bear hunters was once part of the mainland
Lena River in a Siberian
Context [ Top ]
Siberia's Land & Cultures:
in-depth guide
Map of Aboriginal Peoples of Siberia:
including Paleo-Siberian, Altaic, and Uralic, with main rivers including the Lena,
Yenisei and Ob
| Red Book of the Peoples of
the Russian Empire: info on 85 peoples of Russia and Siberia, Chukchi,
Koryak, Itelmen, Eskimo, Yukagir, Evenks Chukchi & Neighbors:
the people and their environment
Crossroads of Continents Exhibit: Siberia
& Alaska - meet the Chukchi, Koryak, Even,
Amur River people in Siberia, Eskimo, Aleut |
ORDER
Crossroads
Alaska:
Native Cultures of
Alaska and Siberia
|
Information
about Siberia: size, geography, history, climate, and more about
Siberia's regions,
culture, peoples, economy, history, more
Geography of Russia: map shows Siberia
as about two-thirds of Russia with text covering land forms, climate, vegetation,
population, and more on Siberia's taiga and tundra, home to reindeer hunters and herders
Map of Russia
& Siberia: mountain ranges, plains, cities, with Lake Baikal and Lena River in
context, and a map of
Russia & Siberia showing, west to east, the Ob, Irtysh, Lena Rivers, Lake Baikal,
Amur River, Bering Strait
.
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